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

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172 Doing Business 2009Federico GuastiStudio Legale GuastiGiovanni IzzoAbbatescianni StudioLegale e TributarioArena LanfrancoProdital LeathersStefano Macchi di CellereJones DayBarbara MagnCamozzi BonissoniVarrenti & AssociatiFabrizio MariottiMario MiccoliNotaio MiccoliValeria MorossiniFrancesca NapoletanoChiomenti Studio LegaleGianmatteo NunzianteNunziante MagroneFrancesco NuzzoloPricewaterhouseCoopersLuciano PanzaniSupreme CourtPaolo PasqualisNotaryGiovanni PattiAbbatescianni StudioLegale e TributarioPaolo PedrazzoliStudio Notaio PedrazzoliAndrea PellicaniOverseas AsiaFederica PeresPortolano ColellaCavallo Studio LegaleLaura ProsperettiCleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton LLPGiuseppe RamondelliStudio Legale NotarileDi Fabio RamondelliCantamagliGiuseppe Antonio RecchiaDipartimento sui rapportidi lavoro e sulle relazioniindustriali - Universityof BariTommaso RomolottiCamozzi BonissoniVarrenti & AssociatiGiovanni B. SandicchiCleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton LLPLamberto SchionaStudio Legale SchionaMassimiliano SilvettiNunziante MagronePiervincenzo SpasaroSpasaro De Martinis LawFirmGiovanni StefaninTLS AssociazioneProfessionale di Avvocatie CommercialistiRobert SturgessSDVMaria Antonietta TanicoTanico law firmSilvio TersillaLovellsTommaso TomaiuoloTLS AssociazioneProfessionale di Avvocatie CommercialistiLuca TufarelliRistuccia & TufarelliBenedetta VanniniCleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton LLPEmanuela VitteloCleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton LLPAngelo ZambelliLabLaw Studio legale -Failla, Rotondi & ZambelliFilippo ZucchinelliTLS /PricewaterhouseCoopersLegal ServicesJamaicaTheresa BowenLEX CaribbeanArlene E. BurtonPricewaterhouseCoopersEric Alexander CrawfordPricewaterhouseCoopersEagle and Whale Ltd.Nicole FogaFoga Daley & Co.Stephanie GordonLEX CaribbeanHerbert Winston GrantGrant, Stewart, Phillips& Co.Michael HallPricewaterhouseCoopersCorrine N. HenryMyers, Fletcher & Gordon,member of Lex MundiAlicia P. HusseyMyers, Fletcher & Gordon,member of Lex MundiEmile G.R. LeibaMyers, Fletcher & Gordon,member of Lex MundiSandra Minott-PhillipsMyers, Fletcher & Gordon,member of Lex MundiViveen MorrisonPricewaterhouseCoopersHilary ReidMyers, Fletcher & Gordon,member of Lex MundiNatalie Farrell RossMyers, Fletcher & Gordon,member of Lex MundiLisa N. RussellMyers, Fletcher & Gordon,member of Lex MundiHumprey TaylorTaylor Construction Ltd.Lorraine ThomasLTN LogisticsInternational Co. LtdMaliaca WongMyers, Fletcher & Gordon,member of Lex MundiJapanAllen & OveryAPLMiho ArimuraHatasawa & Wakai LawFirmCredit Information CenterCorp.Mijo FujitaAdachi, Henderson,Miyatake & FujitaYoshimasa FurutaAnderson Mori &TomotsuneShigeru HasegawaZeirishi-HojinPricewaterhouseCoopersTamotsu HatasawaHatasawa & Wakai LawFirmTakashi HiroseOh-Ebashi LPC & PartnersYuko InuiOrrick, Herrington &Sutcliffe