|**Tabl**<br>**Code**<br>**Repre**<br>|**e B4: Regulatory Quality**<br>**Concept Measured**<br>**sentative Sources**<br>|
|---|---|
|**DRI**|_Regulations_--_Exports:_A 2% reduction in export volume as a result of a worsening in export regulations or restrictions (such as export|
||limits) during any 12-month period, with respect to the level at the time of the assessment.|
||<br>_Regulations_--_Imports:_A 2% reduction in import volume as a result of a worsening in import regulations or restrictions (such as import<br>quotas) during any 12-month period, with respect to the level at the time of the assessment.|
||_Regulations_--_Other Business_: An increase in other regulatory burdens, with respect to the level at the time of the assessment, that<br>reduces total aggregate investment in real LCU terms by 10%|
||_Ownership of Business by Non-Residents:_A 1-point increase on a scale from "0" to "10" in legal restrictions on ownership of business by<br>non-residents during any 12-month period|
||.<br>_Ownership of Equities by Non-Residents_: A 1-point increase on a scale from "0" to "10" in legal restrictions on ownership of equities by<br>non-residents during any 12-month period.|
|**EIU**|<br>Unfair competitive practices<br>Price controls<br>|
||Discriminatory tariffs<br>Excessive protections|
|**GCS**|<br>Administrative regulations are burdensome<br>|
||Tax system is distortionary<br>Import barriers as obstacle to growth<br>Competition in local market is limited|
||<br>Anti monopoly policy is lax and ineffective<br>|
||Environmental regulations hurt competitiveness|
||Complexity of tax System|
||<br>Easy to start company|
|**HER**|<br>Foreign investment<br>|
||Banking / finance|
||Wage/Prices|
|**IPD**|Administrative business start-up formalities<br>Administered prices and market prices|
||Competition: productive sector: ease of market entry for new firms<br>Ctiti bt bi titi lti t|
|**MIG**|ompeon eween usnesses: compeon reguaon arrangemens<br>_Unfair Competition_.<br>_Unfair Trade_.|
|**PRS**|_Investment Profile_|
|**WMO**<br>**Non-r**|_._<br>_Tax Effectiveness:_How efficient the country’s tax collection system is.<br>_Legislation:_An assessment of whether the necessary business laws are in place.<br>**epresentative Sources**<br>|
|**ADB**|Trade policy<br>Competitive environment<br>Labor Market Policies|
|**ASD**|<br>Trade Policy and Forex Regime<br>Enabling Environment for Private Sector Development|
|**BPS**|Information on the laws and regulations is easy to obtain|
||<br>How problematic are anti competitive practices for the growth of your business.<br>How problematic are unpredictable regulations for the growth of your business.<br>How problematic are labor regulations for the growth of your business.<br>How problematic are tax regulations for the growth of your business|
||.<br>How problematic are custom and trade regulations for the growth of your business.<br>|
|**BTI**|Competition<br>Price Stability|
|**CPIA**|<br>Competitive environment<br>|
|**EBRD**|Trade policy<br>Price liberalization|
||Trade & foreign exchange system<br>|
|**IFD**|Competition policy<br>Enabling conditions for rural financial services development|
||Investment climate for rural businesses<br>Access to agricultural input and produce markets|
|**WCY**|<br>Access to capital markets (foreign and domestic) is easily available<br>Ease of Doing Business|
||Banking regulation does not hinder competitiveness|
||<br>Cometition leislation in our countr does not revent unfair cometition|
||p g y y p p<br>Customs' authorities do not facilitate the efficient transit of goods<br>Financial institutions' transparency is not widely developed in your country<br>Easy to start company|
||<br>Foreign investors are free to acquire control in domestic companies<br>Price controls affect pricing of products in most industries<br>Public sector contracts are sufficiently open to foreign bidders<br>Real corporate taxes are non distortionary<br>|
||Real personal taxes are non distortionary<br>The legal framework is detrimental to your country's competitiveness|
||<br>Protectionism in your country negatively affects the conduct of business in your country<br>L li hi i iii|
||abor reguatons nder busness actvtes<br>Subsidies impair economic development|

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