Economy Profile of Panama

Economy Profile of Panama

Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of pr...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
REGULATION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
ELECTRICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
ACCESS TO FINANCE
TAXATION
CONTRACT LAW
LABOR POLICY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/225191575269872521/Doing-Business-2020-Comparing-Business-Regulation-in-190-Economies-Economy-Profile-of-Panama
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spelling okr-10986-329332021-05-25T10:54:38Z Economy Profile of Panama World Bank Group REGULATION BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION PERMIT ELECTRICITY PROPERTY RIGHTS ACCESS TO FINANCE TAXATION CONTRACT LAW LABOR POLICY Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies— from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time. Regulations affecting 12 areas of the life of a business are covered: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, employing workers, and contracting with the government. The employing workers and contracting with the government indicator sets are not included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business. Data in Doing Business 2020 are current as of May 1, 2019. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where and why. This economy profile presents indicators for Panama; for 2020, Panama ranks 86. 2019-12-12T17:46:15Z 2019-12-12T17:46:15Z 2019-10-24 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/225191575269872521/Doing-Business-2020-Comparing-Business-Regulation-in-190-Economies-Economy-Profile-of-Panama http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32933 English Doing Business 2020; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Panama
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topic REGULATION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
ELECTRICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
ACCESS TO FINANCE
TAXATION
CONTRACT LAW
LABOR POLICY
spellingShingle REGULATION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
ELECTRICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
ACCESS TO FINANCE
TAXATION
CONTRACT LAW
LABOR POLICY
World Bank Group
Economy Profile of Panama
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description Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies— from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time. Regulations affecting 12 areas of the life of a business are covered: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, employing workers, and contracting with the government. The employing workers and contracting with the government indicator sets are not included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business. Data in Doing Business 2020 are current as of May 1, 2019. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where and why. This economy profile presents indicators for Panama; for 2020, Panama ranks 86.
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title_short Economy Profile of Panama
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/225191575269872521/Doing-Business-2020-Comparing-Business-Regulation-in-190-Economies-Economy-Profile-of-Panama
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