LLPMuriuki KaindioTokyo Trading Co. Ltd.Yosuke KanegaeOh-Ebashi LPC & PartnersHideki Thurgood KanoAnderson Mori &TomotsuneYutaro KawabataNishimura & AsahiSusumi KawaguchiObayashi CorporationKotaku KimuZeirishi-HojinPricewaterhouseCoopersKenichi KojimaUshijima & PartnersToshio MiyatakeAdachi, Henderson,Miyatake & FujitaMichihiro MoriNishimura & AsahiTohru MotobayashiMori Hamada &MatsumotoTakafumi NiheiNishimura & AsahiMiho NiunoyaAtsumi & PartnersNaoko SatoAnderson Mori &TomotsuneTetsuro SatoBaker & McKenzieEri SugiharaNishimura & AsahiHidetaka SumomogiNishimura & AsahiHiroyuki SuzukiZeirishi-HojinPricewaterhouseCoopersToshio TaikojiKajima CorporationJunichi TobimatsuMori Hamada &MatsumotoJun YamadaAnderson Mori &TomotsuneMichi YamagamiAnderson Mori &TomotsuneAkio YamamotoKajima CorporationKazuhiro YanagidaNishimura & AsahiSetsuko YufuAtsumi & PartnersJordanSaleh AbdelatiAli Sharif Zu’bi, Advocates& Legal Consultants,member of Lex MundiChaled Abu-GharbiehArch EPE, EnterpriseBusiness SolutionsAnas AbunamehLaw & Arbitration CentreIbrahim AbunamehLaw & Arbitration CentreBassam Abu-RummanAli Sharif Zu’bi, Advocates& Legal Consultants,member of Lex MundiSabri Al KhassibAmman Chamber ofCommerceTamara Al-BannaKhalifeh & PartnersEman M. Al-DabbasInternational BusinessLegal AssociatesArafat AlfayoumiCentral BankOmar AljazyAljazy & Co.Advocates &Legal ConsultantsFrancis BawabPricewaterhouseCoopersStephen CarpenterCustoms AdministrationModernization Program(CAMP)Micheal T. DabitMichael T. Dabit &AssociatesAnwar ElliyanThe Jordanian ElectricPower Co. Ltd. (JEPCO)Greater AmmanMunicipalityDavid H. HarrellCustoms AdministrationModernization Program(CAMP)George HazbounZeina JaradatPricewaterhouseCoopersRasha LaswiZalloum & Laswi Law FirmHusam Jamil MadanatLand and SurveyDirectorateFiras MalhasInternational BusinessLegal AssociatesMunaf MalkawiMufida Art MosaicMaher MelhemAbu-GhazalehProfessional Consulting(AGPC)Amer MoflehInternational BusinessLegal AssociatesKhaldoun NazerKhalifeh & PartnersOmq Al Bihar Est.Ahmad QuandourKhalifeh & PartnersOsama Y. SabbaghThe Jordanian ElectricPower Co. Ltd. (JEPCO)Stephan StephanPricewaterhouseCoopersAzzam ZalloumZalloum & Laswi Law FirmIyad ZawaidehAli Sharif Zu’bi, Advocates& Legal Consultants,member of Lex MundiKareem ZureikatAli Sharif Zu’bi, Advocates& Legal Consultants,member of Lex MundiKazakhstanBolat AbaidullayevBusiness EnvironmentImprovement Project/Pragma CorporationArdak AiyekeyevaPricewaterhouseCoopersAnvar AkhmedovFirst Credit BureauAman AlievAssistance, LLC Law FirmAskar BaigazinPricewaterhouseCoopersLegal ServicesNurlan BaimurzayevMinistry of JusticeIldus BarievGlobalink Logistics GroupAliya BaysenovaAssistance, LLC Law FirmGulnur BekmukhanbetovaMcGuireWoodsKazakhstan LLPShamshidin BizhkenovAristan ProjectManagement Group(APMG)Sergey ChetverikovPricewaterhouseCoopersMichael DarkMichael Wilson & PartnersLtd.Almaz DosserbekovAristan ProjectManagement Group(APMG)Ardak DyussembayevaAequitas Law FirmCourtney FowlerPricewaterhouseCoopersOleg GnoevykhM&M LogisticsSemion IssykAequitas Law FirmVladimir IvlevFirst Credit BureauThomas JohnsonDenton Wilde SapteElena KaevaPricewaterhouseCoopers(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank
