Rwanda’s New Companies : An Overview of Registrations, Taxes, Employment and Exports

Savini Zangrandi, Michele ; Mogollon, Maria Paulina

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: EMPLOYMENT;    CORPORATE PROFITS;    GROWTH RATE;    MONETARY POLICY;    PERSONAL INCOME TAXES;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7527
RP-ID  :  WPS7527

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The Government of Rwanda has introducedseveral reforms since 2009 that have significantly improvedthe domestic business environment. One of the reforms is theone-stop shop for business registration. Making use of newlyavailable administrative data sources such as tax andcompany registrations records, this paper sheds light on theeffects of the introduction of the one-stop shop on companyregistrations, taxes, employment, and exports between 2008and 2012. The paper finds sizable benefits to Rwandasefforts, which are mostly driven by the registration oflarge and mid-sized companies, with a limited contributionfrom small and micro-sized ones. The use of a newlyavailable data source highlights the potential uses ofgrowing bodies of administrative data and their possible shortfalls.