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Doing Business 2016: Central African Republic Summary

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2016 report evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses in the Central African Republic (CAR) and compares it with other economies. It measures regulatory quality and efficiency across 11 key areas of 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 both rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores, which indicate how close an economy is to the best regulatory practices globally. The DTF score ranges from 0 (worst performance) to 100 (frontier), while the ease of doing business ranking places economies from 1 (best) to 189 (worst).

Key Indicators and Performance

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Rank: CAR ranked 185 in 2016 and 185 in 2015, showing no change in ranking.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: CAR scored 36.26 in 2016, up slightly from 36.15 in 2015, indicating minimal improvement in regulatory quality and efficiency.
• Comparative Performance: CAR lags significantly behind comparator economies in most indicators. For instance:
  • Starting a Business: 189th (vs. 1st for New Zealand).
  • Getting Electricity: 186th (vs. 1st for Korea, Rep.).
  • Registering Property: 167th (vs. 1st for New Zealand).
  • Getting Credit: 133rd (vs. 1st for New Zealand).
  • Protecting Minority Investors: 150th (vs. 1st for Singapore).
  • Paying Taxes: 185th (vs. 1st for United Arab Emirates).
  • Trading Across Borders: 144th (vs. 1st for Denmark).
• Methodological Changes:
  • New indices were introduced for building quality control, reliability of electricity supply, and the quality of land administration.
  • The report excludes labor market regulation from the aggregate ranking and DTF score.
  • The methodology for the "trading across borders" and "protecting minority investors" indicators was updated, affecting comparability.

Key Findings

• CAR has high regulatory barriers for businesses, particularly in starting a business, getting credit, and paying taxes.
• The cost of doing business is very high, with starting a business costing 204% of per capita income and getting credit costing 73.3% of profit.
• Infrastructure and regulatory efficiency are major challenges, with getting electricity being particularly costly and time-consuming.
• Land administration is weak, with a DTF score of 3.0 (out of 30), indicating significant room for improvement.
• Trading across borders is also inefficient, with high time and cost for both exports and imports.

Conclusion

The Central African Republic faces substantial challenges in its business regulatory environment, with poor performance across most indicators. The report highlights the need for reforms in business registration, credit access, tax compliance, and infrastructure development. While there was minimal improvement in DTF score from 2015 to 2016, the country remains far behind global best practices, especially in areas like starting a business and getting electricity. The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the overall ranking, but the data provided in the economy profile can still support targeted policy improvements.