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DOING BUSINESS 2012
✔ Reform making it easier to do business ✘ Reform making it more difficult to do business
MADAGASCAR
Ease of doing business (rank) ✔ Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita) Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
137 20 3 8 12.1 0.0 131 16 172 422.2 179 6 450 8,390.9
Sub-Saharan Africa Low income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value) ✔ Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults) Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0-10) Extent of director liability index (0-10) Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) Strength of investor protection index (0-10) Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
MALAWI
Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
145 139 10 39 90.9 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
167 18 200 1,077.5
Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
177 6 244 9,665.8
Ease of doing business (rank) ✔ Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
18 50 4 6 16.4 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
113 22 260 7.1
Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
59 6 51 95.5
177 2 0 0.1 0.0 65 5 6 6 5.7
95 6 69 3.2
✔ Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
126 7 0 0.0 0.0
Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0-10) Extent of director liability index (0-10) Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) Strength of investor protection index (0-10)
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value) Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults) Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0-10) Extent of director liability index (0-10) Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) Strength of investor protection index (0-10)
✘ Paying taxes (rank)
440 20.1 111 4 21 1,197 9 24 1,555
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
155 38 871 42.4
Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
148 2.0 30 13.5
GNI per capita (US$) Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
330 14.9 164 10 41 1,675 9 51 2,570
75 23 201 36.6
Sub-Saharan Africa Low income ✘ Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
MALAYSIA
146 6 74 10.6
GNI per capita (US$) Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
79 4 7 5 5.3
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
121 42 312 94.1
✔ Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
132 2.6 25 18.5
GNI per capita (US$) Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
7,900 27.9 29 6 17 450 7 14 435
23 19 157 28.2
59 5 48 3.3 1 10 6 49.4 83.4 4 10 9 7 8.7
41 Payments (number per year) 13 Time (hours per year) 133 Total tax rate (% of profit) 34.0 Note: Most indicator sets refer to a case scenario in the largest business city of each economy. For more details, see the data notes.
✔ Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
31 29 425 27.5
✔ Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
47 1.5 15 44.6