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Doing Business 2015: Niger Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2015 is a flagship report by the World Bank Group that evaluates and compares business regulations across 189 economies, focusing on the ease of doing business for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The report measures 11 key areas of the business life cycle and provides data on regulatory performance, including rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores. Niger's profile is part of this comprehensive analysis, offering insights into its regulatory environment and how it compares to other economies.

Main Points and Key Information

1. Report Overview

• Purpose: To provide quantitative indicators on business regulations and property rights protection.
• Scope: Covers 11 areas in the business life cycle, including starting a business, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency.
• Methodology:
  • The report uses distance to frontier (DTF) scores to benchmark regulatory performance.
  • It includes comparator economies for each indicator to allow meaningful comparisons.
  • The data is current as of June 1, 2014, except for paying taxes, which covers January–December 2013.

2. Key Changes in Methodology (2015)

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Based on DTF scores.
• Additional Data for Large Populations: For 11 economies with over 100 million people, data from a second city was added.
• Revised Indicators:
  • Getting Credit: The strength of legal rights index and depth of credit information index were expanded from 10 to 12 points and 6 to 8 points respectively.
  • Protecting Minority Investors: Scope expanded to include corporate governance beyond related-party transactions.
  • Resolving Insolvency: New index measuring the strength of the legal framework for insolvency was added.
  • Paying Taxes: Nonlinear approach for calculating the total tax rate component.
• Labor Market Regulation: Replaced "employing workers" and now includes labor disputes and worker benefits.

Niger's Business Environment Overview

Economic Profile

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Income Category: Low income
• Population: 17,831,270
• GNI per capita (US$): 410
• DB2015 Rank: 168
• DB2014 Rank: 165 (adjusted for methodological changes)
• DB2015 DTF: 47.6
• DB2014 DTF: 46.9
• Change in Rank: -3
• Change in DTF: +0.7

Business Environment Indicators

Conclusion

Niger's regulatory environment for businesses remains relatively challenging, with a DB2015 rank of 168 and a DTF score of 47.6, indicating a need for significant improvements in several areas. The report highlights that while Niger has made slight progress in some indicators (such as a 0.7 increase in DTF), it still lags behind many comparator economies in Africa and globally.

Key areas of concern include:

• Starting a business (rank 177)
• Dealing with construction permits (rank 119)
• Getting electricity (rank 165)
• Registering property (rank 95)
• Getting credit (rank 131)
• Protecting minority investors (rank 146)
• Paying taxes (rank 155)
• Trading across borders (rank 179)
• Enforcing contracts (rank 132)
• Resolving insolvency (rank 128)

The report emphasizes that while the rankings and DTF scores offer a useful benchmark, they do not capture all aspects of the business environment, such as macroeconomic conditions or infrastructure quality. Policymakers in Niger can use these indicators to identify areas requiring reform and track progress over time.