Acknowledgments 173Dina KaliPricewaterhouseCoopersLegal ServicesNursultan KassenovAristan ProjectManagement Group(APMG)Pasha KarimGlobalink Logistics GroupYekaterina KimMichael Wilson & PartnersLtd.Alexander KurganovM&M LogisticsAbdulkhamid MuminovPricewaterhouseCoopersAssel MusinaDenton Wilde SapteBerik NurgaziyevAristan ProjectManagement Group(APMG)Yuliya PenzovaAequitas Law FirmSaniya PerzadayevaMacleod DixonElvis RobertM&M LogisticsAsem ShaidildinovaPricewaterhouseCoopersKanat SkakovSalansZhaniya UssenAssistance, LLC Law FirmDubek ZhabykenovBA Services InternationalLLCDanat ZhakenovZhakenov & Partnersin association withGrundberg MocattaRakisonValerie A. ZhakenovZhakenov & Partnersin association withGrundberg MocattaRakisonLiza ZhumakhmetovaPricewaterhouseCoopersLegal ServicesAinur ZhumanbayevaMichael Wilson & PartnersLtd.KenyaGeorge AkotoAkoto & CompanyAdvocatesGeorge AregoSiginon Freight LtdAnil Madhavan ChangwonySiginon Freight LtdOliver FowlerKaplan & StrattonFiona FoxChunga AssociatesPeter GachuhiKaplan & StrattonFrancis GichuhiPrism Designs AfricaEdmond GichuruGichuru Kiplagat &AdvocatesWilliam Ikutha MaemaIseme, Kamau & MaemaAdvocatesKarori KamauIseme, Kamau & MaemaAdvocatesPatrick KararaPricewaterhouseCoopersPeter KenaniHomeline ConsolidationServices Ltd.Morris KimuliB.M. Musau & Co.AdvocatesFelix KiokoB.M. Musau & Co.AdvocatesMeshack T. KipturgoSiginon Freight LtdOwen KoimburiSCI Koimburi Tucker & Co.Alexandra KontosWalker Kontos AdvocatesGilbert LangatKenya Shippers CouncilNicholas MalonzaB.M. Musau & Co.AdvocatesVictor MajaniOsoro and Co, CertifiedPublic AccountantsSam MbuguaPhiltonRosemary MburuInstitute of TradeDevelopmentMetropol East Africa Ltd.Osoro Moses OsanoMuriu Mungai& CoAdvocatesWashington MuthamiaAlexandria FreightForwarders Ltd.Judy MwangiChunga AssociatesWachira NdegeCredit Reference BureauAfrica Ltd.Stephen OkelloPricewaterhouseCoopersErastus K. OmoloErastus & Co. CertifiedPublic AccountantsElisha OngoyaAsiema & Co AdvocatesTom OnyangoOchieng, Onyango, Kibet& OhagaCephas OsoroOsoro and Co, CertifiedPublic AccountantsMohammed RamadhanDel Ray CargoSonal SejpalAnjarwalla & KhannaAdvocatesRodgers Abwire SekweMuriu Mungai & CoAdvocatesDeepen ShahWalker Kontos AdvocatesMahat SomaneKaplan & StratonJohn Syekei NyandiekaMuriu Mungai & CoAdvocatesJoseph TarachaThe Central BankAdrian TopotiB.M. Musau & Co.AdvocatesKiribatiKenneth BardenAttorney-at-LawWilliam Wylie ClarkeHowards LawyersLawrence MullerBetio City CouncilTion NeemiaShipping Agency of KiribatiPorts AuthorityMatereta RaimanMinistry of Finance &Economic DevelopmentKoreaYong Seok AhnLee & KoDong-Ook ByunCustoms ServiceMin-Sook ChaeKorea Credit BureauHyeong-Tae ChoSamilPricewaterhouseCoopersHan-Jun ChonSamilPricewaterhouseCoopersEui Jong ChungBae, Kim & Lee LLCLionel DarrieutortSDVMarc