Which is not a sub-index of the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index

Which one of the following is not a sub-index of the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business Index'?

  1. Maintenance of law and order
  2. Paying taxes
  3. Registering property
  4. Dealing with construction permits

Answer

A nation's ranking on the index is based on the average of 10 sub-indices:

  1. Starting a business - Procedures, time, cost and minimum capital to open a new business
  2. Dealing with construction permits - Procedures, time and cost to build a warehouse
  3. Getting electricity - procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse
  4. Registering property - Procedures, time and cost to register commercial real estate
  5. Getting credit - Strength of legal rights index, depth of credit information index
  6. Protecting investors - Indices on the extent of disclosure, extent of director liability and ease of shareholder suits
  7. Paying taxes - Number of taxes paid, hours per year spent preparing tax returns and total tax payable as share of gross profit
  8. Trading across borders - Number of documents, cost and time necessary to export and import
  9. Enforcing contracts - Procedures, time and cost to enforce a debt contract
  10. Resolving insolvency - The time, cost and recovery rate (%) under bankruptcy proceeding

The correct option is A.