Presentación “World Bank 2008, Doing Business Report”

La oficina del Gobernador Charlie Crist los invita a la presentación “World Bank 2008, Doing Business Report”

The World Bank and the Office of Governor Charlie Crist

Invite you to attend a presentation on the World Bank 2008 Doing Business Report

January 16, 2008in Coral Gables, Florida

Supporting Organizations

• Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA), Inc.
• Florida FTAA
• The IDB Host Committee
• Enterprise Florida
• The Spain-United States Chamber of Commerce
• FIU CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research)

Companies doing international business will find this report on the ease of doing business around the world to be a valuable tool in their strategic business decisions on foreign investment and businessexpansion. Theranking of countries is useful for businesses seeking favorable regulatory and investment climates around the world.

Attendees will receive a complimentary copy of the Doing Business 2008 Report, published by the World Bank.

According to the BBC News, "The report aims to show which are the best countries in the world to start and run a new business, focusing on factors such as tax costs, credit access and property rules."

The Economist said the report is "A helpful exercise in quantifying business regulations and their costs."

The report measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business : starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and closing a business.

Doing Business 2008 updates all 10 sets of indicators, ranks countries on their overall ease of doing business, and

analyzes reforms to business regulation - identifying which countries are improving their business environment the most and which ones slipped.

The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why.

Program details:

EVENT: Doing Business 2008- A report on objective measures of business regulations across 178 countries,- a useful tool in business investment decisions.

A report for CEOs, private sector representatives and policy makers on global business environments by country, providing valuable input on making informed decisions on global and local business investments. The program will include insights into international political, economic, business and financial trends -information that is important to businesses as they make both short and long term development, staffing and investment decisions. See below: About the Program for more details.

SPEAKER: Dr. Simeon Djankov, World Bank Chief Economist and Creator of the Doing Business Series

INTRODUCTION: Dr. Tony Villamil, President, Washington Economics Group

DATE: Wednesday, January 16, 2008

TIME: 8:00 - 10:30 a.m. (8 to 8:25 coffee and registration; 8:25 a.m. program begins)

LOCATION: The Westin Colonnade Hotel, 180 Aragon, Coral Gables, Florida (Colonnade Room)

COST: $35 per person (includes copy of the report - cover price $35). Does not include valet or self parking

RSVP: To register please click on event link:http://www.fiba-events.net/eventdetails.asp?EventID=-1791793505

e-mailfiba@fiba.net, or call FIBA at 305-579-0086.

About the program:

The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 178 countries. The report is a guide for evaluating regulations that directly impact economic growth, downloading underlying laws, making cross-country comparisons, and identifying good practice reforms.

The report ranks countries on the ease of doing business and as such, it is useful tool for many businesses in the U.S. seeking favorable investment climates around the world. Policymakers, the aid community, investors, and researchers use Doing Business indicators and analysis to:

Compare countries on their regulatory environment for business

Assess the impact of laws and regulations on business activity

Make informed decisions regarding policy reform and private investment

Identify best practices in regulatory reform

Support research on institutions and regulation

About Dr. Djankov:

Dr. Djankov is the creator of the Doing Business series. In his dozen years at the World Bank, he has worked on regional trade agreements in North Africa, enterprise restructuring and privatization in transition economies, corporate governance in East Asia, and regulatory reforms around the world. He was a principal author of the World Development Report 2002. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and has published over 70 articles in academic journals, including in Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Comparative Economics.

About Dr. Villamil:

Dr. Villamil is a member of the President's Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations in Washington, D.C. He recently served as Chairman of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors of Florida. He has served as a U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs and is currently Chief Executive Officer of The Washington Economics Group, an economics and business consulting practice now in its second decade of operations