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Apec's Ease of Doing Business-Interim Assessment

By: Carlos Kuriyama and Azul Ogazón

...ess APEC 7.5 -0.8 5.6 1.8 0.0 2.8 East Asia & Pacific 4.7 -6.6 12.1 0.9 0.4 2.3 Eastern Europe & Central Asia 8.9 3.9 11.3 1.6 -0.1 5.1 European U... ...en 2009 and 2010. APEC’s improvement was the second best among the regions, after Eastern Europe & Central Asia. Source: World Bank – Do... ...acific. Source: World Bank – Doing Business The use of IT in Canada; Peru; Russia and Chinese Taipei to obtain a construction p... ... IT in Canada; Peru; Russia and Chinese Taipei to obtain a construction permit Canada has continuously fostered the use of technologies in their a... ... services for construction permit applications. Sources: Doing Business 2011. Canada. Making a Difference for Entrepreneurs. World Bank. 2011. ... ...rall, APEC’s performance in this priority area has been noteworthy. Together with Eastern Europe & Central Asia and Sub Saharan Africa, APEC is one o... ... with the third-most comprehensive public coverage, behind the European Union and Eastern Europe & Central Asia. Source: World Bank – Do... ...ort). However, it is relevant to note that no other region, with the exception of Eastern Europe & Central Asia, achieved the pro rata benchmark in ... ... ECONOMIES BY GROUPINGS APEC (21 economies) Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; M...

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