The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2011
Autor: Augusto | Publicado: 2011-09-18T16:16:00-03:00


This Little Data Book provides data for more than 20 key indicators on 
business environment and private sector development for more than 200 
economies. 








Open publication - Free publishing - More 2011




Preface 

Access to reliable cross-country data on private 
sector development is crucial when formulating responses to economic 
crisis. When downturns affect exports, investment and growth negatively,
 making life easier for business is a significant step towards economic 
recovery. This became very obvious during the global financial crises 
when governments were trying to stimulate economic growth through the 
creation of more robust private and finance markets. Improving the 
investment climate facilitates economic adjustment as it helps attract 
capital to create jobs and provide basic services. 

Unsurprisingly,
 the availability of cross-country data on the business environment has 
rapidly expanded in recent years, including data from the World Bank’s 
Doing Business project, Enterprise Surveys, and the World Bank Group 
Entrepreneurship Snapshots. 

The data sources presented in this 
book report on the scope and types of regulations that enhance — and 
constrain — business activity and provide information on business 
owners’ assessment of the business environment. The data have led to new
 research, enabled benchmarking, and informed the reform process in many
 developing countries. 

Included in this guide are indicators on 
the economic and social context, the investment climate, private sector 
investment, finance and banking, and infrastructure. Though a pocket 
guide cannot include all relevant variables, the indicators that are 
included provide users with a general understanding of the private 
sector in each country. Indicators displayed in the tables are defined 
in the Glossary, which also lists data sources. 

We welcome your suggestions on how to improve future editions and make them more useful.&nbsp;



Regional tables 

The country composition of regions is based on the World Bank’s analytical regions and may differ from common geographic usage. 

East
 Asia and Pacific American Samoa, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, 
Kiribati, Democratic Republic of Korea, Lao People’s Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, 
Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon 
Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam 

Europe
 and Central Asia Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, 
Lithuania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, 
Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, 
Ukraine, Uzbekistan 

Latin America and the Caribbean Antigua and 
Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa 
Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada,
 Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
 Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Suriname, Uruguay, República Bolivariana de Venezuela 

Middle
 East and North Africa Algeria, Djibouti, Arab Republic of Egypt, 
Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syrian 
Arab Republic, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza, Republic of Yemen 

South Asia Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 

Sub-Saharan
 Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape 
Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of 
Congo, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The 
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, 
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, 
Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, 
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, 
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe&nbsp;



World 

Economic	and	social	context Population (millions) Labor force (millions) Unemployment rate (% of labor force) gni per capita, World Bank Atlas
 method ($) gdp growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–09 (average annual %) 
Agriculture value added (% of gdp) Industry value added (% of gdp) 
Manufacturing value added (% of gdp) Services value added (% of gdp) 
Inflation (annual % change in consumer price index) Exchange rate (local
 currency units per $) Exports of goods and services (% of gdp) Imports 
of goods and services (% of gdp) 

Investment	climate Ease of doing
 business index (ranking 1–183; 1 = best) Time to start a business 
(days) Procedures to start a business (number) Firing cost (weeks of 
wages) Closing a business (years to resolve insolvency) Total tax rate 
(% of profit) Profit tax (% of commercial profits) New businesses 
registered (thousands) New business density (new regis. Per working-age 
pop.) Enterprise surveys Time dealing with gov’t officials
 (% of management time) Firms expected to give gifts in meetings w/tax 
officials (%) Firms using banks to finance investments (% of firms) 
Delay in obtaining an electrical connection (days) iso certification 
ownership (% of firms) 

Private	sector	investment Invest. In 
infrastructure w/private participation ($ millions) Private foreign 
direct investment, net (% of gdp) Gross fixed capital formation (% of 
gdp) Gross fixed private capital formation (% of gdp) 

Finance	and
	banking Government cash surplus or deficit (% of gdp) Government debt 
(% of gdp) Deposit money banks’ assets (% of gdp) Total financial system
 deposits (% of gdp) Bank capital to asset ratio (%) Bank nonperforming 
loans to total gross loans ratio (%) Domestic credit to the private 
sector (% of gdp) Real interest rate (%) Interest rate spread 
(percentage points) 

Infrastructure Paved roads (% of total roads)
 Electric power consumption (kwh per capita) Power outages in a typical 
month (number) Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Internet 
users (per 100 people)