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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461013903321

Titolo

Doing business in a more transparent world [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012

ISBN

1-283-37508-7

9786613375087

0-8213-8834-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

340.023/73

340.02373

Soggetti

Business

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Comparing regulation for domestic firms in 183 economies."

"A copublication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation."

"ISSN 1729-2638."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Executive summary; About Doing Business: measuring for impact; Economy case studies; Korea: better business regulation and improved competitiveness; FYR Macedonia: major changes spurred by regional integration; Mexico: unleashing regulatory reform at the local level; The United Kingdom: rethinking regulation; References; Data notes; Ease of doing business and distance to frontier; Summaries of Doing Business reforms in 2010/11; Country tables; Employing workers data; Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Ninth in a series of annual reports comparing businessregulations in 183 economies, Doing Business 2012 measuresregulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: starting a business dealing with construction permits employing workers registering property getting credit protecting investors paying taxes trading across borders enforcing contracts closing a business getting electricity The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2011, ranks countrieson their overall ""ease of doing business"", and analyzes reformsto business regulation-identifying which countriesare str