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Doing Business 2016: Mauritius Economy Profile Summary

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2016 report evaluates the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 189 economies, including Mauritius. It provides quantitative indicators that measure the ease of doing business, regulatory quality, and efficiency in key areas of the business lifecycle. The report highlights the performance of Mauritius compared to other economies and presents the data in terms of rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores.

Main Topics and Indicators

The report covers 10 key topics that reflect the business environment:

1. Starting a Business
2. Dealing with Construction Permits
3. Getting Electricity
4. Registering Property
5. Getting Credit
6. Protecting Minority Investors
7. Paying Taxes
8. Trading Across Borders
9. Enforcing Contracts
10. Resolving Insolvency

Key Indicators for Mauritius (DB2016)

Key Findings

Ranking and DTF Performance

• Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Rank: Mauritius ranked 32nd in 2016, down from 31st in 2015.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Mauritius scored 75.05, an increase of 0.66 from 2015.
• The DTF score measures the distance from the best regulatory practices, with 100 being the ideal (frontier) performance.

Business Regulation Improvements

• The report includes updates to the methodology for several indicators, such as:
  • Adding an index of building regulation quality and implementation for construction permits.
  • Including electricity price, reliability of supply, and tariff transparency for getting electricity.
  • Adding an index of land administration quality for property registration.
  • Updating the shareholder governance index and minority investor protection index.

Regulatory Efficiency

• Starting a Business: Mauritius has 5 procedures and 6 days for registration, with a DTF score of 92.49.
• Getting Credit: Mauritius has a DTF score of 65, with 82.6% of adults covered by credit registry services.
• Protecting Minority Investors: Mauritius has a DTF score of 65, with a shareholder governance index of 5.3 and conflict of interest regulation index of 7.7.
• Enforcing Contracts: Mauritius has a DTF score of 70.5, with 13.0 on the judicial processes quality index.
• Resolving Insolvency: Mauritius has a DTF score of 65.94, with a recovery rate of 67.4 cents per dollar and a resolution time of 1.7 years.

Comparative Performance

• Mauritius performs better than most of its regional comparator economies in most indicators, though not all.
• It is significantly behind the global best performers in several areas, such as getting electricity and resolving insolvency.
• The DTF scores for some indicators are comparable to 2015 or 2014, depending on the methodology changes.

Methodology and Limitations

• The Doing Business report uses a standardized methodology to evaluate the regulatory environment.
• The indicators are based on local limited liability companies in the largest business city.
• The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the aggregate EDB ranking or DTF score.
• The report does not cover all aspects of the business environment, such as proximity to large markets, infrastructure quality, or macroeconomic conditions.

Conclusion

Mauritius has made progress in improving its regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses in 2016, as reflected by its DTF score and rank. However, there are still areas where it lags behind the global best performers. The report emphasizes the importance of comparative analysis and regulatory reform to enhance business efficiency and reduce obstacles for entrepreneurs. The DTF score is a useful tool for measuring progress over time and identifying areas for improvement.