| Value |
Category |
| -9 |
Don't know |
| -8 |
Refusal to answer |
| -7 |
Does not apply |
| 1 |
Improved quality and reliability and/or reduced costs of |
| 2 |
Improved quality and reliability and/or reduced costs of |
| 3 |
Reduced time and costs of acquiring land |
| 4 |
Lowered tax rates |
| 5 |
Reduced time and complexity of tax administration and made it fairer |
| 6 |
Reduced procedures involved in importing and exporting goods |
| 7 |
Improved education and/or vocational skills of employees |
| 8 |
Increased hiring and firing flexibility and/or reduced costs of hiring and firing |
| 9 |
Reduced time and costs to obtain licenses and permits |
| 10 |
Increased availability of credit |
| 11 |
Reduced cost of finance (interest rates, fees) |
| 12 |
Provided a more stable macroeconomic environment |
| 13 |
Reduced corruption |
| 14 |
Reduced street crime, theft and disorder |
| 15 |
Increased regulatory and tax compliance to all firms |
| 16 |
Reduced the time and cost of settling legal disputes |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.