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Doing Business 2017: Fiji Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report by the World Bank Group provides an in-depth analysis of the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 190 economies, including Fiji. It evaluates 11 key areas that affect business operations and aims to highlight regulatory reforms and their impact on economic performance.

Main Topics and Indicators

The report includes the following key indicators:

1. Starting a Business
2. Dealing with Construction Permits
3. Getting Electricity
4. Registering Property
5. Getting Credit
6. Protecting Minority Investors
7. Paying Taxes
8. Trading Across Borders
9. Enforcing Contracts
10. Resolving Insolvency
11. Labor Market Regulation

Key Findings

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Fiji ranked 97 in 2017, down from 84 in 2016, indicating a slight deterioration in the regulatory environment.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Fiji's DTF score was 60.71 in 2017, down from 62.47 in 2016, showing a modest decline in the distance from best practices.
• Comparison with Other Economies:
  • Australia and Singapore are consistently ranked among the best performers.
  • New Zealand is noted as the top performer in several indicators.
  • United Arab Emirates is the best performer in the Paying Taxes indicator.

Methodology and Changes

• Expanded Indicators: The report includes postfiling processes in the Paying Taxes indicator and introduces a gender component in three of the indicators.
• New Pilot Indicator: A new indicator on selling to the government was introduced.
• Data Collection: The report includes data for Somalia for the first time, bringing the total number of economies to 190.
• Comparative Analysis: The DTF score allows for benchmarking against the best practices, while the ranking shows relative changes compared to other economies.

Gender Dimension

• Starting a Business: Both men and women in Fiji require 11 procedures, with 40 days of time and 17.9% of income per capita cost.
• Registering Property: Women have the same number of procedures as men but are benchmarked on the quality of land administration index.
• Enforcing Contracts: The report now includes a component on the evidentiary weight of women's testimony in court.

Economic Overview

• Region: East Asia & Pacific
• Income Category: Upper middle income
• Population: 892,145
• GNI per capita (US$): 4,800
• DTF Score (2017): 60.71
• DTF Score (2016): 62.47
• Change in DTF: -1.76

Key Indicators in Detail

Starting a Business

• Rank (2017): 159
• Rank (2016): 166
• DTF Score (2017): 73.13
• DTF Score (2016): 68.18
• Procedures (Men): 11
• Time (Men): 40 days
• Cost (Men): 17.9% of income per capita
• Procedures (Women): 11
• Time (Women): 40 days
• Cost (Women): 17.9% of income per capita

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (2017): 101
• Rank (2016): 100
• DTF Score (2017): 67.88
• DTF Score (2016): 67.85
• Procedures: 15
• Time: 141 days
• Cost: 0.4% of warehouse value

Getting Electricity

• Rank (2017): 82
• Rank (2016): 79
• DTF Score (2017): 71.92
• DTF Score (2016): 71.26
• Procedures: 4
• Time: 81 days
• Cost: 1,477.7% of income per capita

Registering Property

• Rank (2017): 55
• Rank (2016): 55
• DTF Score (2017): 71.86
• DTF Score (2016): 71.86
• Procedures: 4
• Time: 69 days
• Cost: 3% of property value
• Land Administration Index: 19.5 (out of 30)

Getting Credit

• Rank (2017): 157
• Rank (2016): 78
• DTF Score (2017): 25.00
• DTF Score (2016): 50.00
• Legal Rights Index: 5 (out of 12)
• Credit Information Index: 0 (out of 8)
• Credit Bureau Coverage: 0% of adults
• Credit Registry Coverage: 0% of adults

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (2017): 106
• Rank (2016): 108
• DTF Score (2017): 50.00
• DTF Score (2016): 48.33
• Minority Investor Protection Index: 5 (out of 10)
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index: 5.7 (out of 10)
• Shareholder Governance Index: 4.3 (out of 10)

Paying Taxes

• Rank (2017): 110
• Rank (2016): 108
• DTF Score (2017): 67.55
• DTF Score (2016): 67.46
• Number of Payments per Year: 38
• Time (hours per year): 247
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 33.1
• Postfiling Index: 68.9 (out of 100)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank (2017): 75
• Rank (2016): 76
• DTF Score (2017): 77.57
• DTF Score (2016): 77.57
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 56 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $317
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 56 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $76
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 42 hours
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): $320
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 34 hours
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): $58

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (2017): 86
• Rank (2016): 84
• DTF Score (2017): 58.44
• DTF Score (2016): 58.44
• Time to Enforce a Contract: 397 days
• Cost to Enforce a Contract (% of claim): 38.9%
• Judicial Processes Index: 7.5 (out of 18)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (2017): 90
• Rank (2016): 87
• DTF Score (2017): 43.75
• DTF Score (2016): 43.76
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 46.4
• Time to Resolve Insolvency: 1.8 years
• Insolvency Framework Index: 6 (out of 16)

Summary

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a comprehensive assessment of the business environment in Fiji. While the country shows some improvements in certain areas, such as getting electricity and registering property, it lags behind many other economies in terms of starting a business, getting credit, and enforcing contracts. The introduction of a gender component in several indicators adds a new dimension to the analysis, highlighting potential disparities in the regulatory processes for women. The distance to frontier score and ease of doing business ranking are key tools for understanding the relative performance of Fiji's regulatory environment and identifying areas for reform.