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Razeen Sally: European Centre For International Political Economy (ECIPE) London School of Economics (LSE)
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India at 60
c) Focus
-- States and cities
-- Higher education
Source: India 1950-1978 World Bank Poverty in India Dataset Poverty and Human Resources Division Policy, Research Department, The World Bank, Berk zler, Gaurav Datt, Martin
Ravallion. January 1996
(http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/0,,contentMDK:20699301~pagePK:64214825~piPK:64214943~theSitePK:469382,00.html); India and
China 1981-2004 Chan and Ravillion "How have the world's poorest fared since the early 1980s?" The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 19, no. 2 (Fall 2004)
Source: Ozler, Berk, Gaurav Datt and Martin Ravallion. 1996. "A Database on Poverty and Growth in India," mimeo, Policy Research Department, World Bank.
Ease of
Doing
Busine
ss
Starting
a
Business
Dealing
with
Licenses
Employin
g
Workers
Registeri
ng
Property
Gettin
g
Credit
Protectin
g
Investors
Payin
g
Taxes
Trading
Across
Borders
Enforcing
Contracts
Closing a
Business
Singapore
11
12
23
Hong Kong
64
16
60
10
14
Japan
11
18
36
39
13
12
98
19
Thailand
18
28
46
18
33
33
57
103
44
38
Korea
23
116
28
110
67
21
60
48
28
17
11
Malaysia
25
71
137
38
66
49
46
81
51
Taiwan
47
94
148
154
24
48
60
78
42
62
Pakistan
74
54
89
126
68
65
19
140
98
163
46
Bangladesh
88
68
67
75
167
48
15
72
134
174
93
Sri Lanka
89
44
71
98
125
101
60
157
99
90
59
China
93
128
153
78
21
101
83
168
38
63
75
Vietnam
104
97
25
104
34
83
170
120
75
94
116
Philippines
126
108
113
118
98
101
151
106
63
59
147
India
134
88
155
112
110
65
33
158
139
173
133
Indonesia
135
161
131
140
120
83
60
133
60
145
136
*The numbers correspond to each countrys aggregate ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking.
Source: The World Bank Doing Business Database
Ease of Trading
Across Borders (World
Rankings)
Documents for
export (number)
Time for
export
(days)
Cost to export
(US$ per
container)
Documents for
import (number)
Time for
import
(days)
Cost to import
(US$ per
container)
Hong Kong
425
425
Singapore
382
333
Japan
19
11
789
11
847
Korea
28
12
780
12
1.04
China
38
18
335
12
22
375
Taiwan
42
14
747
14
747
Malaysia
46
20
481
12
22
428
Indonesia
60
25
546
10
30
675
Philippines
63
18
1.336
20
1.336
Vietnam
75
35
701
36
887
Pakistan
98
24
996
12
19
1.005
Sri Lanka
99
25
797
13
27
789
Thailand
103
24
848
12
22
1.042
Bangladesh
134
35
902
16
57
1.287
India
139
10
27
864
15
41
1.244
Political Stability/ No
Violence
Government
Effectiveness
Regulatory
Quality
Rule of
Law
Control of
Corruption
Singapore
38.2
84.0
99.5
99.5
95.7
99.0
Hong Kong
52.2
89.6
92.8
100.0
91.3
92.1
Japan
74.9
80.2
84.7
85.6
89.4
85.2
Malaysia
34.3
62.3
80.4
66.8
66.2
64.5
Taiwan
69.1
64.2
83.7
79.7
78.7
70.9
Korea
68.1
60.8
78.9
71.8
72.5
69
India
55.6
22.2
51.7
41.1
56
46.8
Thailand
49.3
29.2
66
63.9
56.5
51.2
China
6.3
75.9
52.2
44.6
40.6
30.5
Vietnam
7.7
59
45
25.7
42
26.6
Indonesia
40.6
37.3
36.6
20.3
21.2
Sri Lanka
39.6
10.8
40.7
50
54.1
47.3
Philippines
47.8
17.5
55.5
52
38.6
37.4
Bangladesh
31.4
6.6
21.1
14.9
19.8
7.9
Pakistan
12.6
5.7
34
27.7
24.2
15.8