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Doing Business in 2006 -- Creating Jobs - Caribbean Elections
Doing Business in 2006 -- Creating Jobs - Caribbean Elections
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136 DOING BUSINESS IN 2006<br />
LITHUANIA Eastern Europe & Central Asia GNI per capita (US$) 5,740<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 15 Upper middle income Population (m) 3.5<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 8 Procedures (number) 3 Documents for export (number) 5<br />
Time (days) 26 Time (days) 3 Signatures for export (number) 5<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 3.3 Cost (% of property value) 0.8 Time for export (days) 6<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 57.3 Documents for import (number) 12<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 4<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 4 Time for import (days) 17<br />
Procedures (number) 14 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 6<br />
Time (days) 151 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 2.5 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 17.5 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 12.1 Procedures (number) 17<br />
Time (days) 154<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 9.1<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 33 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 5<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 4 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 40 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 7 Time (years) 1<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 44 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.3 Cost (% of estate) 7<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 28 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 53.6<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 34 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 13<br />
Time (hours per year) 162<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 41.6<br />
MACEDONIA, FYR Eastern Europe & Central Asia GNI per capita (US$) 2,350<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 81 Lower middle income Population (m) 2.1<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 13 Procedures (number) 6 Documents for export (number) 10<br />
Time (days) 48 Time (days) 74 Signatures for export (number) 8<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 11.3 Cost (% of property value) 3.6 Time for export (days) 32<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 145.2 Documents for import (number) 10<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 11<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 6 Time for import (days) 35<br />
Procedures (number) 18 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 3<br />
Time (days) 214 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 1.9 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 67.5 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 27<br />
Time (days) 509<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 32.8<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 61 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 5<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 7 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 40 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 6 Time (years) 4<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 54 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 6.0 Cost (% of estate) 28<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 33 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 15.4<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 41 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 54<br />
Time (hours per year) 96<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 40.1<br />
MADAGASCAR Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 300<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 131 Low income Population (m) 16.9<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 11 Procedures (number) 8 Documents for export (number) 7<br />
Time (days) 38 Time (days) 134 Signatures for export (number) 15<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 54.3 Cost (% of property value) 11.0 Time for export (days) 50<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 2158.0 Documents for import (number) 9<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 18<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 4 Time for import (days) 59<br />
Procedures (number) 19 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 2<br />
Time (days) 356 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.3 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 447.8 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 29<br />
Time (days) 280<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 22.8<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 67 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 5<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) 50 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 6 Time (years) no practice<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 59 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.7 Cost (% of estate) no practice<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 18 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 0.0<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 41 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 29<br />
Time (hours per year) 400<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 58.9