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Doing Business 2010
4 Reforms making it easier to do business 8 Reforms making it more difficult to do business
TONGA 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)
52 32 4 25 8.2 0.0 35 11 76 317.7 11 0 20 0 7 0
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
81 65 9 43 0.7 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
82 20 261 4.6
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)
45 0 0 20 7 67
TUNISIA 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)
69 47 10 11 5.7 0.0 107 20 84 998.3 108 28 13 80 40 17
East Asia & Pacific
GNI per capita (US$)
Lower middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
121 4 108 10.2
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
113 7 0 0.0 0.0
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
2,561 0.1 51 7 19 650 6 24 725
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)
109 3 3 8 4.7
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
55 37 350 30.5
4 Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
103 2.7 22 25.2
30 20 164 27.5
Latin America & Caribbean
GNI per capita (US$)
High income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
170 8 162 7.0
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
30 8 4 0.0 41.7
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
1.3 49 5 14 866 6 26 1,100
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
169 42 1,340 33.5
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)
20 4 9 7 6.7
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
16,538
183 No practice No practice
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56 40 114 33.1
Middle East & North Africa
GNI per capita (US$)
Lower middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Population (m) 4 Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
10.3 40 5 15 783 7 21 858
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
77 39 565 21.8
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
34 1.3 7 52.3
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) 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) 8 Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
59 4 39 6.1 87 3 5 19.9 0.0 73 5 5 6 5.3 118 22 228 62.8
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