Doing Business in the Arab World 2012 : Doing Business in a More Transparent World

Doing Business in the Arab world 2012 is a regional report drawing on the global Doing Business project and its database as well as the findings of Doing Business 2012, the ninth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. D...

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Main Authors: International Finance Corporation, World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16303
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spelling okr-10986-163032017-12-14T05:19:11Z Doing Business in the Arab World 2012 : Doing Business in a More Transparent World International Finance Corporation World Bank access to information account accountants Action Plan average productivity barriers to entry budget deficits business activity business community business costs business entry business environment Business functions Business indicator Business indicators Business Law business registration business regulation business regulations business surveys Business values businesses certificate Chamber of Commerce commercial legislation comparative advantage competitiveness competitiveness agenda consumer goods Copyright Cost estimates customs customs clearance debt e-government e-government initiatives e-mail Economic activity Economic Cooperation Economic Development economic situation electricity electronic filing electronic platforms Enterprise Surveys financial system foreign investment Global Competitiveness global economy good practice good practices Harmonization human capital information sharing information system information systems information technology innovation international comparisons labor markets legal professionals legal protections legal system license licenses manufacturing material national income new technologies one-stop shop Performance Indicators personal data Policy makers private sector private sector development procurement property rights quality assurance quality of laws queries registries registry regulatory environment regulatory framework regulatory requirements regulatory systems reporting result results supervision targets technology infrastructure telecommunications Telephone trade facilitation transaction unemployment users uses wages Doing Business in the Arab world 2012 is a regional report drawing on the global Doing Business project and its database as well as the findings of Doing Business 2012, the ninth 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 183 economies, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, and over time. A clear message emerging from the political transformation of the Arab world is the demand for more inclusive, broad-based growth that creates opportunity for many who have not shared in the benefits of private sector development in the past. In most Arab economies the unemployment rate remains in double digits, and the majority of the unemployed are under the age of 30. Policies focused on promoting inclusive growth, creating incentives for the private sector to create more good jobs and improving governance can increase employment opportunities for young people in the region. 2013-11-19T16:46:18Z 2013-11-19T16:46:18Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16303 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa North Africa Middle East
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topic access to information
account
accountants
Action Plan
average productivity
barriers to entry
budget deficits
business activity
business community
business costs
business entry
business environment
Business functions
Business indicator
Business indicators
Business Law
business registration
business regulation
business regulations
business surveys
Business values
businesses
certificate
Chamber of Commerce
commercial legislation
comparative advantage
competitiveness
competitiveness agenda
consumer goods
Copyright
Cost estimates
customs
customs clearance
debt
e-government
e-government initiatives
e-mail
Economic activity
Economic Cooperation
Economic Development
economic situation
electricity
electronic filing
electronic platforms
Enterprise Surveys
financial system
foreign investment
Global Competitiveness
global economy
good practice
good practices
Harmonization
human capital
information sharing
information system
information systems
information technology
innovation
international comparisons
labor markets
legal professionals
legal protections
legal system
license
licenses
manufacturing
material
national income
new technologies
one-stop shop
Performance Indicators
personal data
Policy makers
private sector
private sector development
procurement
property rights
quality assurance
quality of laws
queries
registries
registry
regulatory environment
regulatory framework
regulatory requirements
regulatory systems
reporting
result
results
supervision
targets
technology infrastructure
telecommunications
Telephone
trade facilitation
transaction
unemployment
users
uses
wages
spellingShingle access to information
account
accountants
Action Plan
average productivity
barriers to entry
budget deficits
business activity
business community
business costs
business entry
business environment
Business functions
Business indicator
Business indicators
Business Law
business registration
business regulation
business regulations
business surveys
Business values
businesses
certificate
Chamber of Commerce
commercial legislation
comparative advantage
competitiveness
competitiveness agenda
consumer goods
Copyright
Cost estimates
customs
customs clearance
debt
e-government
e-government initiatives
e-mail
Economic activity
Economic Cooperation
Economic Development
economic situation
electricity
electronic filing
electronic platforms
Enterprise Surveys
financial system
foreign investment
Global Competitiveness
global economy
good practice
good practices
Harmonization
human capital
information sharing
information system
information systems
information technology
innovation
international comparisons
labor markets
legal professionals
legal protections
legal system
license
licenses
manufacturing
material
national income
new technologies
one-stop shop
Performance Indicators
personal data
Policy makers
private sector
private sector development
procurement
property rights
quality assurance
quality of laws
queries
registries
registry
regulatory environment
regulatory framework
regulatory requirements
regulatory systems
reporting
result
results
supervision
targets
technology infrastructure
telecommunications
Telephone
trade facilitation
transaction
unemployment
users
uses
wages
International Finance Corporation
World Bank
Doing Business in the Arab World 2012 : Doing Business in a More Transparent World
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description Doing Business in the Arab world 2012 is a regional report drawing on the global Doing Business project and its database as well as the findings of Doing Business 2012, the ninth 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 183 economies, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, and over time. A clear message emerging from the political transformation of the Arab world is the demand for more inclusive, broad-based growth that creates opportunity for many who have not shared in the benefits of private sector development in the past. In most Arab economies the unemployment rate remains in double digits, and the majority of the unemployed are under the age of 30. Policies focused on promoting inclusive growth, creating incentives for the private sector to create more good jobs and improving governance can increase employment opportunities for young people in the region.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author International Finance Corporation
World Bank
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World Bank
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title Doing Business in the Arab World 2012 : Doing Business in a More Transparent World
title_short Doing Business in the Arab World 2012 : Doing Business in a More Transparent World
title_full Doing Business in the Arab World 2012 : Doing Business in a More Transparent World
title_fullStr Doing Business in the Arab World 2012 : Doing Business in a More Transparent World
title_full_unstemmed Doing Business in the Arab World 2012 : Doing Business in a More Transparent World
title_sort doing business in the arab world 2012 : doing business in a more transparent world
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16303
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