Scotland | Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands | England | Territory of Norfolk Island | Bailiwick of Jersey | Principality of Monaco | Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Territory of Christmas Island | Isle of Man | Åland Islands | Republic of Namibia | British Indian Ocean Territory | Republic of Kosovo | Bouvet Island | Bailiwick of Guernsey | Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | Falkland Islands | Republic of the Marshall Islands | Department of Mayotte | Wales | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Greenland | Tokelau | Republic of Nauru | Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Vatican City State | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Antarctica | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Northern Ireland | Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Western Sahara | Credit registry coverage (% of adults)
The credit registry coverage reports the number of individuals and firms listed in a credit registry’s database as of January 1 with information on their borrowing history from the past five years, and the number of individuals and firms that have had no borrowing history in the past five years but for which a lender requested a credit report from the registry in the previous calendar year. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population. Development relevance: Globally, 27% of firms identify access to finance as a major constraint while around 70% of formal SMEs in developing economies are estimated to be either unserved or underserved by the formal financial sector. Credit bureaus and registries are essential elements of the financial infrastructure that helps to address the issue of access to financial services, including credit. By sharing credit information, they help to reduce information asymmetries, increase access to credit for small firms, lower interest rates, improve borrower discipline and support bank supervision and credit risk monitoring. Limitations and exceptions: The Doing Business methodology has five limitations that should be considered when interpreting the data. First, for most economies the collected data refer to businesses in the largest business city and may not be representative of regulation in other parts of the economy. Second, the data often focus on a specific business form—generally a limited liability company (or its legal equivalent) of a specified size—and may not be representative of the regulation on other businesses. Third, transactions described in a standardized case scenario refer to a specific set of issues and may not represent the full set of issues that a business encounters. Fourth, the measures of time involve an element of judgment by the expert respondents. When sources indicate different estimates, the time indicators reported in Doing Business represent the median values of several responses given under the assumptions of the standardized case. Finally, the methodology assumes that a business has full information on what is required and does not waste time when completing procedures. In practice, completing a procedure may take longer if the business lacks information or is unable to follow up promptly. Alternatively, the business may choose to disregard some burdensome procedures. For both reasons the time delays reported in Doing Business would differ from the recollection of entrepreneurs reported in the World Bank Group Enterprise questionnaires or other firm-level questionnaires.. Statistical concept and methodology: Data are collected by the World Bank Group with a standardized questionnaire that uses a simple business case to ensure comparability across economies and over time—with assumptions about the legal form of the business, its size, its location and nature of its operation. Questionnaires are administered to more than 13,800 local experts, including lawyers, business consultants, accountants, freight forwarders, government officials and other professionals routinely administering or advising on legal and regulatory requirements. The Doing Business data are based on a detailed reading of domestic laws, regulations and administrative requirements as well as their implementation in practice as experienced by private firms. The report covers 190 economies—including some of the smallest and poorest economies, for which little or no data are available from other sources. The data are collected through several rounds of communication with expert respondents (both private sector practitioners and government officials), through responses to questionnaires, conference calls, written correspondence and visits by the team. Doing Business relies on four main sources of information: the relevant laws and regulations, Doing Business respondents, the governments of the economies covered and the World Bank Group regional staff.
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The World Bank
Origin
Western Sahara
Records
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Scotland | Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands | England | Territory of Norfolk Island | Bailiwick of Jersey | Principality of Monaco | Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Territory of Christmas Island | Isle of Man | Åland Islands | Republic of Namibia | British Indian Ocean Territory | Republic of Kosovo | Bouvet Island | Bailiwick of Guernsey | Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | Falkland Islands | Republic of the Marshall Islands | Department of Mayotte | Wales | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Greenland | Tokelau | Republic of Nauru | Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Vatican City State | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Antarctica | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Northern Ireland | Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Western Sahara | Credit registry coverage (% of adults)
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2007
2008
2009
18.9 2010
16.9 2011
20.5 2012
22.2 2013
22.1 2014
22.8 2015
95.2 2016
38.1 2017
40.5 2018
41.3 2019
41.4 2020
Scotland | Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands | England | Territory of Norfolk Island | Bailiwick of Jersey | Principality of Monaco | Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Territory of Christmas Island | Isle of Man | Åland Islands | Republic of Namibia | British Indian Ocean Territory | Republic of Kosovo | Bouvet Island | Bailiwick of Guernsey | Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | Falkland Islands | Republic of the Marshall Islands | Department of Mayotte | Wales | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Greenland | Tokelau | Republic of Nauru | Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Vatican City State | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Antarctica | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Northern Ireland | Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Western Sahara | Credit registry coverage (% of adults)
The credit registry coverage reports the number of individuals and firms listed in a credit registry’s database as of January 1 with information on their borrowing history from the past five years, and the number of individuals and firms that have had no borrowing history in the past five years but for which a lender requested a credit report from the registry in the previous calendar year. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population. Development relevance: Globally, 27% of firms identify access to finance as a major constraint while around 70% of formal SMEs in developing economies are estimated to be either unserved or underserved by the formal financial sector. Credit bureaus and registries are essential elements of the financial infrastructure that helps to address the issue of access to financial services, including credit. By sharing credit information, they help to reduce information asymmetries, increase access to credit for small firms, lower interest rates, improve borrower discipline and support bank supervision and credit risk monitoring. Limitations and exceptions: The Doing Business methodology has five limitations that should be considered when interpreting the data. First, for most economies the collected data refer to businesses in the largest business city and may not be representative of regulation in other parts of the economy. Second, the data often focus on a specific business form—generally a limited liability company (or its legal equivalent) of a specified size—and may not be representative of the regulation on other businesses. Third, transactions described in a standardized case scenario refer to a specific set of issues and may not represent the full set of issues that a business encounters. Fourth, the measures of time involve an element of judgment by the expert respondents. When sources indicate different estimates, the time indicators reported in Doing Business represent the median values of several responses given under the assumptions of the standardized case. Finally, the methodology assumes that a business has full information on what is required and does not waste time when completing procedures. In practice, completing a procedure may take longer if the business lacks information or is unable to follow up promptly. Alternatively, the business may choose to disregard some burdensome procedures. For both reasons the time delays reported in Doing Business would differ from the recollection of entrepreneurs reported in the World Bank Group Enterprise questionnaires or other firm-level questionnaires.. Statistical concept and methodology: Data are collected by the World Bank Group with a standardized questionnaire that uses a simple business case to ensure comparability across economies and over time—with assumptions about the legal form of the business, its size, its location and nature of its operation. Questionnaires are administered to more than 13,800 local experts, including lawyers, business consultants, accountants, freight forwarders, government officials and other professionals routinely administering or advising on legal and regulatory requirements. The Doing Business data are based on a detailed reading of domestic laws, regulations and administrative requirements as well as their implementation in practice as experienced by private firms. The report covers 190 economies—including some of the smallest and poorest economies, for which little or no data are available from other sources. The data are collected through several rounds of communication with expert respondents (both private sector practitioners and government officials), through responses to questionnaires, conference calls, written correspondence and visits by the team. Doing Business relies on four main sources of information: the relevant laws and regulations, Doing Business respondents, the governments of the economies covered and the World Bank Group regional staff.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Western Sahara
Records
17
Source
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