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96 DOING BUSINESS IN 2005<br />

Protecting Investors<br />

Enforcing Contracts<br />

Closing a <strong>Business</strong><br />

January 2004<br />

January 2004<br />

January 2004<br />

Recovery rate<br />

Disclosure index Number of Time Cost Time Cost (cents on<br />

Economy (0–7) procedures (days) (% of debt) (years) (% of estate) the dollar)<br />

Ghana 2 23 200 14.4 1.9 18 28.2<br />

Greece 5 14 151 12.7 2.0 8 45.6<br />

Guatemala 1 37 1459 14.5 4.0 18 18.3<br />

Guinea 4 44 306 27.6 3.8 8 22.2<br />

Haiti 1 35 368 25.0 5.7 38 1.5<br />

Honduras 0 36 545 33.1 3.7 8 21.5<br />

Hong Kong, China 6 16 211 12.9 1.1 8 82.3<br />

Hungary 5 21 365 8.1 2.0 23 30.8<br />

India 4 40 425 43.1 10.0 8 12.5<br />

Indonesia 4 34 570 126.5 6.0 18 10.6<br />

Iran, Islamic Rep. 2 23 545 12.0 4.5 8 19.1<br />

Ireland 6 16 217 21.1 0.4 8 88.9<br />

Israel 7 27 585 22.1 4.0 23 38.0<br />

Italy 5 18 1390 17.6 1.2 18 43.5<br />

Jamaica 2 18 202 27.8 1.1 18 63.5<br />

Japan 6 16 60 8.6 0.5 4 92.4<br />

Jordan 3 43 342 8.8 4.3 8 26.7<br />

Kazakhstan 5 41 400 8.5 3.3 18 13.4<br />

Kenya 2 25 360 41.3 4.5 18 14.7<br />

Korea, Rep. 6 29 75 5.4 1.5 4 81.1<br />

Kuwait 1 52 390 13.3 4.2 1 38.7<br />

Kyrgyz Republic 3 46 492 47.9 3.5 4 24.4<br />

Lao PDR 1 53 443 30.3 5.0 76 0.0<br />

Latvia 5 23 189 11.0 1.1 4 85.0<br />

Lebanon 1 39 721 26.7 4.0 18 19.3<br />

Lesotho 4 49 285 23.9 2.6 8 33.0<br />

Lithuania 6 17 154 14.1 1.2 8 52.4<br />

Macedonia, FYR 4 27 509 32.8 3.7 38 7.9<br />

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Madagascar 1 29 280 22.8 practice practice 0.0<br />

Malawi 2 16 277 136.5 2.6 8 17.6<br />

Malaysia 5 31 300 20.2 2.3 18 35.4<br />

Mali 1 28 340 34.6 3.6 18 6.3<br />

Mauritania 1 28 410 29.3 8.0 8 6.1<br />

Mexico 5 37 421 20.0 1.8 18 64.5<br />

Moldova 3 37 280 16.2 2.8 8 29.3<br />

Mongolia 3 26 314 22.6 4.0 8 16.5<br />

Morocco 4 17 240 17.7 1.8 18 34.8<br />

Mozambique 2 38 580 16.0 5.0 8 12.3<br />

Namibia 1 31 270 28.3 1.0 4 53.7<br />

Nepal 3 28 350 25.8 5.0 8 25.8<br />

Netherlands 5 22 48 17.0 1.7 1 86.2<br />

New Zealand 5 19 50 4.8 2.0 4 71.4<br />

Nicaragua 1 18 155 16.3 2.2 8 38.1<br />

Niger 1 33 330 42.0 5.0 18 2.6<br />

Nigeria 6 23 730 37.2 1.5 18 33.2<br />

Norway 5 14 87 4.2 0.9 1 87.9

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