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dc.titleStarting a Business in the Caribbean
dc.contributor.authorSchmid, Juan Pedro
dc.contributor.authorZegarra, Maria Alejandra
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Caribbean Group
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2019-05-24T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2019-05-24T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractAccording to the World Bank’s Doing Business report, most Caribbean countries have made starting a business much easier in recent years. This is the result of changes in regulations and in the implementation of new reforms for business registration over time. However, despite reducing the time and cost needed to register a company, the international ranking of most Caribbean countries fell, as other countries made registering even easier. Nevertheless, registering a company has become easy enough that further reforms to shorten the time or reduce costs are not crucial. Given the past progress, it is preferable to study the registration process and the quality of the business registry to assess whether further simplification is warranted, or the quality of the business registration should be improved.
dc.format.extent20
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001717
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Starting_a_Business_in_the_Caribbean_en_en.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectBusiness Development
dc.subjectPolitical Economy
dc.subjectCapital Requirement
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship
dc.subject.jelcodeP48 - Political Economy • Legal Institutions • Property Rights • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Regional Studies
dc.subject.jelcodeL10 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance: General
dc.subject.jelcodeL51 - Economics of Regulation
dc.typePolicy Briefs
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-PB-00317
idb.operationRG-P1765
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