Study of Small and Medium Enterprises in Azerbaijan - IFC

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Chart A1.5 Breakdown of Individual Entrepreneurs by Regions (% of respondents) Baku Aran 21% 37% Gandja-Gazakh 13% Lankaran 7% Sheki-Zagatala 7% Absheron 6% Guba-Khachmaz 6% Daglig Shirvan 2% Yukhari Garabakh 1% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% Chart A1.6 Breakdown of Small and Medium Companies by Regions (% of respondents) Baku Aran 15% 57% Gandja-Gazakh 7% Lankaran 6% Sheki-Zagatala 6% Absheron 3% Guba-Khachmaz 3% Daglig Shirvan 2% Yukhari Garabakh 1% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 172 St u d y o f Sma l l a n d Me d i u m Ent e r p r i s es in Az e r b a i j a n
Chart A1.7 Individual Entrepreneurs Where Key (Major) Owners of Business Include Women (% of respondents) 11% Key owners of business include women Key owners of business doesn’t include women 89% Chart A1.8 Small and Medium Companies Where Key (Major) Owners of Business Include Women (% of respondents) 14% Key owners of business include women Key owners of business doesn’t include women 86% Chart A1.9 100% Usage of Internet on a Daily Basis, by 80% Type of Business (% of respondents) 60% 40% 91% 72% No, we don’t use internet on daily basis Yes, we use daily internet 20% 28% 9% 0% Individual entrepreneurs Small & Medium companies Chart A1.10 Ownership Rights of Individual Entrepreneurs for the Following Resources (% of respondents) Industrial premises Habitat premises/buildings used for business purposes Separate premises or buildings including incomplete constructions Land with buildings Only owned Only leased Don’t have at all Land without construction buildings Land for agricultural purposes 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Aze r b a i j a n i Bu s i n e s s En a b l i n g En v i r o n m e n t Pr o j e c t 173
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5. Business Permits................
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Foreword and Acknowledgements IFC,
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critically examines all areas of op
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of each formality. Special attentio
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Policy Recommendations Business Reg
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Problems Sources of Problem Recomme
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Business Taxation Problems Sources
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Capital: Baku Country’s populatio
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The state, ultimately responsible f
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1. Methodology 1.1 Background The s
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the share of economically active co
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Scope of activity Official statisti
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2. SMEs in Azerbaijan The aim of th
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Meanwhile, the number of small and
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Table 2.2 Statistical information o
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The “typical” small enterprise
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According to the IFC survey, more t
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2.5.3 Legal disputes Most entrepren
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3. Business Registration In January
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According to the law previously in
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3.4 Economic impact estimate Accord
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tion duplicate is addressed to the
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the local tax inspectorate for regi
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3.10.3 Introduce the electronic reg
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3.10.7 Simplify the liquidation pro
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Business registration before ‘one
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Process map of one-stop-shop busine
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Registration for individual entrepr
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4.1 Licensing: the legal framework
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Chart 4.1 Number of activities requ
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While the Rules specify limits for
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Chart 4.6 Economic impact of licens
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Annex 4.1 Checklist of issues for d
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Based on the IFC survey estimates,
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5.2 Permits coverage The Azerbaijan
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Box 5.4 An example of overlapping p
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5.4 Permit expenses Azerbaijani leg
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Chart 5.9 40% Average percentage of
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2.4. Specifying in the law a unifor
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Annex 5.1 Procedure for obtaining c
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Annex 5.2 Checklist of issues for d
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The most significant legal act in i
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6.1.2 There is no effective mechani
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6.1.4 Entrepreneurs are not aware o
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IFC’s analysis showed that only h
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6.2.2.1 The inspections process and
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View from an entrepreneur: “The s
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Chart 6.11 Average registration in
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going in the opposite direction. In
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clearly defined circumstances, or a
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Annex 6.2 Presidential Decree No. 7
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The bulk of individual entrepreneur
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Items 1-9 are collected at the firs
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The IFC survey reveals that one in
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Table 7.5 Main tax obligations of a
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Chart 7.3 IFC Survey: Complexity of
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Page 125 and 126: 7.3.5 The cumbersome VAT administra
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Page 133 and 134: Chart 8.9 The loan interest rates o
Page 135 and 136: Case study of a Baku-based glass an
Page 137 and 138: View from a bank employee: “One p
Page 139 and 140: Box 8.2 Examples of a successful cr
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Page 143 and 144: 9. Foreign Trade The volume of fore
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Page 149 and 150: Table 9.1 A comparison of the proce
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Page 155 and 156: Box 9.5 Customs payments The Custom
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Page 163 and 164: 9.5.6 Accelerate WTO accession of A
Page 165 and 166: Chart 9.5 Goods importable upon app
Page 167 and 168: Azerbaijan has been long pending a
Page 169 and 170: List of Laws 1. The Tax Code of the
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Page 173: Chart A1.3 Individual Entrepreneurs
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Page 179 and 180: Registration Chart A2.1 Entrepreneu
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Page 183 and 184: Chart A3.3 Existence of Licenses by
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Page 195 and 196: Chart A6.3 Entrepreneurs That Under
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Page 201 and 202: Chart A6.19 Average Duration of One
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