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144 DOING BUSINESS IN 2006 OMAN Middle East & North Africa GNI per capita (US$) 7,890 Ease of doing business (rank) 51 Upper middle income Population (m) 2.6 Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders Procedures (number) 9 Procedures (number) 4 Documents for export (number) 9 Time (days) 34 Time (days) 16 Signatures for export (number) 7 Cost (% of income per capita) 4.8 Cost (% of property value) 3.0 Time for export (days) 23 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 97.3 Documents for import (number) 13 Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 9 Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 3 Time for import (days) 27 Procedures (number) 16 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 0 Time (days) 271 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts Cost (% of income per capita) 1014.0 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 41 Time (days) 455 Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 10.0 Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 44 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 8 Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 6 Closing a business Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 0 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 3 Time (years) 7 Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 35 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.7 Cost (% of estate) 4 Hiring cost (% of salary) 9 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 24.9 Firing cost (weeks of salary) 13 Paying taxes Payments (number) 13 Time (hours per year) 52 Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 5.2 PAKISTAN South Asia GNI per capita (US$) 600 Ease of doing business (rank) 60 Low income Population (m) 148.0 Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders Procedures (number) 11 Procedures (number) 5 Documents for export (number) 8 Time (days) 24 Time (days) 49 Signatures for export (number) 10 Cost (% of income per capita) 18.6 Cost (% of property value) 3.2 Time for export (days) 33 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents for import (number) 12 Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 15 Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 4 Time for import (days) 39 Procedures (number) 12 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 4 Time (days) 218 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.3 Enforcing contracts Cost (% of income per capita) 1170.7 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.9 Procedures (number) 46 Time (days) 395 Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 35.2 Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 67 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 6 Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 40 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 6 Closing a business Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 30 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 7 Time (years) 3 Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 46 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 6.3 Cost (% of estate) 4 Hiring cost (% of salary) 12 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 44.3 Firing cost (weeks of salary) 90 Paying taxes Payments (number) 32 Time (hours per year) 560 Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 57.4 PALAU East Asia & Pacific GNI per capita (US$) 6,870 Ease of doing business (rank) 50 Upper middle income Population (m) 0.0 Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders Procedures (number) 8 Procedures (number) 3 Documents for export (number) 7 Time (days) 33 Time (days) 14 Signatures for export (number) 3 Cost (% of income per capita) 10.2 Cost (% of property value) 0.3 Time for export (days) 20 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 7.3 Documents for import (number) 9 Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 4 Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 5 Time for import (days) 26 Procedures (number) 6 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 0 Time (days) 67 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts Cost (% of income per capita) 18.8 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 34 Time (days) 465 Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 34.7 Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 0 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 0 Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 0 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 0 Closing a business Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 0 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 8 Time (years) 7 Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 0 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 2.7 Cost (% of estate) 38 Hiring cost (% of salary) 6 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 3.5 Firing cost (weeks of salary) 0 Paying taxes Payments (number) 17 Time (hours per year) 128 Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 40.0
COUNTRY TABLES 145 PANAMA Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 4,450 Ease of doing business (rank) 57 Upper middle income Population (m) 3.0 Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders Procedures (number) 7 Procedures (number) 7 Documents for export (number) 8 Time (days) 19 Time (days) 44 Signatures for export (number) 3 Cost (% of income per capita) 24.8 Cost (% of property value) 2.4 Time for export (days) 30 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents for import (number) 12 Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 3 Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 6 Time for import (days) 32 Procedures (number) 22 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 6 Time (days) 128 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts Cost (% of income per capita) 114.3 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 40.2 Procedures (number) 45 Time (days) 355 Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 37.0 Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 78 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 3 Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 40 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 4 Closing a business Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 70 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 7 Time (years) 2 Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 63 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 4.7 Cost (% of estate) 30 Hiring cost (% of salary) 14 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 25.8 Firing cost (weeks of salary) 47 Paying taxes Payments (number) 45 Time (hours per year) 424 Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 32.9 PAPUA NEW GUINEA East Asia & Pacific GNI per capita (US$) 580 Ease of doing business (rank) 64 Low income Population (m) 5.5 Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders Procedures (number) 8 Procedures (number) 4 Documents for export (number) 5 Time (days) 56 Time (days) 72 Signatures for export (number) 5 Cost (% of income per capita) 30.2 Cost (% of property value) 5.2 Time for export (days) 30 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents for import (number) 10 Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 6 Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 6 Time for import (days) 32 Procedures (number) 20 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 0 Time (days) 218 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts Cost (% of income per capita) 124.7 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 22 Time (days) 440 Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 110.3 Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 22 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 5 Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 20 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 5 Closing a business Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 20 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 8 Time (years) 3 Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 21 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 6.0 Cost (% of estate) 38 Hiring cost (% of salary) 8 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 13.0 Firing cost (weeks of salary) 38 Paying taxes Payments (number) 43 Time (hours per year) 198 Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 36.7 PARAGUAY Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 1,170 Ease of doing business (rank) 88 Lower middle income Population (m) 5.6 Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders Procedures (number) 17 Procedures (number) 7 Documents for export (number) 9 Time (days) 74 Time (days) 48 Signatures for export (number) 7 Cost (% of income per capita) 147.8 Cost (% of property value) 2.0 Time for export (days) 34 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents for import (number) 13 Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 11 Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 3 Time for import (days) 31 Procedures (number) 15 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 6 Time (days) 273 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 8.7 Enforcing contracts Cost (% of income per capita) 544.5 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 52.2 Procedures (number) 46 Time (days) 285 Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 30.4 Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 56 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 6 Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 5 Closing a business Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 60 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 6 Time (years) 4 Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 59 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.7 Cost (% of estate) 9 Hiring cost (% of salary) 17 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 13.3 Firing cost (weeks of salary) 99 Paying taxes Payments (number) 33 Time (hours per year) 328 Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 37.9
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21 Hiring and firing workers Who is
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HIRING AND FIRING WORKERS 23 TABLE
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Page 169 and 170: 163 Acknowledgments Contact details
Page 171 and 172: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 165 Tibor Fabian BI
Page 173 and 174: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 167 Barthélémy Ke
Page 175 and 176: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 169 Ghislane Moise
Page 177 and 178: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 171 Bernt Juthstrom
Page 179 and 180: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 173 Kari Hrafn Kjar
Page 181 and 182: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 175 Ivan A. Zaitsev
Page 183 and 184: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 177 Samuel Tembenu
Page 185 and 186: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 179 Russell Lawn BU
Page 187 and 188: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 181 Jazmin Banal RO
Page 189 and 190: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 183 Ivan Petrovic L
Page 191 and 192: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 185 Wen-Horng Kao P
Page 193 and 194: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 187 Katherine Stone
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