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Doing Business 2017: Ukraine Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2017 is a flagship report by the World Bank Group that evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses across 190 economies. It focuses on 11 key areas of business regulation, 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 ranking and a distance to frontier score to measure the ease of doing business and how close an economy is to the best practices in each area.

For Ukraine, the report presents data for the year 2016 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover 2015) and compares it with other selected economies (comparator economies) in the region and globally.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Rank (2017): 80
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score (2017): 63.9
• Change in Rank (2016–2017): Improved by 1
• Change in DTF (2016–2017): Improved by 1.13

The report highlights that the business environment in Ukraine has improved slightly compared to 2016, but there is still room for further reform. The DTF score is used to measure how far an economy is from the best practices, while the rank shows how it compares to other economies.

Key Indicators

Starting a Business

• Rank (2017): 20
• DTF Score (2017): 94.40
• Procedures (Men/Women): 4
• Time (Men/Women): 5 days
• Cost (Men/Women): 0.5% of income per capita
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (2017): 140
• DTF Score (2017): 61.42
• Procedures: 10
• Time: 67 days
• Cost: 15.2% of warehouse value
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 87.40)

Getting Electricity

• Rank (2017): 130
• DTF Score (2017): 58.45
• Procedures: 5
• Time: 281 days
• Cost: 637.6% of income per capita
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank (2017): 63
• DTF Score (2017): 69.61
• Procedures: 7
• Time: 23 days
• Cost: 1.9% of property value
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank (2017): 20
• DTF Score (2017): 75.00
• Procedures: 5
• Time: 355.5 hours per year
• Cost: 51.9% of profit
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 100.00)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (2017): 70
• DTF Score (2017): 56.67
• Procedures: N/A
• Time: N/A
• Cost: N/A
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank (2017): 84
• DTF Score (2017): 72.72
• Procedures: 5
• Time: 355.5 hours per year
• Cost: 51.9% of profit
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (Rank 1, DTF 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank (2017): 115
• DTF Score (2017): 64.26
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 26 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $75
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 96 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $292
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (DTF 100.00)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (2017): 81
• DTF Score (2017): 58.96
• Time: 378 days
• Cost: 46.3% of claim
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 84.15)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (2017): 150
• DTF Score (2017): 27.50
• Time: 2.9 years
• Recovery Rate: 7.5 cents on the dollar
• Best Performer: Finland (Rank 1, DTF 93.89)

Methodology and Limitations

• New Features in 2017: The report includes a gender component in some indicators, measuring the differences in procedures and costs between male and female entrepreneurs. It also introduces a new pilot indicator on selling to the government.
• Comparisons: Data are based on the best practices in each indicator, and the DTF score reflects the absolute distance to these best practices.
• Limitations: The report does not cover all aspects of the business environment, such as proximity to large markets, infrastructure quality, or macroeconomic conditions. It focuses on local limited liability companies in the largest business city.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a detailed analysis of the regulatory environment in Ukraine, highlighting both improvements and areas needing reform. While Ukraine has improved slightly in its overall ranking, it still lags behind many comparator economies, particularly in areas like getting electricity, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. The inclusion of a gender dimension adds a new perspective on how the regulatory environment affects different groups. The report serves as a tool for policymakers to identify regulatory bottlenecks and guide reforms.