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Economy Profile Summary: Jamaica - Doing Business 2013

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2013 report provides a comprehensive assessment of the regulatory environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Jamaica. It evaluates the ease of doing business across 11 key areas, including starting a business, construction permits, electricity access, property registration, credit availability, investor protection, tax compliance, trade across borders, contract enforcement, insolvency resolution, and employment regulations. The report uses a standardized methodology to compare Jamaica with other economies and offers insights into the challenges and opportunities for SMEs.

Key Indicators and Rankings

Main Points and Key Findings

• Jamaica's DB2013 Rank: Jamaica is ranked 90 out of 185 economies, a slight improvement from 85 in DB2012, with a change of -5.
• Ease of Starting a Business: Jamaica ranks 21, requiring 6 procedures, taking 7 days, costing 6.7% of income per capita, and having no paid-in minimum capital requirement.
• Comparative Performance: Jamaica performs better than some comparator economies but lags behind top performers like New Zealand and Slovenia.
• Construction Permits: Jamaica ranks 50, requiring 8 procedures, taking 145 days, and costing 212.4% of income per capita.
• Getting Electricity: Jamaica ranks 123, requiring 6 procedures, taking 96 days, and costing 557.0% of income per capita.
• Registering Property: Jamaica ranks 105, requiring 6 procedures, taking 37 days, and costing 7.5% of property value.
• Getting Credit: Jamaica ranks 104, with a strength of legal rights index of 8, and depth of credit information index of 0.
• Protecting Investors: Jamaica ranks 82, with a strength of investor protection index of 5.3, which is lower than comparator economies like New Zealand.
• Paying Taxes: Jamaica ranks 163, requiring 36 payments annually, taking 368 hours, and being more costly than economies like the United Arab Emirates.
• Trading Across Borders: Jamaica ranks 106, requiring 6 documents to export, taking 20 days, and costing $1,500 per container.
• Enforcing Contracts: Jamaica ranks 129, taking 655 days, and costing 45.6% of claim.
• Resolving Insolvency: Jamaica ranks 32, taking 1.1 years, and costing 18% of estate.
• Employing Workers: This indicator is not included in the aggregate ranking, but data is provided for analysis.

Methodology and Limitations

• Ease of Doing Business Index: Measures the ease of doing business in 11 areas and ranks economies from 1 to 185.
• Standardized Company: The report assumes a company is a private limited liability company in Kingston, with 10–50 employees and conducting general commercial or industrial activities.
• Data Sources: The data is based on official procedures, legal requirements, and publicly available information.
• Limitations: The report does not cover all aspects of the business environment, such as proximity to large markets, infrastructure quality, or institutional strength.

Business Registration Reforms in Jamaica

• No Reforms Recorded: From DB2008 to DB2013, no significant reforms were recorded by the Doing Business methodology.
• Comparative Reforms: Some comparator economies, like Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada, have shown improvements in the ease of starting a business.

Distance to Frontier

• The distance to frontier measure shows how far an economy is from the best practices in each indicator.
• Jamaica has made progress in some areas, but still has a long way to go to reach the most efficient regulatory environments.

Conclusion

Jamaica's business environment, while showing some improvements, remains challenging for SMEs. The country has a relatively high rank in the ease of starting a business and has made progress in certain areas, but it lags behind top performers in terms of construction permits, electricity access, and investor protection. The report emphasizes the importance of regulatory reforms and provides a benchmark for policymakers to identify areas for improvement.