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Doing Business in 2006 -- Creating Jobs - Caribbean Elections
Doing Business in 2006 -- Creating Jobs - Caribbean Elections
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134 DOING BUSINESS IN 2006<br />
KUWAIT Middle East & North Africa GNI per capita (US$) 17,970<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 47 High income Population (m) 2.4<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 13 Procedures (number) 8 Documents for export (number) 5<br />
Time (days) 35 Time (days) 75 Signatures for export (number) 10<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 2.2 Cost (% of property value) 0.6 Time for export (days) 30<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 133.8 Documents for import (number) 11<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 12<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 5 Time for import (days) 39<br />
Procedures (number) 26 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 4<br />
Time (days) 149 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 278.9 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 16.1 Procedures (number) 52<br />
Time (days) 390<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 13.3<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 0 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 5<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 5 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 0 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 5 Time (years) 4<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 20 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.0 Cost (% of estate) 1<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 11 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 38.3<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 42 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 14<br />
Time (hours per year) . .<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 8.2<br />
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC Eastern Europe & Central Asia GNI per capita (US$) 400<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 84 Low income Population (m) 5.1<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 8 Procedures (number) 7 Documents for export (number) . .<br />
Time (days) 21 Time (days) 10 Signatures for export (number) . .<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 10.4 Cost (% of property value) 5.3 Time for export (days) . .<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.6 Documents for import (number) 18<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 27<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 8 Time for import (days) 127<br />
Procedures (number) 16 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 2<br />
Time (days) 152 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 325.2 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.2 Procedures (number) 46<br />
Time (days) 492<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 47.9<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 33 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 8<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) 8 Time (years) 4<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 38 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.7 Cost (% of estate) 4<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 27 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 19.7<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 21 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 95<br />
Time (hours per year) 204<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 59.4<br />
LAO PDR East Asia & Pacific GNI per capita (US$) 390<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 147 Low income Population (m) 5.7<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 9 Procedures (number) 9 Documents for export (number) 12<br />
Time (days) 198 Time (days) 135 Signatures for export (number) 17<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 15.1 Cost (% of property value) 4.2 Time for export (days) 66<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 23.4 Documents for import (number) 16<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 28<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 2 Time for import (days) 78<br />
Procedures (number) 24 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 0<br />
Time (days) 208 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 224.5 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 53<br />
Time (days) 443<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 30.3<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 11 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 4<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 2 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 80 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 4 Time (years) 5<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 50 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 3.3 Cost (% of estate) 76<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 5 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 0.0<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 36 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 31<br />
Time (hours per year) 180<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 24.7