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Doing Business 2017: New Zealand Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2017 is a World Bank Group flagship report that evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses across 190 economies. It focuses on 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 provides a distance to frontier (DTF) score and an ease of doing business ranking, both of which are used to compare economies based on their regulatory efficiency. The DTF score measures how close an economy is to the best regulatory practices on each indicator, while the ranking reflects the relative position of an economy compared to others.

Key Indicators for New Zealand

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Rank: New Zealand holds the top rank (1) in the 2017 report, maintaining its position from 2016.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: New Zealand scores 87.01 in 2017, showing a slight improvement of 0.05 from 2016.
• Starting a Business: New Zealand is the best performer in this category, with 1 procedure, 0.5 days, and 0.3% of income cost for men, and the same for women.
• Dealing with Construction Permits: New Zealand ranks 1 and has a DTF score of 87.40, with 10 procedures and 93 days for men, and the same for women.
• Getting Electricity: New Zealand ranks 34th with a DTF score of 83.96, 5 procedures, and 58 days. It is significantly better than most comparator economies.
• Registering Property: New Zealand ranks 1 and has a DTF score of 94.46, with 2 procedures and 1 day. It is the best in this category.
• Getting Credit: New Zealand ranks 1 with a DTF score of 100.00, indicating no distance to the frontier. It has strong legal rights and credit information depth.
• Protecting Minority Investors: New Zealand ranks 1 with a DTF score of 83.33, and has strong protections for minority investors.
• Paying Taxes: New Zealand ranks 11 with a DTF score of 90.71, showing a relatively efficient tax system.
• Trading Across Borders: New Zealand ranks 55 with a DTF score of 84.55, with efficient export and import procedures.
• Enforcing Contracts: New Zealand ranks 13 with a DTF score of 74.25, indicating moderate performance in contract enforcement.
• Resolving Insolvency: New Zealand ranks 34 with a DTF score of 71.43, with a recovery rate of 83.4 cents per dollar and a resolution time of 1.3 years.

Key Changes and Features

• Gender Component: The report now includes a gender dimension in four indicators, measuring the procedures, time, and cost for both men and women.
• New Pilot Indicator: Data on selling to the government is now included in the report.
• Expanded Coverage: For the first time, data on Somalia is included, bringing the total number of economies to 190.
• Methodology Updates: The report includes postfiling processes in the paying taxes indicator, such as tax refunds, audits, and appeals.

Conclusion

New Zealand consistently ranks at the top in most business regulatory indicators, demonstrating a highly efficient and supportive business environment. The report highlights that while the country maintains its top position in the ease of doing business ranking, it also emphasizes the importance of understanding the absolute improvements in regulatory practices through the DTF score. The inclusion of gender components and expanded data coverage enhances the report's relevance and depth, providing more comprehensive insights for policymakers and businesses alike.