FallySDVSang-goo HanYoon Yang Kim Shin & YuSean C. HayesAhnse Law OfficesBaek HuhHwang Mok Park P.C.,member of Lex MundiC.W. HyunKim & ChangJames I.S. JeonSojong PartnersYoung-Cheol JeongYonsei UniversityKim Jung InKorea Credit BureauGee-Hong KimHorizon Law GroupJung-In KimKorea Credit BureauYong-Deog KimKorea Credit BureauKyu-Dong KimSamilPricewaterhouseCoopersS.E. Stephan KimSojong PartnersWonhyung KimYoon Yang Kim Shin & YuKorea Information ServiceJung Myung LeeHwang Mok Park P.C.,member of Lex MundiHye Jeong LeeAhnse Law OfficesSung Whan LeeAhnse Law OfficesKwon LeeKim & ChangKyu Wha LeeLee & KoJada Soyun LeeOrrick, Herrington &Sutcliffe LLPSun-Kyoo LeeSamilPricewaterhouseCoopersJune Ha LimHwang Mok Park P.C.,member of Lex MundiPatrick J. MonaghanKim & ChangSung-Ho MoonHorizon Law GroupHo Joon MoonLee & KoJe-Sik MyoungKorea Credit BureauByung-Hun NamNamSun Industries co.Panalpina IAF Ltd.Sang Il ParkHwang Mok Park P.C.,member of Lex MundiJ.T. ParkKim & ChangJung-Taek ParkKim & ChangJeong SeoKim & ChangDong-Suk WangKorea Credit BureauKim Ji WoongKorea Credit BureauJee-Yeon YuKim & ChangKuwaitIhab AbbasCalderonAl-Fahad & Co, Deloitte &ToucheLabeed AbdalThe Law Firm of LabeedAbdalAmal AbdallahAl-Saleh & PartnersMahmoud AbdulfattahThe Law Offices of MishariAl-GhazaliLina A. AdlouniThe Law office of Al-Essa& PartnersAbdullah Al-AyoubAbdullah Kh. Al-Ayoub &Associates, member of LexMundiAmmar Al-FouzanThe Law Offices of MishariAl-GhazaliMishari M. Al-GhazaliThe Law Offices of MishariAl-GhazaliMohammed Al NoorAl-Twaijri and PartnersLaw FirmReema AliAli & PartnersAbdullah Bin AliPackaging and PlasticIndustries Co. (KSC)Tim BullockAl-Fahad & Co, Deloitte &TouchePaul DayAl Sarraf & Al RuwayehSam HabbasAl Sarraf & Al RuwayehNazih Abdul HameedAl-Saleh & PartnersSunil JoseAbu-Ghazaleh Consultingand Intellectual PropertyMazen A. KhoursheedPackaging and PlasticIndustries Co. (KSC)Jasmin Paurus KohinaAbdullah Kh. Al-Ayoub &Associates, member of LexMundiChirine Krayem MoujaesThe Law Offices of MishariAl-GhazaliDany LabakyThe Law Offices of MishariAl-GhazaliShaik Haneef MoinuddinLaw Offices of JamalAhmed AbdullahMohamed OmarAl Markaz Law FirmOmar Hamad Yousuf Al-EssaThe Law office of Al-Essa& PartnersAhmed ZakariaAl Sarraf & Al RuwayehKyrgyz RepublicAinura AbdyrakunovaLorenz Law FirmGulnara AhmatovaInternational BusinessCouncilNursulu AhmetovaUSAID BusinessEnvironment ImprovementProjectRenat AkhmetovPricewaterhouseCoopersSabyrbek AkimabevUSAID BusinessEnvironment ImprovementProjectNiyazbek AldashevLorenz Law FirmNatalia AlenkinaConsultant HoldingPetrova AlevtinaEngineering Service LtdDogadin AndreiUnion of Entrepreneurs ofKyrgyzstanTalaybek AsylbekovInternational BusinessCouncilDenis BagrovGrata Law Firm(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank
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STARTING A BUSINESS 11The cost is a
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118 Doing Business 2009MADAGASCAR S
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