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126 DOING BUSINESS IN 2006<br />

GHANA Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 380<br />

Ease of doing business (rank) 82 Low income Population (m) 20.7<br />

Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />

Procedures (number) 12 Procedures (number) 7 Documents for export (number) 6<br />

Time (days) 81 Time (days) 382 Signatures for export (number) 11<br />

Cost (% of income per capita) 78.6 Cost (% of property value) 3.7 Time for export (days) 47<br />

Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 27.9 Documents for import (number) 13<br />

Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 13<br />

Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 5 Time for import (days) 55<br />

Procedures (number) 16 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 0<br />

Time (days) 127 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />

Cost (% of income per capita) 1549.7 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 23<br />

Time (days) 200<br />

Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 14.4<br />

Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 11 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 7<br />

Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 40 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 7 Closing a business<br />

Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 50 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 4 Time (years) 2<br />

Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 34 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 6.0 Cost (% of estate) 22<br />

Hiring cost (% of salary) 13 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 23.7<br />

Firing cost (weeks of salary) 25 Paying taxes<br />

Payments (number) 35<br />

Time (hours per year) 304<br />

Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 45.3<br />

GREECE OECD: High Income GNI per capita (US$) 16,610<br />

Ease of doing business (rank) 80 High income Population (m) 11.0<br />

Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />

Procedures (number) 15 Procedures (number) 12 Documents for export (number) 7<br />

Time (days) 38 Time (days) 23 Signatures for export (number) 6<br />

Cost (% of income per capita) 24.6 Cost (% of property value) 13.7 Time for export (days) 29<br />

Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 121.4 Documents for import (number) 11<br />

Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 9<br />

Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 3 Time for import (days) 34<br />

Procedures (number) 17 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 4<br />

Time (days) 176 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />

Cost (% of income per capita) 71.9 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 17.7 Procedures (number) 14<br />

Time (days) 151<br />

Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 12.7<br />

Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 78 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 1<br />

Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 80 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 4 Closing a business<br />

Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 40 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 5 Time (years) 2<br />

Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 66 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 3.3 Cost (% of estate) 9<br />

Hiring cost (% of salary) 30 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 45.9<br />

Firing cost (weeks of salary) 69 Paying taxes<br />

Payments (number) 32<br />

Time (hours per year) 204<br />

Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 47.9<br />

GUATEMALA Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 2,130<br />

Ease of doing business (rank) 109 Lower middle income Population (m) 12.3<br />

Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />

Procedures (number) 15 Procedures (number) 5 Documents for export (number) 8<br />

Time (days) 39 Time (days) 69 Signatures for export (number) 6<br />

Cost (% of income per capita) 58.4 Cost (% of property value) 4.7 Time for export (days) 20<br />

Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 29.3 Documents for import (number) 7<br />

Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 5<br />

Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 4 Time for import (days) 36<br />

Procedures (number) 22 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 5<br />

Time (days) 294 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />

Cost (% of income per capita) 667.8 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 9.9 Procedures (number) 37<br />

Time (days) 1459<br />

Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 14.5<br />

Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 61 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 1<br />

Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 40 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 3 Closing a business<br />

Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 20 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 7 Time (years) 4<br />

Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 40 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 3.7 Cost (% of estate) 15<br />

Hiring cost (% of salary) 13 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 21.2<br />

Firing cost (weeks of salary) 101 Paying taxes<br />

Payments (number) 50<br />

Time (hours per year) 260<br />

Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 53.4

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