Click to edit Master title style Doing Business 2009

Click to edit Master title style 2 What’s new in Doing Business 2009?  Starting a business  Dealing with construction permits  Employing workers  Registering property  Getting credit  Protecting investors  Paying taxes  Trading across borders  Enforcing contracts  Closing a business  Update of 2007  Add 3 countries  Reformer’s Club:  16 case studies  New “About DB” chapter  Trends analysis DB04- DB09  Most popular reforms  Most effective reforms  Lessons learned  Add 3 new countries (Bahamas, Bahrain, Qatar)

Click to edit Master title style 3 DB methodology: time and motion indicators Cost (% of GNI per capita) Time (Number of days) Time (left axis) Cost (right axis) Starting a business in Mauritius: only 5 procedures which take 6 days and cost 5% of income per capita

Click to edit Master title style 4 Top 30 on the ease of doing business Singapore16. Saudi Arabia 2. New Zealand17. Sweden 3. United States18. Bahrain 4. Hong Kong, China19. Belgium 5. Denmark20. Malaysia 6. United Kingdom21. Switzerland 7. Ireland22. Estonia 8. Canada23. Korea 9. Australia24. Mauritius 10. Norway25. Germany 11. Iceland26. Netherlands 12. Japan27. Austria 13. Thailand28. Lithuania 14. Finland29. Latvia 15. Georgia30. Israel

Click to edit Master title style 5 Bottom 30 – Ease of Doing Business 151Gabon 166Mali 152Iraq167Equatorial Guinea 153Djibouti168Angola 154Haiti169Benin 155Comoros170Timor-Leste 156Sierra Leone171Guinea 157Liberia 172Niger 158Zimbabwe173Eritrea 159Tajikistan174Venezuela 159Tajikistan 175Chad 160Mauritania 176São Tomé and Principe 161Côte d’Ivoire 177Burundi 162Afghanistan178Congo 163Togo 179Rep. Guinea-Bissau 164Cameroon 180Central African Republic 165Lao PDR 181Congo, Dem. Rep.

Click to edit Master title style 6 Top Reformers in 2007/2008

Click to edit Master title style 7 Top reformers by indicator

Click to edit Master title style 8 Highlights of Doing Business 2009  239 reforms in 113 countries. Highest recorded in 6 years of Doing Business  Eastern Europe and Central Asia – 62 reforms in 23 of the 25 countries, 25% of the total recorded worldwide. Fastest reforming region.  4 of top 10 reformers from Eastern Europe and Central Asia  Africa – 28 of 46 countries completing 58 reforms, highest rate of reform recorded in the region.  3 of top 10 reformers from Africa

Click to edit Master title style 9 Eastern Europe and Central Asia reformed the most Countries with at least one positive reform in 2007/2008 (%)

Click to edit Master title style 10 Most popular reforms in 2007/2008 Number of positive reforms

Click to edit Master title style 11 Starting a business in Azerbaijan gets faster and less costly Tajikistan Time = 49 days Cost = 27% GNI

Click to edit Master title style 12 Construction permits are processed faster in Singapore 99 % of applications are now submitted electronically through the Construction and Real Estate Network (CORENET) Procedures Time (days) 102 days 38 days 64 days reduction Tajikistan 32 procedures 351 days

Click to edit Master title style 13 Why does it all matter? Emerging research shows that ….  Lower barriers to start-up are associated with a smaller informal sector.  Lower costs of entry can encourage entrepreneurship and reduce corruption.  Simpler start-up can translate into greater employment opportunities.  Countries that rate higher in ease of doing business have lower unemployment.

Click to edit Master title style 14 Why does it matter? Here is a reason…

Click to edit Master title style 15 Important facts about Doing Business:  Doing Business indicators focus on areas where government policy and regulatory reforms can make an impact.  Reformers illustrate DB indicators can be actively changed by positive reforms.

Click to edit Master title style 16 Tajikistan’s reforms to date and the way forward  The Government of Tajikistan has taken a number of important measures to improve the business environment and investment climate over the last year.  Other reforms are not fully reflected in DB 2009  Not fully implemented in new processes  Or target other areas of the business environment.  To improve the Tajikistan DB ranking for 2010, action on pending recommendations and projects is critical. Improved ranking for Protecting Investors

Click to edit Master title style 17 Coordinating donor’s assistance in PSD  Doing Business indicators can help focus donor assistance and better align government and donor initiatives.  DB indicators can also be integrated into the Joint Donors Country Support Startegy PSD results matrix which is currently under discussion.  JCSS will provide the framework for donor action on PSD over the coming years, includes reference to business environment improvement.  Combined with the JCSS, a high level commitment to and periodic monitoring of performance on DB indicators will help achieve improvements next year.

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