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

96 Doing Business 2009CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 380Ease of doing business (rank) 180 Low income Population (m) 4.3Starting a business (rank) 152 Registering property (rank) 133 Trading across borders (rank) 175Procedures (number) 10 Procedures (number) 5 Documents to export (number) 8Time (days) 14 Time (days) 75 Time to export (days) 57Cost (% of income per capita) 232.3 Cost (% of property value) 18.6 Cost to export (US$ per container) 5,121Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 513.9 Documents to import (number) 18Getting credit (rank) 131 Time to import (days) 66Dealing with construction permits (rank) 138 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 3 Cost to import (US$ per container) 5,074Procedures (number) 21 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 2Time (days) 239 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 1.2 Enforcing contracts (rank) 169Cost (% of income per capita) 278.9 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 43Time (days) 660Employing workers (rank) 151 Protecting investors (rank) 126 Cost (% of claim) 82.0Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 72 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 6Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 1 Closing a business (rank) 181Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 50 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 5 Time (years) 4.8Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 61 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 4.0 Cost (% of estate) 76Firing cost (weeks of salary) 22 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 0.0Paying taxes (rank) 178Payments (number per year) 54Time (hours per year) 504Total tax rate (% of profit) 203.8CHAD Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 540Ease of doing business (rank) 175 Low income Population (m) 10.8Starting a business (rank) 180 Registering property (rank) 132 Trading across borders (rank) 159Procedures (number) 19 Procedures (number) 6 Documents to export (number) 6Time (days) 75 Time (days) 44 Time to export (days) 78Cost (% of income per capita) 175.0 Cost (% of property value) 22.7 Cost to export (US$ per container) 5,367Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 365.1 Documents to import (number) 9Getting credit (rank) 145 Time to import (days) 102Dealing with construction permits (rank) 70 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 3 Cost to import (US$ per container) 6,020Procedures (number) 9 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 1Time (days) 181 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.6 Enforcing contracts (rank) 166Cost (% of income per capita) 974.7 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 41Time (days) 743Employing workers (rank) 139 Protecting investors (rank) 126 Cost (% of claim) 77.4Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 39 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 6Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 60 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 1 Closing a business (rank) 181Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 40 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 5 Time (years) No practiceRigidity of employment index (0-100) 46 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 4.0 Cost (% of estate) No practiceFiring cost (weeks of salary) 36 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 0.0Paying taxes (rank) 130Payments (number per year) 54Time (hours per year) 122Total tax rate (% of profit) 60.5CHILE Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 8,350Ease of doing business (rank) 40 Upper middle income Population (m) 16.6Starting a business (rank) 55 Registering property (rank) 39 Trading across borders (rank) 53Procedures (number) 9 Procedures (number) 6 Documents to export (number) 6Time (days) 27 Time (days) 31 Time to export (days) 21Cost (% of income per capita) 7.5 Cost (% of property value) 1.3 Cost to export (US$ per container) 745Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 7Getting credit (rank) 68 Time to import (days) 21Dealing with construction permits (rank) 62 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 4 Cost to import (US$ per container) 795Procedures (number) 18 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 5Time (days) 155 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 28.1 Enforcing contracts (rank) 65Cost (% of income per capita) 101.3 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 34.5 Procedures (number) 36Time (days) 480Employing workers (rank) 74 Protecting investors (rank) 38 Cost (% of claim) 28.6Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 33 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 7Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 20 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 6 Closing a business (rank) 112Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 20 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 5 Time (years) 4.5Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 24 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 6.0 Cost (% of estate) 15Firing cost (weeks of salary) 52 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 21.3Paying taxes (rank) 41Payments (number per year) 10Time (hours per year) 316Total tax rate (% of profit) 25.9(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank