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

140 Doing Business 2009TOGO Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 360Ease of doing business (rank) 163 Low income Population (m) 6.6Starting a business (rank) 179 Registering property (rank) 155 Trading across borders (rank) 84Procedures (number) 13 Procedures (number) 5 Documents to export (number) 6Time (days) 53 Time (days) 295 Time to export (days) 24Cost (% of income per capita) 251.3 Cost (% of property value) 13.4 Cost to export (US$ per container) 940Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 559.9 Documents to import (number) 8Getting credit (rank) 145 Time to import (days) 29Dealing with construction permits (rank) 145 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 3 Cost to import (US$ per container) 963Procedures (number) 15 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 1Time (days) 277 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 2.6 Enforcing contracts (rank) 151Cost (% of income per capita) 1,400.1 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 41Time (days) 588Employing workers (rank) 155 Protecting investors (rank) 142 Cost (% of claim) 47.5Difficulty 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) 94Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 40 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 4 Time (years) 3.0Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 57 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 3.7 Cost (% of estate) 15Firing cost (weeks of salary) 36 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 26.6Paying taxes (rank) 147Payments (number per year) 53Time (hours per year) 270Total tax rate (% of profit) 48.2TONGA East Asia & Pacific GNI per capita (US$) 2,320Ease of doing business (rank) 43 Lower middle income Population (m) 0.1Starting a business (rank) 19 Registering property (rank) 113 Trading across borders (rank) 50Procedures (number) 4 Procedures (number) 4 Documents to export (number) 7Time (days) 25 Time (days) 108 Time to export (days) 19Cost (% of income per capita) 9.6 Cost (% of property value) 10.2 Cost to export (US$ per container) 650Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 6Getting credit (rank) 109 Time to import (days) 25Dealing with construction permits (rank) 31 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 7 Cost to import (US$ per container) 725Procedures (number) 11 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 0Time (days) 76 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 57Cost (% of income per capita) 371.6 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 37Time (days) 350Employing workers (rank) 5 Protecting investors (rank) 104 Cost (% of claim) 30.5Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 0 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 3Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 20 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 3 Closing a business (rank) 101Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 0 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 8 Time (years) 2.7Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 7 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 4.7 Cost (% of estate) 22Firing cost (weeks of salary) 0 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 25.2Paying taxes (rank) 31Payments (number per year) 23Time (hours per year) 164Total tax rate (% of profit) 27.5TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 14,100Ease of doing business (rank) 80 High income Population (m) 1.3Starting a business (rank) 56 Registering property (rank) 164 Trading across borders (rank) 47Procedures (number) 9 Procedures (number) 8 Documents to export (number) 5Time (days) 43 Time (days) 162 Time to export (days) 14Cost (% of income per capita) 0.9 Cost (% of property value) 7.0 Cost to export (US$ per container) 866Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 6Getting credit (rank) 28 Time to import (days) 26Dealing with construction permits (rank) 84 Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 8 Cost to import (US$ per container) 1,100Procedures (number) 20 Depth of credit information index (0-6) 4Time (days) 261 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 167Cost (% of income per capita) 5.5 Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 37.6 Procedures (number) 42Time (days) 1,340Employing workers (rank) 36 Protecting investors (rank) 18 Cost (% of claim) 33.5Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 0 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 4Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 0 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 9 Closing a business (rank) 181Difficulty of firing index (0-100) 20 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 7 Time (years) No practiceRigidity of employment index (0-100) 7 Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 6.7 Cost (% of estate) No practiceFiring cost (weeks of salary) 67 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 0.0Paying taxes (rank) 51Payments (number per year) 40Time (hours per year) 114Total tax rate (% of profit) 33.1(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank