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Doing Business 2017: Bulgaria Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report evaluates the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 190 economies, including Bulgaria. It provides data on 11 key areas of business regulation, such as 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 focuses on how easy or difficult it is for entrepreneurs to operate businesses, using quantitative indicators to measure regulatory performance and track changes over time.

The report also introduces a gender dimension to some indicators, allowing for the analysis of how regulations affect men and women differently. This includes the number of procedures, time, and cost associated with starting a business, registering property, and enforcing contracts for both genders. Additionally, new pilot indicators on selling to the government and postfiling tax processes are included, enhancing the scope of the report.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Bulgaria ranked 39th in 2017, a slight decline from 37th in 2016.

• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Bulgaria's DTF score was 73.51, showing a small increase of 0.43 from 2016.

• Key Indicators Overview:

  Indicator	Bulgaria DB2017	Bulgaria DB2016	Comparator Economies
  Starting a Business (Rank)	82	78	Czech Republic (81), Greece (56), Hungary (75), Poland (107), Romania (62), Slovakia (68), New Zealand (1)
  Starting a Business (DTF)	86.82	86.31	99.96 (New Zealand)
  Dealing with Construction Permits (Rank)	48	47	Korea, Rep. (1)
  Dealing with Construction Permits (DTF)	75.06	74.84	87.40 (New Zealand)
  Getting Electricity (Rank)	104	110	Korea, Rep. (1)
  Getting Electricity (DTF)	64.97	61.85	99.88 (Korea, Rep.)
  Registering Property (Rank)	60	59	Czech Republic (31), Greece (141), Hungary (28), Poland (38), Romania (57), Slovakia (7), New Zealand (1)
  Registering Property (DTF)	70.19	70.17	94.46 (New Zealand)
  Getting Credit (Rank)	32	29	New Zealand (1)
  Getting Credit (DTF)	70.00	70.00	100.00 (New Zealand)
  Protecting Minority Investors (Rank)	13	10	New Zealand (1)
  Protecting Minority Investors (DTF)	73.33	73.33	83.33 (New Zealand)
  Paying Taxes (Rank)	83	85	United Arab Emirates (1)
  Paying Taxes (DTF)	72.81	72.81	99.44 (United Arab Emirates)
  Enforcing Contracts (Rank)	49	49	Korea, Rep. (1)
  Enforcing Contracts (DTF)	65.09	65.09	84.15 (Korea, Rep.)
  Resolving Insolvency (Rank)	48	47	Finland (1)
  Resolving Insolvency (DTF)	59.38	58.93	93.89 (Finland)

Key Information

• Methodology: The report uses a standardized approach to collect and compare data across economies. It includes a gender dimension in some indicators, reflecting the differences in regulatory procedures for men and women.
• Data Sources: The data in the report are current as of June 1, 2016, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover January–December 2015.
• Limitations: The report does not include all aspects of a business environment, such as market size, infrastructure quality (outside of electricity and border compliance), property security, government procurement transparency, or macroeconomic conditions.
• Purpose: The report is designed to support policy makers in identifying areas where regulatory reforms have been successful and where further improvements are needed. It also helps in understanding the relationship between regulatory performance and economic outcomes.
• Global Comparisons: Bulgaria's performance is compared to other economies such as the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, as well as to the best performers globally, like New Zealand and Singapore.

Regulatory Performance Highlights

• Starting a Business: Bulgaria has 6 procedures for both men and women, with a time of 23 days and a cost of 1.3% of income per capita.
• Dealing with Construction Permits: Bulgaria has 16 procedures, taking 105 days and costing 3.9% of warehouse value.
• Getting Electricity: Bulgaria has 6 procedures, taking 130 days and costing 318.3% of income per capita.
• Registering Property: Bulgaria has 8 procedures, taking 11 days and costing 2.9% of property value.
• Getting Credit: Bulgaria has 5 procedures for men and 5 for women, with a DTF score of 70.00.
• Protecting Minority Investors: Bulgaria has 73.33 DTF score, with a score of 7.3 on the minority investor protection index.
• Paying Taxes: Bulgaria has 14 payments per year, taking 453 hours and a total tax rate of 27.0% of profit.
• Enforcing Contracts: Bulgaria has 564 days to enforce contracts and a cost of 23.8% of claim.
• Resolving Insolvency: Bulgaria has 3.3 years to resolve insolvency, with a recovery rate of 34.9 cents on the dollar.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a comprehensive overview of the business regulatory environment in Bulgaria, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs. While Bulgaria has made some progress in certain areas, it still has room for improvement in others, especially in comparison to the best performers. The inclusion of gender-specific data adds a new dimension to the analysis, helping to identify unequal treatment in business processes and encouraging more inclusive reforms.