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Doing Business 2017: Namibia Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2017 is a World Bank Group flagship report that evaluates the regulatory environment for small and medium-sized businesses across 190 economies. It measures and tracks changes in regulations that affect 11 key areas in the business life cycle, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and labor market regulation.

The report presents Namibia's performance in these areas, along with data from comparator economies and the best performers globally. It also introduces new methodologies, such as the inclusion of gender components in certain indicators and the expansion of the paying taxes indicator to include postfiling processes like tax refunds, audits, and appeals.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Namibia's rank in 2017 was 108, a slight decline from 104 in 2016.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Namibia's DTF score in 2017 was 58.82, showing minimal change from 58.86 in 2016.
• Key Indicators:
  • Starting a Business: Rank 170, DTF score 68.87
  • Dealing with Construction Permits: Rank 67, DTF score 72.22
  • Getting Electricity: Rank 124, DTF score 59.36
  • Registering Property: Rank 174, DTF score 38.35
  • Getting Credit: Rank 62, DTF score 60.00
  • Protecting Minority Investors: Rank 81, DTF score 55.00
  • Paying Taxes: Rank 74, DTF score 74.97
  • Trading across Borders: Rank 127, DTF score 61.47
  • Enforcing Contracts: Rank 98, DTF score 56.03
  • Resolving Insolvency: Rank 97, DTF score 41.96
• Gender Component: The report now includes gender-specific data for several indicators, such as the number of procedures, time, and cost for men and women. For example, in starting a business, both men and women required 10 procedures, with a time of 66 days and cost of 11.5% of income per capita.
• Methodology Changes:
  • Paying Taxes: Expanded to include postfiling processes.
  • Gender Dimension: Added to three indicators.
  • Selling to the Government: A new pilot indicator introduced.
  • Somalia: Included for the first time, bringing the total to 190 economies.
• Best Performers:
  • New Zealand is the best performer globally for Starting a Business, Dealing with Construction Permits, and Registering Property.
  • United Arab Emirates leads in Paying Taxes.
  • Korea, Rep. is the best performer for Trading across Borders and Enforcing Contracts.
  • Finland leads in Resolving Insolvency.
• Data Coverage: The data are current as of June 1, 2016, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover January–December 2015.
• Comparative Data: The report includes data from comparator economies such as Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, and South Africa, allowing for useful benchmarking.

Key Information

• Indicators and Benchmarks:
  • Each indicator is scored on a 0–100 scale, with 100 representing the best performance.
  • The DTF score measures how far an economy is from the best performance in each area.
  • The ease of doing business ranking is based on the DTF scores, sorted from 1 (best) to 190 (worst).
• Regulatory Focus:
  • The report focuses on local limited liability companies in the largest business city.
  • It does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ranking or the DTF score, but presents the data separately.
• Limitations:
  • The report does not consider other factors such as market proximity, infrastructure quality, property security, or institutional strength.
  • It is limited to business regulations and property rights protection.
• Use for Policymakers:
  • The report helps identify regulatory bottlenecks and successful reforms.
  • It supports policy design by highlighting the source of business-related obstacles.

Summary of Namibia's Performance

Additional Notes

• The DTF score provides an absolute measure of how far an economy is from the best practices.
• Ranking changes are relative, while DTF changes show the absolute improvement or decline.
• The gender dimension was introduced in 2017, reflecting the different processes women face in starting a business, registering property, and enforcing contracts.
• Data Sources: The data are sourced from the Doing Business database, and the report is available for more detailed analysis.