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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462324003321

Titolo

Doing business 2013 [[electronic resource] ] : smarter regulations for small and medium-sized enterprises

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2013

ISBN

1-283-90664-3

0-8213-9624-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

650

Soggetti

Commercial law

Small business - Law and legislation

Trade regulation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Executive summary; About Doing Business: measuring for impact; Case studies; Colombia: sustaining reforms over time; Latvia: maintaining a reform state of mind; Rwanda: fostering prosperity by promoting entrepreneurship; APEC: sharing goals and experience; Does Doing Business matter for foreign direct investment?; How transparent is business regulation around the world?; Topic notes; Starting a business; Dealing with construction permits; Getting electricity; Registering property; Getting credit; Protecting investors; Paying taxes; Trading across borders

Enforcing contractsResolving insolvency; Annex: employing workers; References; Data notes; Ease of doing business and distance to frontier; Summaries of Doing Business reforms in 2011/12; Country tables; Employing workers data; Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Tenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 185 economies, Doing Business 2013 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity:¿Starting a business¿Dealing with construction permits¿Getting electricity¿Registering property¿Getting credit¿Protecting investors¿Paying taxes¿Trading across borders¿Enforcing contracts¿Closing a business¿Employing workersThe



report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2012, ranks economies on their overall "ease of doing business", and analyzes reforms to business regulation - identifying which economies are strengtheni