Doing business 2009
Subtitle: comparing regulation in 181 economies
Contributors: International Finance Corporation
Publisher: World Bank; Palgrave
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Basingstoke
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780821376102; 9786611805470; 9780821376096
Subjects: Statistics; Economics; Comparative economics; Economic indicators; Business enterprises; Costs; Delegated legislation; Microeconomics; Industrial management; Government policy; Trade regulation; Business; Law and legislation; Commercial law; Industrial Costs; Economic aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Other titles: Comparing regulation in 181 economies
Description: Comparing business regulation in 181 economies. Doing Business 2009 is the sixth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 181 economies. Doing Business 2009 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business: Starting a businesssteps, time, cost, and minimum capital to register a new businessEnforcing contracts steps, time, and cost to enforce a commercial contractEmploying workers indices of employment law rigidities cost of economic redundanciesGetting credit extent of credit information sharing and creditor rightsClosing a business steps, time, and cost to c.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-60).

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: About Doing Business; Overview; 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; References; Data notes; Ease of doing business; Country tables; ILO core labor standards; Acknowledgments.