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Doing Business 2015 - Poland Summary

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2015 report evaluates the ease of doing business in 189 economies, focusing on regulatory reforms that impact small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across 11 key areas. Poland's profile is part of this comprehensive assessment, highlighting its performance in business regulations and providing a comparative analysis with other economies.

Main Indicators and Rankings

Note: DB2014 ranking is a comparable ranking, not the last published one, incorporating data corrections and methodological changes.

Key Business Regulation Topics

Starting a Business

• Rank: 85 (DB2015), 80 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 85.79 (DB2015), 85.75 (DB2014)
• Procedures: 4 (DB2015), 4 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 30.0 (DB2015), 30.0 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 12.9 (DB2015), 13.1 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 137 (DB2015), 135 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 62.97 (DB2015), 62.95 (DB2014)
• Procedures: 19.0 (DB2015), 19.0 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 212.0 (DB2015), 212.0 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 0.3 (DB2015), 0.3 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 26, DTF score 99.83)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 64 (DB2015), 61 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 79.19 (DB2015), 79.12 (DB2014)
• Procedures: 3.0 (DB2015), 3.0 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 161.0 (DB2015), 161.0 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 20.8 (DB2015), 38.5 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (rank 1, DTF score 99.83)

Registering Property

• Rank: 39 (DB2015), 39 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 80.30 (DB2015), 80.22 (DB2014)
• Procedures: 6.0 (DB2015), 6.0 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 33.0 (DB2015), 33.0 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of property value): 0.3 (DB2015), 0.4 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: Georgia (rank 1, DTF score 99.88)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 17 (DB2015), 14 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 75.00 (DB2015), 75.00 (DB2014)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 7 (DB2015), 7 (DB2014)
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 8 (DB2015), 8 (DB2014)
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 84.3 (DB2015), 82.8 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 100)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 35 (DB2015), 35 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 62.50 (DB2015), 62.50 (DB2014)
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 6.0 (DB2015), 6.0 (DB2014)
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 6.5 (DB2015), 6.5 (DB2014)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 6.3 (DB2015), 6.3 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 81.67)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 87 (DB2015), 81 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 73.51 (DB2015), 73.63 (DB2014)
• Payments (per year): 18.0 (DB2015), 18.0 (DB2014)
• Time (hours per year): 286.0 (DB2015), 286.0 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (rank 1, DTF score 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 41 (DB2015), 46 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 81.80 (DB2015), 81.05 (DB2014)
• Documents to Export: 5 (DB2015), 5 (DB2014)
• Time to Export (days): 15.0 (DB2015), 17.0 (DB2014)
• Cost to Export (US$ per container): 1,050.0 (DB2015), 1,050.0 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 96.47)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 52 (DB2015), 54 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 64.83 (DB2015), 64.83 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 685.0 (DB2015), 685.0 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of claim): 19.4 (DB2015), 19.4 (DB2014)
• Procedures: 33.0 (DB2015), 33.0 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 89.54)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 32 (DB2015), 30 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 69.73 (DB2015), 68.56 (DB2014)
• Time (years): 3.0 (DB2015), 3.0 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of estate): 15.0 (DB2015), 15.0 (DB2014)
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 57.0 (DB2015), 54.8 (DB2014)
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 12.5 (DB2015), 12.5 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: Finland (rank 1, DTF score 93.85)

Key Methodological Changes in Doing Business 2015

• Distance to Frontier (DTF): The ranking is now based on DTF scores, which measure the gap between an economy's performance and the best practice.
• Additional Data for Large Economies: For 11 economies with populations over 100 million, data for a second city was added to the dataset.
• Revised Indicators:
  • Getting Credit: Increased points from 10 to 12 for the strength of legal rights index and from 6 to 8 for the depth of credit information index. Only credit bureaus covering at least 5% of the adult population can receive a score.
  • Protecting Minority Investors: Expanded scope to include corporate governance beyond related-party transactions.
  • Resolving Insolvency: Added an index measuring the strength of the legal framework for insolvency.
• Paying Taxes: The total tax rate now enters the DTF score in a nonlinear fashion.
• Employing Workers: Renamed to Labor Market Regulation, with a focus on the retail sector and expanded coverage to include labor disputes and worker benefits.

Summary of Key Findings

Poland's business environment shows moderate improvements in several areas compared to the previous year. The DTF score increased slightly from 73.4 to 73.6, and the overall ease of doing business ranking improved by 2 positions to 32. However, Poland still lags behind top performers in most indicators, such as New Zealand and Singapore, which lead in starting a business, getting electricity, and enforcing contracts.

Poland's performance in starting a business and registering property is relatively strong compared to comparator economies like Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, but it still requires improvements in dealing with construction permits and resolving insolvency. The country also has a strong credit bureau coverage at 84.3% of adults, which is higher than most comparator economies.

The labor market regulation indicators were excluded from the DTF ranking, as they focus on the retail sector and include new aspects like labor disputes and worker benefits, which are not directly tied to the efficiency of regulatory processes.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2015 report highlights the importance of regulatory reform in improving the business environment. While Poland has made some progress, there is still room for improvement in several key areas. The report provides valuable insights for policymakers to design more efficient and investor-friendly regulations.