Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Celebrating reform -- Starting a business -- Starting a business (quickly) in El Salvador -- How to double business entry in two years -- Dealing with licenses -- Licensing 159 activities-not 909 -- Employing workers -- Employing Macedonia's youth -- Registering property -- Need land administration reform? Start a revolution -- Getting credit -- Reforming the credit bureau law -- Protecting investors -- Protecting investors from self-dealing -- Paying taxes -- Adding a million taxpayers -- Trading across borders -- Speeding up trade -- Enforcing contracts -- Repairing a car with the engine running -- Closing a business -- Faster, more orderly exit -- Acknowledgments.