ABAC - Ease of Doing Business Survey
Drawing reference from the World Bank Doing Business Survey, this ABAC " Ease of Doing Business" Survey identified 10
areas of doing business*
(such as Starting a Business, Dealing with Permits, etc)
which companies may find challenging, due to the level or type of regulations implemented by the main APEC
#
economy they operate in.
* Please click on
Explanatory Note
for reference.
# The
21 APEC economies are
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States and Vietnam.
Instructions
:
For each
Area of Doing Business
from (a) to (j), please rank on a scale of 1 - 10, with 1 being the area which is
most important
for APEC economies to implement reforms and
10 being the area which is
least important
for APEC economies to implement reforms.
1.
Ranking for
Areas of Doing Business
(
do not assign
the same ranking more than once)
:
Area of Doing Business
Ranking:
a. Starting a Business
b. Dealing with Permits
c. Employing Workers
d. Registering Property
e. Getting Credit
f. Protecting Investors
g. Paying Taxes
h. Trading Across Borders
i. Enforcing Contracts
j. Closing a Business
2.
In terms of
Starting a Business,
please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Number of procedures to legally start and operate a company
Time required to complete each procedure
Cost required to complete each procedure
Paid-in minimum capital
Others, pls specify:
3.
In terms of
Dealing with Permits
, please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Number of procedures to legally build a facility
Time required to complete each procedure
Cost required to complete each procedure
Others, pls specify:
4.
In terms of
Employing Workers
, please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Difficulty of hiring
Rigidity of hours
Difficulty of firing
Rigidity of employment
Firing cost
Others, pls specify:
5.
In terms of
Registering Property,
please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Number of procedures to legally transfer title on immovable property
Time required to complete each procedure
Cost required to complete each procedure
Others, pls specify:
6.
In terms of
Getting Credit
, please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Strength of legal rights
Depth of credit information
Public credit registry coverage
Private credit bureau coverage
Others, pls specify:
7.
In terms of
Protecting Investors
, please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Extent of disclosure
Extent of director liability
Ease of shareholder suits
Others, pls specify:
8.
In terms of
Paying Taxes
, please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Number of tax payments for a company
Time required to comply with 3 major taxes
Total tax rate
Others, pls specify:
9.
In terms of
Trading Across Borders
, please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Number of documents required to export & import
Time required to export & import
Cost required to export & import
Others, pls specify:
10.
In terms of
Enforcing Contracts
, please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Number of procedures to enforce a contract
Time required to complete each procedure
Cost required to complete each procedure
Others, pls specify:
11.
In terms of
Closing a Business
, please select the most important aspect which you feel should be first reformed by the main APEC economy which you operate in:
Time required to recover debt
Cost required to recover debt
Recovery rate for creditors
Others, pls specify:
12.
Reference your answers to Q2 - Q11, please suggest reforms or policies that would address those Areas of Doing Business.
Area of Doing Business
Suggested Reforms:
a. Starting a Business
b. Dealing with Permits
c. Employing Workers
d. Registering Property
e. Getting Credit
f. Protecting Investors
g. Paying Taxes
h. Trading Across Borders
i. Enforcing Contracts
j. Closing a Business
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