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Doing Business 2010
4 Reforms making it easier to do business 8 Reforms making it more difficult to do business
BELIZE Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
80 147 9 44 50.6 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
4 11 66 17.6
Employing workers (rank) Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) Rigidity of hours index (0-100) Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) Rigidity of employment index (0-100) Redundancy cost (weeks of salary)
23 22 0 0 7 24
BENIN Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
172 155 7 31 155.5 290.8
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
134 15 410 254.4
Employing workers (rank) Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) Rigidity of hours index (0-100) Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) Rigidity of employment index (0-100) Redundancy cost (weeks of salary)
139 39 40 40 40 36
BHUTAN 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) Employing workers (rank) Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) Rigidity of hours index (0-100) Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) Rigidity of employment index (0-100) Redundancy cost (weeks of salary)
126 80 8 46 8.0 0.0 127 25 183 149.0 12 0 0 20 7 10
Latin America & Caribbean
GNI per capita (US$)
3,819
Lower middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
128 8 60 4.7
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
87 8 0 0.0 0.0
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
0.3 117 7 21 1,710 6 21 1,870
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)
119 3 4 6 4.3
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
57 40 147 28.9
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
168 51 892 27.5
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
25 1.0 23 63.4
Sub-Saharan Africa
GNI per capita (US$)
687
Low income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
126 4 120 11.8
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
150 3 1 10.9 0.0
Population (m) 4 Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
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)
154 6 1 3 3.3
4 Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
167 55 270 73.3
8.7 128 7 30 1,251 7 32 1,400
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
177 42 825 64.7
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
133 4.0 22 16.7
South Asia
GNI per capita (US$)
1,896
Lower middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
41 5 64 0.0
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
177 2 0 0.0 0.0
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
0.7 153 8 38 1,210 11 38 2,140
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)
132 5 3 4 4.0
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
90 18 274 40.6
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim) Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
33 47 225 0.1 183 No practice No practice
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