EC_PR number of procedures from the moment the plaintiff files a lawsuit in court until the moment of payment. Source: Doing Business, various issues. Trading Across Borders This topic looks at the procedural requirements for exporting and importing a standardized cargo of goods. Every official procedure is counted -- from the contractual agreement between the 2 parties to the delivery of goods. There are two main indicators: TAB_IMPR number of procedures required to import goods, TAB_EXPR number of procedures required to export goods. Source: Doing Business, various issues. Appendix C: List of Countries in the Sample EU-8: CZECH REPUBLIC, ESTONIA, HUNGARY, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, POLAND, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, SLOVENIA. MENA: ALGERIA, EGYPT, ISRAEL, JORDAN, LEBANON, MOROCCO, SYRIA, TUNISIA, TURKEY, WEST BANK. EU-15: AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, IRELAND, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, UNITED KINGDOM, PORTUGAL, SPAIN. All Countries in the sample: 129
AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANGOLA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARGENTINA, ARMENIA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BANGLADESH, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BELIZE, BENIN, BHUTAN, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, BURUNDI, CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CANADA, CAPE VERDE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COMOROS, CONGO, Congo Dem. Rep. (Zaire), COSTA RICA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, DJIBOUTI, DOMINICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ERITREA, ESTONIA, ETHIOPIA, FIJI, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GAMBIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GRENADA, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, GUINEA-BISSAU, GUYANA, HAITI, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, IVORY COAST, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, KIRIBATI, KOREA, SOUTH, KUWAIT, KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, LAOS, LATVIA, LEBANON, LESOTHO, LITHUANIA, MACEDONIA, MADAGASCAR, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, MALI, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MAURITANIA, MAURITIUS, MEXICO, MICRONESIA, MOLDOVA, MONACO, MONGOLIA, MOROCCO, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGER, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PALAU, PANAMA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, RWANDA, SAMOA, SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, SAUDI ARABIA, SENEGAL, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, SEYCHELLES, SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, SLOVENIA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, ST. LUCIA, ST. VINCENT, AND THE GRENADINES, SUDAN, SURINAME, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TAIWAN, TAJIKISTAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TIMOR, EAST, TOGO, TONGA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UGANDA, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN, VANUATU, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, WEST BANK, YEMEN, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE 130
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Table of contents INTRODUCTION AND
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