Doing business 2004 : understanding regulation

Contiene: Building new indicators of business regulation. Starting a business. Hiring and firing workers. Enforcing contracts. Getting credit. Closing a business

Nota del editor: "Los resultados, interpretaciones y conclusiones presentados en el informe corresponden a los autores y no reflejan necesariamente las opiniones de los miembros del Directorio Ejecutivo del Banco Mundial ni de los gobiernos que representan"

This is the first in a series of annual reports investigating the scope and manner of regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. The present volume compares more than 130 countries on the basis of new quantitative indicators of business regulations