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Doing Business in 2006 -- Creating Jobs - Caribbean Elections
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COUNTRY TABLES 119<br />
CHINA East Asia & Pacific GNI per capita (US$) 1,290<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 91 Lower middle income Population (m) 1,290.0<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 13 Procedures (number) 3 Documents for export (number) 6<br />
Time (days) 48 Time (days) 32 Signatures for export (number) 7<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 13.6 Cost (% of property value) 3.1 Time for export (days) 20<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 946.7 Documents for import (number) 11<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 8<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 2 Time for import (days) 24<br />
Procedures (number) 30 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 3<br />
Time (days) 363 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.4 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 126.0 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 25<br />
Time (days) 241<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 25.5<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 11 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 10<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 40 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 1 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 40 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 2 Time (years) 2<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 30 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 4.3 Cost (% of estate) 22<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 30 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 31.5<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 90 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 34<br />
Time (hours per year) 584<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 46.9<br />
COLOMBIA Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 2,000<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 66 Lower middle income Population (m) 44.6<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 12 Procedures (number) 7 Documents for export (number) 6<br />
Time (days) 43 Time (days) 23 Signatures for export (number) 7<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 25.3 Cost (% of property value) 3.5 Time for export (days) 34<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents for import (number) 11<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 12<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 4 Time for import (days) 48<br />
Procedures (number) 12 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 4<br />
Time (days) 150 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 697.3 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 31.7 Procedures (number) 37<br />
Time (days) 363<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 18.6<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 72 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 7<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 1 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 40 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 9 Time (years) 3<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 57 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.7 Cost (% of estate) 1<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 28 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 55.1<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 44 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 54<br />
Time (hours per year) 432<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 75.1<br />
CONGO, DEM. REP. Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 120<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 155 Low income Population (m) 53.2<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 13 Procedures (number) 8 Documents for export (number) 8<br />
Time (days) 155 Time (days) 106 Signatures for export (number) 45<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 503.3 Cost (% of property value) 10.2 Time for export (days) 50<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 215.9 Documents for import (number) 15<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 80<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 3 Time for import (days) 67<br />
Procedures (number) 16 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 0<br />
Time (days) 306 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 6516.3 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 51<br />
Time (days) 909<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 256.8<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 100 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 3<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 100 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 4 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 70 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 5 Time (years) 5<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 90 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 4.0 Cost (% of estate) 22<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 9 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 1.6<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 31 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 34<br />
Time (hours per year) 312<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 134.7