This regional profile presents the DoingBusiness indicators for economies in Latin America. It alsoshows the regional average, the best performance globallyfor each indicator and data for the following comparatorregions: Caribbean States, East Asia and the Pacific,European Union, South Asi, and OECD High Income. The data inthis report are current as of June 1, 2013, except for thepaying taxes indicators, which cover the period January toDecember 2012. Regional Doing Business reports capturedifferences in business regulations and their enforcementacross countries in a single region. They provide data onthe ease of doing business, rank each location, andrecommend reforms to improve performance in each of theindicator areas. The report sheds light on how easy ordifficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run asmall to medium-size business when complying with relevantregulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulationsaffecting 11 areas in the life cycle of a business: startinga business, dealing with construction permits, gettingelectricity, registering property, getting credit,protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders,enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and employingworkers. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators onbusiness regulations and the protection of property rightsthat can be compared across 189 economies, from Afghanistanto Zimbabwe, over time. The data set covers 47 economies inSub-Saharan Africa, 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean,25 in East Asia and the Pacific, 25 in Eastern Europe andCentral Asia, 20 in the Middle East and North Africa and 8in South Asia, as well as 31 OECD high-income economies. Theindicators are used to analyze economic outcomes andidentify what reforms have worked, where and why.
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