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Doing Business 2016: Albania Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2016 report provides a comprehensive analysis of regulatory quality and efficiency for domestic firms in Albania, comparing it with other economies across 10 key business-related indicators. These indicators cover the entire life cycle of a business, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking, but presents the data in the economy profile.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Albania ranks 97th out of 189 economies in 2016, a drop of 35 positions from 2015.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Albania’s DTF score is 60.5, a decrease of 6.27 from 2015, indicating a move away from best practices.
• Comparative Analysis: The report includes data from comparator economies (e.g., Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, etc.) to provide context and benchmarking.

Key Indicators and Performance

Starting a Business

• Rank: 58 (2016), 54 (2015)
• DTF Score: 90.09 (2016), 90.13 (2015)
• Procedures: 6 (2016), 6 (2015)
• Time (days): 5.5 (2016), 5.5 (2015)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 10.4 (2016), 10.1 (2015)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 189 (2016), 122 (2015)
• DTF Score: 0 (2016), 64.04 (2015)
• Procedures: No practice (2016), 19 (2015)
• Time (days): N/A, 228 (2015)
• Cost (% of warehouse value): No practice (2016), 3.3 (2015)
• Best Performer: Singapore (1)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 162 (2016), 159 (2015)
• DTF Score: 43.7 (2016), 43.75 (2015)
• Procedures: 6 (2016), 6 (2015)
• Time (days): 177 (2016), 177 (2015)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 491.4 (2016), 474.0 (2015)
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (1)

Registering Property

• Rank: 107 (2016), 104 (2015)
• DTF Score: 58.47 (2016), 58.84 (2015)
• Procedures: 6 (2016), 6 (2015)
• Time (days): 22 (2016), 22 (2015)
• Cost (% of property value): 10.2 (2016), 9.9 (2015)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 42 (2016), 36 (2015)
• DTF Score: 65 (2016), 65 (2015)
• Procedures: 6 (2016), 6 (2015)
• Time (days): 525 (2016), 525 (2015)
• Cost (% of claim): 34.9 (2016), 34.9 (2015)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 8 (2016), 18 (2015)
• DTF Score: 73.33 (2016), 70 (2015)
• Procedures: 6 (2016), 6 (2015)
• Time (days): 525 (2016), 525 (2015)
• Cost (% of claim): 34.9 (2016), 34.9 (2015)
• Best Performer: Singapore (1)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 142 (2016), 130 (2015)
• DTF Score: 62.01 (2016), 64.47 (2015)
• Procedures: 34 (2016), 34 (2015)
• Time (hours per year): 357 (2016), 357 (2015)
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 36.5 (2016), 31.4 (2015)
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (1)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 37 (2016), 37 (2015)
• DTF Score: 91.61 (2016), 91.14 (2015)
• Time to Export (hours): 18 (2016), 24 (2015)
• Cost to Export (USD): 181 (2016), 181 (2015)
• Best Performer: Denmark (1)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 96 (2016), 96 (2015)
• DTF Score: 57.37 (2016), 57.37 (2015)
• Time (days): 525 (2016), 525 (2015)
• Cost (% of claim): 34.9 (2016), 34.9 (2015)
• Best Performer: Singapore (1)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 42 (2016), 40 (2015)
• DTF Score: 63.42 (2016), 62.94 (2015)
• Time (years): 2.0 (2016), 2.0 (2015)
• Cost (% of estate): 10.0 (2016), 10.0 (2015)
• Best Performer: Finland (1)

Methodology Changes

• The report includes new indices for building regulation quality, electricity supply reliability and transparency, and land administration system quality.
• The trading across borders indicators were substantially revised to reflect comparative advantage in exports and trade value in imports.
• The protecting minority investors indicators now cover limited companies, not just privately held joint stock companies.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2016 report highlights that Albania has made some progress in reducing regulatory burdens, but its performance remains below the global frontier in most areas. While certain indicators, such as registering property, show improvement, others like dealing with construction permits and paying taxes remain problematic. The report underscores the importance of comparative analysis and benchmarking to identify regulatory bottlenecks and guide reforms.