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

country tables 123NAMIBIA Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 3,360Ease of doing business (rank) 51 Lower middle income Population (m) 2.1Starting a business (rank) 112 Registering property (rank) 129 Trading across borders (rank) 150Procedures (number) 10 Procedures (number) 9 Documents to export (number) 11Time (days) 66 Time (days) 23 Time to export (days) 29Cost (% of income per capita) 22.1 Cost (% of property value) 9.9 Cost to export (US$ per container) 1,686Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 9Getting credit (rank) 12 Time to import (days) 24Dealing with construction permits (rank) 38 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 8 Cost to import (US$ per container) 1,813Procedures (number) 12 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 5Time (days) 139 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 36Cost (% of income per capita) 181.8 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 59.6 Procedures (number) 33Time (days) 270Employing workers (rank) 34 Protecting investors (rank) 70 Cost (% of claim) 29.9Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 0 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 5Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 40 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 5 Closing a business (rank) 52Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 20 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 6 Time (years) 1.5Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 20 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 5.3 Cost (% of estate) 15Firing cost (weeks of salary) 24 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 39.5Paying taxes (rank) 96Payments (number per year) 37Time (hours per year) 375Total tax rate (% of profit) 25.3NEPAL South Asia GNI per capita (US$) 340Ease of doing business (rank) 121 Low income Population (m) 28.1Starting a business (rank) 73 Registering property (rank) 28 Trading across borders (rank) 157Procedures (number) 7 Procedures (number) 3 Documents to export (number) 9Time (days) 31 Time (days) 5 Time to export (days) 41Cost (% of income per capita) 60.2 Cost (% of property value) 6.3 Cost to export (US$ per container) 1,764Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 10Getting credit (rank) 109 Time to import (days) 35Dealing with construction permits (rank) 129 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 5 Cost to import (US$ per container) 1,900Procedures (number) 15 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 2Time (days) 424 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 121Cost (% of income per capita) 248.4 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.2 Procedures (number) 39Time (days) 735Employing workers (rank) 150 Protecting investors (rank) 70 Cost (% of claim) 26.8Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 56 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 6Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 0 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 1 Closing a business (rank) 103Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 70 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 9 Time (years) 5.0Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 42 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 5.3 Cost (% of estate) 9Firing cost (weeks of salary) 90 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 24.5Paying taxes (rank) 107Payments (number per year) 34Time (hours per year) 408Total tax rate (% of profit) 34.1NETHERLANDS OECD: High Income GNI per capita (US$) 45,820Ease of doing business (rank) 26 High income Population (m) 16.4Starting a business (rank) 51 Registering property (rank) 23 Trading across borders (rank) 13Procedures (number) 6 Procedures (number) 2 Documents to export (number) 4Time (days) 10 Time (days) 5 Time to export (days) 6Cost (% of income per capita) 5.9 Cost (% of property value) 6.1 Cost to export (US$ per container) 895Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 51.7 Documents to import (number) 5Getting credit (rank) 43 Time to import (days) 6Dealing with construction permits (rank) 94 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 6 Cost to import (US$ per container) 1,020Procedures (number) 18 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 5Time (days) 230 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 34Cost (% of income per capita) 112.1 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 81.0 Procedures (number) 25Time (days) 514Employing workers (rank) 98 Protecting investors (rank) 104 Cost (% of claim) 24.4Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 17 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 4Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 40 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 4 Closing a business (rank) 10Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 70 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 6 Time (years) 1.1Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 42 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 4.7 Cost (% of estate) 4Firing cost (weeks of salary) 17 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 82.7Paying taxes (rank) 30Payments (number per year) 9Time (hours per year) 180Total tax rate (% of profit) 39.1(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank