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Economy Profile: Burundi - Doing Business

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<strong>Doing</strong> <strong>Business</strong> 2013<br />

<strong>Burundi</strong><br />

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EMPLOYING WORKERS<br />

What do some of the data show?<br />

One of the employing workers indicators is the<br />

difficulty of hiring index. This measure assesses, among<br />

other things, the minimum wage for a 19-year-old<br />

worker in his or her first job. <strong>Doing</strong> <strong>Business</strong> data show<br />

the trend in the minimum wage applied by <strong>Burundi</strong><br />

(figure 12.1).<br />

Figure 12.1 Has the minimum wage for a 19-year-old worker or an apprentice increased over time?<br />

Minimum wage (US$ per month)<br />

Note: A horizontal line along the x-axis of the figure indicates that the economy has no minimum wage.<br />

Source: <strong>Doing</strong> <strong>Business</strong> database.

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