Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises

Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 185 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: Starting a business, Dealing with construction permits, Getting electricity, Registering property, Getting credit, Protec...

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Main Authors: World Bank, International Finance Corporation
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spelling okr-10986-162042021-04-23T14:03:27Z Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises World Bank International Finance Corporation banking reform finance financial sector private sector World Bank business activity business regulation competitiveness economic activity ACCESSIBLE Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 185 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: Starting a business, Dealing with construction permits, Getting electricity, Registering property, Getting credit, Protecting investors, Paying taxes, Trading across borders, Enforcing contracts, Closing a business, Employing workers. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2013, ranks economies on their overall “ease of doing business”, and analyzes reforms to business regulation – identifying which economies are strengthening their business environment the most. The Doing Business reports illustrate how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy. Doing Business is a flagship product by the World Bank and IFC that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. More than 60 economies use the Doing Business indicators to shape reform agendas and monitor improvements on the ground. In addition, the Doing Business data has generated over 870 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals since its inception. 2013-10-29T00:09:41Z 2013-10-29T00:09:41Z 2013-10-28 978-0-8213-9984-2 10.1596/978-0-8213-9984-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16204 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Group Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research
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International Finance Corporation
Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
description Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 185 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: Starting a business, Dealing with construction permits, Getting electricity, Registering property, Getting credit, Protecting investors, Paying taxes, Trading across borders, Enforcing contracts, Closing a business, Employing workers. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2013, ranks economies on their overall “ease of doing business”, and analyzes reforms to business regulation – identifying which economies are strengthening their business environment the most. The Doing Business reports illustrate how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy. Doing Business is a flagship product by the World Bank and IFC that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. More than 60 economies use the Doing Business indicators to shape reform agendas and monitor improvements on the ground. In addition, the Doing Business data has generated over 870 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals since its inception.
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International Finance Corporation
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title Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
title_short Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
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