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Doing Business 2014: Comoros Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2014 report evaluates the ease of doing business in Comoros and compares it with other economies. It focuses on 11 key areas of business regulations, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and employing workers.

The report provides quantitative indicators to measure the regulatory environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and benchmarks them against the best practices globally. These indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify effective regulatory reforms.

Comoros is ranked 158th out of 189 economies in the ease of doing business index. The Distance to Frontier (DTF) score for Comoros in 2014 is 49.28, indicating how far the country is from the best regulatory practices in the areas covered.

Main Indicators and Rankings

Key Findings

• Starting a business in Comoros requires 8 procedures, takes 15 days, and costs 119.2% of income per capita.
• The paid-in minimum capital requirement is 237% of income per capita, which is high compared to other comparator economies.
• Reforms in Comoros have improved the process over the years, particularly in 2013 and 2014, by reducing fees and eliminating the need for a criminal record copy.
• Comoros has not made significant improvements in the enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency areas, which are ranked 159th and 189th, respectively.

Methodology and Limitations

• The ease of doing business index ranks economies based on the simple average of percentile rankings on 10 topics.
• The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows how far an economy is from the best practices in each indicator, except for getting electricity, which was introduced in 2009.
• The report does not account for factors such as proximity to large markets, infrastructure quality (excluding electricity and trade), or macroeconomic conditions.
• The data is based on a standardized company (limited liability company in the largest business city, 100% domestically owned, 10–50 employees, general commercial or industrial activities).

Business Environment Overview

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Income Category: Low income
• Population: 717,503
• GNI per capita (US$): 840
• DB2014 Rank: 158
• DB2013 Rank: 160*
• Change in Rank: +2
• DTF 2014: 49.28
• DTF 2013: 48.37
• Change in DTF: +0.88

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2014 report highlights the challenges Comoros faces in creating a business-friendly regulatory environment. While some reforms have been implemented to reduce the cost and time of starting a business, significant improvements are still needed in areas such as contract enforcement, insolvency resolution, and investor protection. The report serves as a valuable tool for policymakers to identify bottlenecks and design effective regulatory reforms.

*Note: DB2013 rankings are comparable and include data corrections and the addition of 4 economies.