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Kosovo

Kosovo's VAT Refund Processing Enhancement

Year Introduced: 2024 | National-level

The VAT Refund Processing Enhancement operates through multiple integrated mechanisms combining legal framework amendment, risk-based categorization, and operational streamlining.Legal Amendment and…

Venezuela

Law for the Promotion and Development of New Enterprises

Year Introduced: 2022 | National-level

The law operates through integrated system combining registration mechanisms, tax incentives, financing access, administrative simplification, and institutional support.National Registry of…

Qatar

Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC)

Year Introduced: | National-level

QBIC operates through integrated multi-stage support system combining physical infrastructure, specialized programs, financial instruments, and advisory services.Physical Infrastructure and…

Serbia

IP Box Regime

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

The IP Box regime operates through a structured mechanism combining eligibility criteria, income calculation, tax benefit application, and compliance procedures aligned with OECD standards.Eligible…

Costa Rica

Free Trade Zone Regime (FTZR)

Year Introduced: 1990 | National-level

The FTZR operates through a coordinated system of tax exemptions, customs privileges, and operational streamlining managed by the Foreign Trade Promoter (PROCOMER). Companies operating within…

Kazakhstan

Business Road Map Program (2020-2025)

Year Introduced: 2010 | National-level

The Business Road Map 2020-2025 operates through integrated financial instruments and non-financial support services, coordinated across multiple government institutions and quasi-state development…

Albania

National Startup and Innovation Program

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The National Startup and Innovation Program operates through multiple coordinated mechanisms combining policy development with direct support services:Legal and Policy Framework:The program is…

United States

Bipartisan Entrepreneurship Caucus

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

The Bipartisan Entrepreneurship Caucus operates as an informal bipartisan forum within Congress's legislative structure, functioning through multiple mechanisms to advance entrepreneurship policy:…

United States

San Francisco's Living Innovation Zones (LIZ)

Year Introduced: 2013 | City-level

The Living Innovation Zone (LIZ) program aims to enhance the public realm with innovation, simplify the permitting process for projects in public space and support innovators by providing real-world…

United States

Oregon Rural Entrepreneurship Initiative

Year Introduced: 2016 | Sub-national

The Oregon Rural Entrepreneurship Initiative operates through multiple coordinated mechanisms with different governance structures but complementary objectives, primarily through the Rural…

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Atlas is a compendium of public sector policies and programs that serves as a tool for policymakers, advisors and opinion leaders to learn about previously implemented policy models, articulated entrepreneurship strategies and/or designs of public-sector-supported programs.

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