DOING BUSINESS 2009 - JOHN J. HADDAD, Ph.D.

92 Doing Business 2009BOLIVIA Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 1,260Ease of doing business (rank) 150 Lower middle income Population (m) 9.5Starting a business (rank) 165 Registering property (rank) 129 Trading across borders (rank) 117Procedures (number) 15 Procedures (number) 7 Documents to export (number) 8Time (days) 50 Time (days) 92 Time to export (days) 19Cost (% of income per capita) 112.4 Cost (% of property value) 4.9 Cost to export (US$ per container) 1,425Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 2.8 Documents to import (number) 7Getting credit (rank) 109 Time to import (days) 23Dealing with construction permits (rank) 98 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 1 Cost to import (US$ per container) 1,747Procedures (number) 17 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 6Time (days) 249 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 11.9 Enforcing contracts (rank) 133Cost (% of income per capita) 121.6 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 29.7 Procedures (number) 40Time (days) 591Employing workers (rank) 180 Protecting investors (rank) 126 Cost (% of claim) 33.2Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 78 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 1Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 5 Closing a business (rank) 59Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 100 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 6 Time (years) 1.8Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 79 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 4.0 Cost (% of estate) 15Firing cost (weeks of salary) not possible Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 37.3Paying taxes (rank) 176Payments (number per year) 41Time (hours per year) 1,080Total tax rate (% of profit) 78.1BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Eastern Europe & Central Asia GNI per capita (US$) 3,580Ease of doing business (rank) 119 Lower middle income Population (m) 3.9Starting a business (rank) 161 Registering property (rank) 144 Trading across borders (rank) 55Procedures (number) 12 Procedures (number) 7 Documents to export (number) 6Time (days) 60 Time (days) 128 Time to export (days) 16Cost (% of income per capita) 30.8 Cost (% of property value) 5.2 Cost to export (US$ per container) 1,070Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 36.3 Documents to import (number) 7Getting credit (rank) 59 Time to import (days) 16Dealing with construction permits (rank) 137 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 5 Cost to import (US$ per container) 1,035Procedures (number) 16 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 5Time (days) 296 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 123Cost (% of income per capita) 666.9 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 69.2 Procedures (number) 38Time (days) 595Employing workers (rank) 117 Protecting investors (rank) 88 Cost (% of claim) 38.4Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 67 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 3Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 40 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 6 Closing a business (rank) 60Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 30 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 6 Time (years) 3.3Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 46 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 5.0 Cost (% of estate) 9Firing cost (weeks of salary) 31 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 35.9Paying taxes (rank) 154Payments (number per year) 51Time (hours per year) 428Total tax rate (% of profit) 44.1BOTSWANA Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 5,840Ease of doing business (rank) 38 Upper middle income Population (m) 1.9Starting a business (rank) 80 Registering property (rank) 29 Trading across borders (rank) 149Procedures (number) 10 Procedures (number) 4 Documents to export (number) 6Time (days) 78 Time (days) 11 Time to export (days) 31Cost (% of income per capita) 2.3 Cost (% of property value) 5.0 Cost to export (US$ per container) 2,508Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 9Getting credit (rank) 43 Time to import (days) 42Dealing with construction permits (rank) 119 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 7 Cost to import (US$ per container) 3,064Procedures (number) 24 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 4Time (days) 167 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 92Cost (% of income per capita) 311.9 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 52.9 Procedures (number) 29Time (days) 987Employing workers (rank) 73 Protecting investors (rank) 38 Cost (% of claim) 28.1Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 0 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 7Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 20 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 8 Closing a business (rank) 26Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 40 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 3 Time (years) 1.7Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 20 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 6.0 Cost (% of estate) 15Firing cost (weeks of salary) 90 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 60.3Paying taxes (rank) 17Payments (number per year) 19Time (hours per year) 140Total tax rate (% of profit) 17.1(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank