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Doing Business 2010
4 Reforms making it easier to do business 8 Reforms making it more difficult to do business
TAIWAN, CHINA Ease of doing business (rank) 4 Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
46 29 6 23 3.9 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
97 28 142 96.2
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)
153 78 20 40 46 91
TAJIKISTAN Ease of doing business (rank) 4 Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
4 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)
152 143 12 25 24.3 9.9 177 32 250 1,022.9 143 33 73 40 49 30
TANZANIA Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
8 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)
131 120 12 29 36.8 0.0 178 22 328 3,281.3 131 100 13 50 54 18
East Asia & Pacific
GNI per capita (US$)
High income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
22.7 33 7 13 720 7 12 732
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
90 47 510 17.7
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
11 1.9 4 80.9
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
GNI per capita (US$)
596
Low income 8 Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
78 6 37 4.6
4 Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
167 3 0 0.0 0.0
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
4 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)
73 6 5 5 5.3
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) 4 Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
30 3 5 6.2 71 4 5 0.0 63.2 73 7 4 5 5.3 92 18 281 40.4
6.8 179 10 82 3,150 10 83 4,550
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
39 34 430 25.5
4 Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
100 3.0 9 25.4
162 54 224 85.9
Sub-Saharan Africa
GNI per capita (US$)
Low income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
145 9 73 4.4
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
87 8 0 0.0 0.0
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
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)
93 3 4 8 5.0
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
17,273
119 48 172 45.2
432 42.5 108 5 24 1,262 7 31 1,475
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
31 38 462 14.3
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
113 3.0 22 21.3