This economy profile for Doing Business2016 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Antiguaand Barbuda. To allow for useful comparison, the profilealso provides data for other selected economies (comparatoreconomies) for each indicator. Doing Business 2016 is the13th edition in a series of annual reports measuring theregulations that enhance business activity and those thatconstrain it. Economies are ranked on their ease of doingbusiness; for 2015 Antigua and Barbuda ranks 104. A highease of doing business ranking means the regulatoryenvironment is more conducive to the starting and operationof a local firm. Doing Business presents quantitativeindicators on business regulations and the protection ofproperty rights that can be compared across 189 economiesfrom Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and over time. Doing Businesssheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a localentrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size businesswhen complying with relevant regulations. It measures andtracks changes in regulations affecting 11 areas in the lifecycle of a business: starting a business, dealing withconstruction permits, getting electricity, registeringproperty, getting credit, protecting minority investors,paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts,resolving insolvency and labor market regulation. The datain this report are current as of June 1, 2015 (except forthe paying taxes indicators, which cover the period fromJanuary to December 2014).
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