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Doing Business in 2006 -- Creating Jobs - Caribbean Elections
Doing Business in 2006 -- Creating Jobs - Caribbean Elections
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114 DOING BUSINESS IN 2006<br />
BENIN Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 530<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 129 Low income Population (m) 6.7<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 8 Procedures (number) 3 Documents for export (number) 8<br />
Time (days) 32 Time (days) 50 Signatures for export (number) 10<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 190.8 Cost (% of property value) 15.1 Time for export (days) 36<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 323.1 Documents for import (number) 11<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 14<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 4 Time for import (days) 49<br />
Procedures (number) 22 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 1<br />
Time (days) 335 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 3.5 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 287.9 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 49<br />
Time (days) 570<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 29.6<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 39 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 5<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 80 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 8 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 40 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 4 Time (years) 3<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 53 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.7 Cost (% of estate) 15<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 27 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 9.4<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 35 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 75<br />
Time (hours per year) 270<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 53.1<br />
BHUTAN South Asia GNI per capita (US$) 760<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 104 Low income Population (m) 0.9<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 11 Procedures (number) 5 Documents for export (number) 10<br />
Time (days) 62 Time (days) 72 Signatures for export (number) 12<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 10.7 Cost (% of property value) 1.0 Time for export (days) 39<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents for import (number) 14<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 12<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 3 Time for import (days) 42<br />
Procedures (number) 26 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 0<br />
Time (days) 249 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 62.5 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 20<br />
Time (days) 275<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 113.8<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 78 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 6<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 6 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 0 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 4 Time (years) no practice<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 46 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.3 Cost (% of estate) no practice<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 0 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 0.0<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 94 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 30<br />
Time (hours per year) 370<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 23.3<br />
BOLIVIA Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 960<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 111 Lower middle income Population (m) 8.8<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 15 Procedures (number) 7 Documents for export (number) 9<br />
Time (days) 50 Time (days) 92 Signatures for export (number) 15<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 154.8 Cost (% of property value) 5.0 Time for export (days) 43<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 4.1 Documents for import (number) 9<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 16<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 3 Time for import (days) 49<br />
Procedures (number) 13 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 4<br />
Time (days) 187 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 10.3 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 268.2 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 24.6 Procedures (number) 47<br />
Time (days) 591<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 10.6<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 61 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 1<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 5 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 0 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 7 Time (years) 2<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 40 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 4.3 Cost (% of estate) 15<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 14 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 36.9<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 98 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 41<br />
Time (hours per year) 1080<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 64.0