Washington DC, October 7, 2003 -- In Australia you can register a business in 2 days; in Haiti you need 203. In Denmark, you don't pay anything to start a business, while in Cambodia you pay 5 times income per capita. In Tunisia, you can enforce a contract in 7 days; in Guatemala this takes more than 4 years. Credit information systems have credit histories on almost every adult in New Zealand, Norway, and the United States, but cover less than 1 percent of the population in China, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Resolving bankruptcy takes six months in Ireland but more than 11 years in India.
These dramatic differences are highlighted in a new, annual publication from the World Bank Group,Doing Business in 2004: Understanding Regulation.
“The reportprovides policy makers and the public with quantitative measures on business regulations—data that will facilitate the reform efforts of governments,” said Michael Klein, World Bank/IFC vice president for Private Sector Development and IFC chief economist.
Doing Businesscollects and analyzes data on over 130 countries, including OECD countries. The analysis is based on assessments of each country’s laws and regulations, with input from and verification by local experts who assist entrepreneurs in starting a business, hiring and firing workers, enforcing contracts, getting credit, and closing a business.
Doing Business in 2004 offers answers to these critical questions:
· Which countries regulate businesses the most?
· Is regulation an outcome of efficient social choice, or has it persisted because of inertia and a lack of capacity for reform?
· What are the main obstacles to regulatory reform?
· What are the best regulatory models?
Indicators and analysis, and information on ordering the report, are available on the Doing Businesswebsite:http://rru.worldbank.org/doingbusiness/
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