Doing business 2008 [[electronic resource] ] : comparing regulation in 178 economies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452105203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2007
• ISBN: 1-281-09993-7; 9786611099930; 0-8213-7232-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.07
• Soggetti: Trade regulation; International trade; Economic development; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A copublication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-65).
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Overview; Starting a business; Dealing with licenses; Employing workers; Registering property; Getting credit; Protecting investors; Paying taxes; Trading across borders; Enforcing contracts; Closing a business; What to expect; References; Data notes; Ease of doing business; Doing Business indicators; Country tables; Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: Regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business 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. Doing Business 2008 updates all 10 sets of indicators, ranks countries on their overall ease of doing business, and analyzes reforms to business regulation - identifying which countries are improving their business environment the most and which ones slipped. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify wh