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Doing Business 2015: Kazakhstan Summary

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2015 report evaluates the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 189 economies, focusing on 11 key areas. It provides a comprehensive ranking and distance to frontier (DTF) scores to measure the ease of doing business and the extent of regulatory reforms. The report highlights how Kazakhstan compares to other economies, particularly in the region and globally, and outlines the key changes in methodology that affect the data.

Key Methodological Changes

• The ease of doing business ranking and topic-level rankings are now based on distance to frontier scores, which show how far an economy is from the best practices.
• For 11 large economies, data for a second city has been added to the dataset, including Kazakhstan.
• The getting credit indicators have been updated:
  • The strength of legal rights index now ranges from 0 to 12.
  • The depth of credit information index now ranges from 0 to 8.
  • Only credit bureaus and registries covering at least 5% of the adult population can receive a score.
• The protecting investors indicator was renamed to protecting minority investors, and its scope was expanded to include shareholders' rights in corporate governance.
• The resolving insolvency indicator now includes an insolvency framework strength index.
• The paying taxes DTF score calculation was changed to a nonlinear approach.
• The labor market regulation indicator was renamed from employing workers and now focuses on the retail sector rather than manufacturing, including labor disputes and worker benefits.

Key Business Environment Indicators for Kazakhstan

Key Findings

• Kazakhstan ranked 77th in the ease of doing business in 2015, slightly down from 76th in 2014.
• Its DTF score improved from 63.6 to 64.6, indicating progress in regulatory reforms.
• Starting a business remains relatively easy, with 6 procedures, 10 days, and 0.5% of income per capita cost.
• Dealing with construction permits is a major challenge, with 25 procedures, 156 days, and 1.5% of warehouse value cost.
• Getting electricity is also a challenge, with 6 procedures, 88 days, and 56.6% of income per capita cost.
• Registering property is among the easiest, with 4 procedures, 11 days, and 0.1% of property value cost.
• Getting credit is a moderate challenge, with 7 on the depth of credit information index and 3 on the strength of legal rights index.
• Protecting minority investors is a moderate challenge, with a DTF score of 65.83.
• Paying taxes is relatively easy, with 6 payments, 188 hours, and 56.6% of income per capita cost.
• Trading across borders is a significant challenge, with 10 documents to export, 79 days, and $5,285 per container cost.
• Enforcing contracts is a major challenge, with 36 procedures, 370 days, and 22% of claim cost.
• Resolving insolvency is a moderate challenge, with 1.5 years, 15% of estate cost, and a DTF score of 51.45.

Conclusion

The report provides a detailed analysis of Kazakhstan's business environment, highlighting areas of strength and weakness. While some indicators show improvement, others indicate persistent challenges. The data underscores the importance of continued regulatory reform to enhance the ease of doing business and support economic growth.