Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

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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Honduras
Legislative Decree No. 284-2013

Year Introduced: | National-level

Decree 284-2013 introduced several legal and procedural reforms to simplify and digitize business establishment processes across Honduras.​Key reforms included abolishing minimum capital requirements…

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Venezuela
Law for the Promotion and Development of New Enterprises

Year Introduced: | National-level

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

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Uruguay
Entrepreneurship Promotion Law

Year Introduced: | National-level

The new Uruguayan legal framework enables crowdfunding platforms to operation and establishes the option of startups to set up as simplified joint stock companies.Known as the "…

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China
Shanghai's Streamlined Exit Process

Year Introduced: | National-level

Shanghai's Streamlined Exit Process for businesses aims to simplify and expedite the deregistration procedures for companies, making it easier for them to exit the market when necessary. The main…

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Iraq
Business Registration Single Window

Year Introduced: | National-level

Prior to 2020, registering a business in Baghdad was a cumbersome task with loopholes that opened the doors to corruption. The process required an entrepreneur to take 35 separate steps, make…

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Argentina
Argentinean Entrepreneurs Law

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Entrepreneurs Law establishes a new type of business entity called the “Simplified Joint-Stock Companies" (SAS in the Spanish acronym). Under this new legal framework, entrepreneurs can create a…

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Colombia
The Entrepreneurship Law (Colombia)

Year Introduced: | National-level

The new legislation contains five main pillars:  1. Reduced fees and simplification: The law reduces rates and includes measures that facilitate the registration and operation of businesses.…

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Paraguay
EAS (Simplified Stock Companies) Legislation

Year Introduced: | National-level

This Law of Simplified Stock Companies "Empresas por Acciones Simplificadas" (EAS for its acronym in Spanish) is the sum of efforts to articulate solutions to the barriers reported by the…

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Mexico
General Law of Commercial Companies (SAS)

Year Introduced: | National-level

The law gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to create a legal company in one day, making the constitution process accessible and allowing merchants and entrepreneurs to fill all the forms in an…

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Nigeria
The Nigerian Startup Act

Year Introduced: | National-level

There are five main features of the Nigerian Startup Act which provide a legal definition for startups, access to funding, the creation of an information portal for startups, the creation of a…