DOING BUSINESS 2019 Training for Reform TRADING

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DOING BUSINESS 2019 Training for Reform TRADING ACROSS BORDERS DOING BUSINESS 2019 Doing Business 2019 is the 16th in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulation and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time. Regulations affecting 11 areas of the life of a business are covered: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and labor market regulation. The labor market regulation data are not included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business. Data in Doing Business 2019 are current as of May 1, 2018. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where and why. iv Foreword 1 Overview 22 About Doing Business Case studies 33 Starting a Business and Registering Property: The role of training in facilitating entrepreneurship and property rights 39 Getting Electricity: Understanding the benefits of wiring regulation 46 Trading Across Borders: Training for trade facilitation 53 Enforcing Contracts and Resolving Insolvency: Training and efficiency in the judicial system 61 Annex: Labor Market Regulation: Trends from Doing Business data 67 References 73 Data Notes 126 Ease of Doing Business Score and Ease of Doing Business Ranking 133 Summaries of Doing Business Reforms in 2017/18 152 Country Tables 216 Acknowledgments Contents DOING BUSINESS 2019 What gets measured gets done. Over the past 15 years, no report has illustrated this aphorism better than Doing Business. Anchored in rigorous research and methodology, Doing Business gathers detailed and objective data on 11 areas of business regulation, helping govern- ments diagnose issues in administrative procedures and correct them. The report measures complex regulatory pro- cesses by zeroing in on their quantifiable components, which can be contested, compared—over time and across econo- mies—and, ultimately, reformed. Doing Business has inspired thousands of articles published in peer-reviewed jour- nals and created a platform for informed debate about regulatory and institutional frameworks for economic development. Many Doing Business indicators have been incorporated into the indexes of other institutions, which has spurred more debate about the ideal business climate to drive inclusive, sustainable economic growth. Since its launch in 2003, Doing Business has inspired more than 3,500 reforms in