LEADER 05032oam 22006375 450 001 9910816684903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-37508-7 010 $a9786613375087 010 $a0-8213-8834-7 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-8833-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000131459 035 $a(EBL)819936 035 $a(OCoLC)815954649 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000634342 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12276243 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000634342 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10640446 035 $a(PQKB)10941910 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC819936 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL819936 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10521498 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL337508 035 $a(OCoLC)773023518 035 $a(The World Bank)18833 035 $a(US-djbf)18833 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000131459 100 $a20020129d2011 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDoing Business 2012 : $eDoing Business in a More Transparent World 210 1$aWashington, D.C.,$cThe World Bank,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (201 pages) 225 1 $aDoing Business 300 $a"Comparing regulation for domestic firms in 183 economies." 300 $a"A copublication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation." 300 $a"ISSN 1729-2638." 311 $a0-8213-8833-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 330 3 $aNinth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 183 economies, Doing Business 2012 measures regulations 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 countries on their overall ""ease of doing business"", and analyzes reforms to business regulation-identifying which countries are strengthening their business environment the most. Doing Business 2012 includes a new set of indicators on the time, steps, and cost for a private business to get an electricity connection. The data on connection services can inform utilities, regulators and governments seeking to strengthen the performance of the electricity sector. Drawing on a now longer time series, this year's report introduces a measure to illustrate how the regulatory environment for business has changed in each economy since Doing Business 2006 was published in 2005. A new ""distance to frontier"" measure complements the aggregate ranking on the ease of doing business, which benchmarks each economy's current performance on the indicators against that of all other economies in the sample for a given year. A fundamental premise of Doing Business is that economic activity requires good rules that are transparent and accessible to all. Such regulations should be efficient, striking a balance between safeguarding some important aspects of the business environment and avoiding distortions that impose unreasonable costs on businesses. Where business regulation is burdensome and competition limited, success depends more on whom you know than on what you can do. But where regulations are relatively easy to comply with and accessible to all who need to use them, anyone with talent and a good idea should be able to start and grow a business in the formal sector. "The Doing Business report, which was started in 2003, has become one of the key ways in which the bank and other observers gauge business climate within developing countries..." -- The Financial Times "[Doing Business started] as a way to encourage countries to reduce obstacles to entrepreneurship. Developing countries compete to land a spot on the top 10 list of most-improving countries because it is seen as a way to get attention and investment." -- The Wall Street Journal "[Doing Business] has succeeded in putting the issue of business red tape on the international political agenda." -- The Economist 410 0$aDoing Business 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aBusiness 615 0$aBusiness. 676 $a340.023/73 676 $a340.02373 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816684903321 996 $aDoing Business 2012$94125898 997 $aUNINA