Doing Business 2009 - Government of Grenada

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The following table shows Enforcing Contracts data for Grenada compared to good practice and comparator economies: Good Practice Economies Procedures (number) Duration (days) Cost (% of claim) Iceland* 6.2 Ireland 20 Singapore 150 Selected Economy Grenada 47 723 32.6 Comparator Economies Antigua and Barbuda 45 351 22.7 Dominica 47 681 36.0 Jamaica 35 655 45.6 St. Kitts and Nevis 47 578 20.5 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 45 394 30.3 * The following economies are also good practice economies for : Cost (% of claim): Bhutan 43
The economic crises of the 1990s in emerging markets—from East Asia to Latin America, from Russia to Mexico—raised concerns about the design of bankruptcy systems and the ability of such systems to help reorganize viable companies and close down unviable ones. In countries where bankruptcy is inefficient, unviable businesses linger for years, keeping assets and human capital from being reallocated to more productive uses. The Doing Business indicators identify weaknesses in the bankruptcy law as well as the main procedural and administrative bottlenecks in the bankruptcy process. In many developing countries bankruptcy is so inefficient that the parties hardly ever use it. In countries such as these, reform would best focus on improving contract enforcement outside bankruptcy. The data on closing a business are developed using a standard set of case assumptions to track a company going through the step-by-step procedures of the bankruptcy process. It is assumed that the company is a domestically owned, limited liability corporation operating a hotel in the country’s most populous city. The company has 201 employees, 1 main secured creditor and 50 unsecured creditors. Assumptions are also made about the debt structure and future cash flows. The case is designed so that the company has a higher value as a going concern—that is, the efficient outcome is either reorganization or sale as a going concern, not piecemeal liquidation. The data are derived from questionnaires answered by attorneys at private law firms. Three measures are constructed from the survey responses: the time to go through the insolvency process, the cost to go through the process and the recovery rate—how much of the insolvency estate is recovered by stakeholders, taking into account the time, cost, depreciation of assets and the outcome of the insolvency proceeding. Bottlenecks in bankruptcy cut into the amount claimants can recover. In countries where bankruptcy laws are inefficient, this is a strong deterrent to investment. Access to credit shrinks, and nonperforming loans and financial risk grow because creditors cannot recover overdue loans. Conversely, efficient bankruptcy laws can encourage entrepreneurs. The freedom to fail, and to do so through an efficient process, puts people and capital to their most effective use. The result is more productive businesses and more jobs. 44
Page 1 and 2: Country Profile for Grenada
Page 3 and 4: Current features News on the Doing
Page 5 and 6: Economy Rankings - Ease of Doing Bu
Page 7 and 8: Protecting Investors Director Liabi
Page 9 and 10: 1. Historical data: Starting a Busi
Page 11 and 12: 4. Benchmarking Starting a Business
Page 13 and 14: Once entrepreneurs have registered
Page 15 and 16: 3. Steps to Building a Warehouse in
Page 17 and 18: The following table shows Dealing w
Page 19 and 20: 1. Historical data: Employing Worke
Page 21 and 22: The following table shows Employing
Page 23 and 24: 1. Historical data: Registering Pro
Page 25 and 26: 4. Benchmarking Registering Propert
Page 27 and 28: Firms consistently rate access to c
Page 29 and 30: 3. Benchmarking Getting Credit Regu
Page 31 and 32: Companies grow by raising capital,
Page 33 and 34: 3. Benchmarking Protecting Investor
Page 35 and 36: Taxes are essential. Without them t
Page 37 and 38: 3. Benchmarking Paying Taxes Regula
Page 39 and 40: The benefits of trade are well docu
Page 41 and 42: 3. Benchmarking Trading Across Bord
Page 43 and 44: Where contract enforcement is effic
Page 45: 3. Benchmarking Enforcing Contracts
Page 49 and 50: 3. Benchmarking Closing Business Re
Page 51 and 52: Number of reforms in Doing Business
Page 53 and 54: Burkina Faso Colombia Dominica Burk
Page 55 and 56: APPENDICES Starting a Business in G
Page 57 and 58: Dealing with Construction Permits i
Page 59 and 60: Time to complete: 35 days Cost to c
Page 61 and 62: Firing costs (weeks of salary) What
Page 63 and 64: Procedure 1 Lawyer prepares title d
Page 65 and 66: Getting Credit in Grenada The follo
Page 67 and 68: Protecting Investors in Grenada The
Page 69 and 70: Paying Taxes in Grenada The table b
Page 71: Enforcing Contracts in Grenada This

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