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Doing Business in 2006 -- Creating Jobs - Caribbean Elections
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COUNTRY TABLES 149<br />
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 370<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 123 Low income Population (m) 0.2<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 9 Procedures (number) 6 Documents for export (number) 7<br />
Time (days) 192 Time (days) 51 Signatures for export (number) 8<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 97.0 Cost (% of property value) 12.6 Time for export (days) 31<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents for import (number) 9<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 12<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) . . Time for import (days) 40<br />
Procedures (number) 13 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 0<br />
Time (days) 259 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 1737.1 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 67<br />
Time (days) 240<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 69.5<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 61 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 6<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 1 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 60 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 6 Time (years) 0<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 60 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 4.3 Cost (% of estate) 30<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 6 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 0.0<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 108 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 29<br />
Time (hours per year) 1008<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 27.4<br />
SAUDI ARABIA Middle East & North Africa GNI per capita (US$) 10,430<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 38 High income Population (m) 22.5<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 13 Procedures (number) 4 Documents for export (number) 5<br />
Time (days) 64 Time (days) 4 Signatures for export (number) 12<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 68.5 Cost (% of property value) 0.0 Time for export (days) 36<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 1236.9 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) 44<br />
Procedures (number) 18 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 5<br />
Time (days) 131 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.2 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 82.1 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 10.2 Procedures (number) 44<br />
Time (days) 360<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 20.0<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 0 Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 8<br />
Rigidity of hours index (0–100) 40 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 4 Closing a business<br />
Difficulty of firing index (0–100) 0 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 3 Time (years) 3<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 13 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 5.0 Cost (% of estate) 22<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 11 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 28.4<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 79 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 13<br />
Time (hours per year) 70<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 1.4<br />
SENEGAL Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 670<br />
Ease of doing business (rank) 132 Low income Population (m) 10.2<br />
Starting a business Registering property Trading across borders<br />
Procedures (number) 9 Procedures (number) 6 Documents for export (number) 6<br />
Time (days) 57 Time (days) 114 Signatures for export (number) 8<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 108.7 Cost (% of property value) 18.0 Time for export (days) 6<br />
Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 260.4 Documents for import (number) 10<br />
Getting credit Signatures for import (number) 12<br />
Dealing with licenses Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 3 Time for import (days) 26<br />
Procedures (number) 18 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 1<br />
Time (days) 185 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 4.3 Enforcing contracts<br />
Cost (% of income per capita) 175.9 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 33<br />
Time (days) 485<br />
Hiring and firing workers Protecting investors Cost (% of debt) 23.8<br />
Difficulty of hiring index (0–100) 61 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) 70 Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 3 Time (years) 3<br />
Rigidity of employment index (0–100) 64 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 3.7 Cost (% of estate) 7<br />
Hiring cost (% of salary) 23 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 19.0<br />
Firing cost (weeks of salary) 38 Paying taxes<br />
Payments (number) 59<br />
Time (hours per year) 696<br />
Total tax payable (% of gross profit) 45.0