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Summary of Doing Business 2018: Senegal

Core Content

The Doing Business 2018 report evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses in 190 economies, with a focus on reforming to create jobs. It provides quantitative indicators on key business regulations and their enforcement, such as starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. It also includes labor market regulation data.

The report is based on standardized case scenarios and uses a distance to frontier (DTF) measure to evaluate how close an economy is to the best regulatory practices. A score of 0 indicates the lowest performance, while a score of 100 represents the frontier.

Senegal is classified as a low-income economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a population of 15.4 million and a GNI per capita of $950. The largest business city is Dakar, and the report measures the business environment based on data collected in this city.

Main Topics and Indicators

1. Starting a Business

• Procedures: 4 for men, 4 for women
• Time: 6 days for men, 6 days for women
• Cost: 33.8% of income per capita for men, 33.8% for women
• Minimum Paid-in Capital: 4.6% of income per capita

Key Procedures:

1. Deposit founding capital with a bank (1 day)
2. Check company name availability (1 day)
3. Notarize company bylaws and deposit subscribed capital (2 days)
4. Register at the one-stop shop (2 days)

Cost Breakdown:

• Registration fees: XOF 25,000
• Court Registrar fees: XOF 30,000 for capital over XOF 1,000,000
• Additional fees: XOF 90 for any other XOF 1,000,000 of capital

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Procedures: 14
• Time: 177 days
• Cost: 10.1% of warehouse value
• Building Quality Control Index: 10.0 (out of 15)

Key Procedures:

1. Obtain geotechnical study results (30 days, XOF 700,000)
2. Obtain property title documents (5 days, XOF 600)
3. Obtain cadastral map (7 days, XOF 16,700)
4. Obtain planning certificate (10 days, XOF 20,000)
5. Obtain building permit (45 days, XOF 780,360)
6. Hire private inspection agency (1 day, XOF 822,735)
7. Request final inspection (1 day, XOF 5,500)
8. Receive final inspection (1 day, no charge)
9. Obtain certificate of conformity (10 days, XOF 15,000)
10. Apply for water connection (1 day, no charge)
11. Pay fees and obtain water connection (25 days, XOF 135,000)
12. Apply for sewage connection (1 day, XOF 36,580)
13. Receive sewage inspection (1 day, no charge)
14. Pay fees and obtain sewage connection (45 days, XOF 250,000)

Key Findings

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Senegal ranks 135th out of 190 economies.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF): Senegal has a DTF score of 40.5, indicating it is 40.5% away from the best regulatory practices.
• Building Quality Control Index: Senegal scores 10.0 out of 15, showing moderate quality control and safety mechanisms in construction permitting.

Methodology and Assumptions

• Standardized Business: A limited liability company with 10–50 domestic employees, 10 times income per capita in start-up capital, and 100% domestic ownership.
• Standardized Warehouse: A two-story warehouse with an estimated value of 50 times income per capita, 1,300.6 square meters in size, and located on 100% owned land.
• Procedure Assumptions:
  • No bribes are considered
  • All required information is assumed to be available
  • Procedures that can be completed online count as 0.5 days
  • The DTF score is the average of component indicators

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2018 report highlights the importance of reform in improving the business environment and creating jobs. It provides comparative data across 190 economies, with a focus on Senegal in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report recommends reforms in areas such as starting a business, dealing with construction permits, and improving regulatory efficiency to enhance the ease of doing business.