Doing Business 2008 : Comparing Regulation in 178 Economies
Doing business 2008 is the fifth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of p...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9895252/doing-business-2008-comparing-regulation-178-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6869 |
| Summary: | Doing business 2008 is the fifth in a
series of annual reports investigating the regulations that
enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing
business presents quantitative indicators on business
regulations and the protection of property rights that can
be compared across 178 economies, from Afghanistan to
Zimbabwe, and over time. Regulations affecting 10 stages of
a business's life are measured: starting a business,
dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering
property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying
taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and
closing a business. Data in doing business 2008 are current
as of June 1, 2007. The indicators are used to analyze
economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked,
where, and why. The Doing business methodology has
limitations. Other areas important to business-such as a
country's proximity to large markets, the quality of
its infrastructure services, the security of property from
theft and looting, the transparency of government
procurement, macroeconomic conditions or the underlying
strength of institutions-are not studied directly by doing
business. To make the data comparable across countries, the
indicators refer to a specific type of business-generally a
limited liability company operating in the largest business city. |
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