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Doing Business 2017: Solomon Islands Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report, a flagship publication by the World Bank Group, evaluates the regulatory environment for small and medium-sized businesses across 190 economies. It provides data 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 also introduces new dimensions, such as a gender component in some indicators and an expanded dataset including Somalia.

The Solomon Islands economy profile is presented in this edition, with data and comparisons to other economies in the region and globally. The report highlights how the regulatory environment affects business operations and provides insights into the ease of doing business.

Key Indicators and Performance

Ease of Doing Business Ranking

• DB2017 Rank: 104
• DB2016 Rank: 105 (adjusted for methodological changes)
• Change in Rank: +1
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: 59.17
• DTF Change: +0.38
• Global Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 99.96)

Starting a Business

• DB2017 Rank: 97
• DB2016 Rank: 91
• DTF Score: 85.48
• Procedures (Men/Women): 7 (same for both)
• Time (Men/Women): 9 days (same for both)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 28.5% (Men), 28.5% (Women)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1 procedure, 0.5 days, 0.0%)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• DB2017 Rank: 63
• DB2016 Rank: 59
• DTF Score: 72.76
• Procedures: 13
• Time: 98 days
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 1.2%
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 7.5
• Best Performer: New Zealand (7 procedures, 28 days, 0.1%)

Getting Electricity

• DB2017 Rank: 80
• DB2016 Rank: 91
• DTF Score: 72.53
• Procedures: 4
• Time: 53 days
• Cost (% of income per capita): 1253.7%
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 3.0
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (3 procedures, 18 days, 0.0%)

Registering Property

• DB2017 Rank: 152
• DB2016 Rank: 153
• DTF Score: 47.38
• Procedures: 10
• Time: 86.5 days
• Cost (% of property value): 4.7%
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 11.0
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1 procedure, 1.0 day, 29.0%)

Getting Credit

• DB2017 Rank: 82
• DB2016 Rank: 78
• DTF Score: 50.00
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 10.0
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 0.0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 1.1%
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF 100.00)

Protecting Minority Investors

• DB2017 Rank: 106
• DB2016 Rank: 101
• DTF Score: 50.00
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 5.0
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 6.3
• Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 3.7
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• DB2017 Rank: 39
• DB2016 Rank: 38
• DTF Score: 83.58
• Payments per Year: 34
• Time (hours per year): 80.0
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 32.0%
• Postfiling Index (0-100): 99.1
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (DTF 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• DB2017 Rank: 151
• DB2016 Rank: 152
• DTF Score: 53.45
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 110 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $630
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 60 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $257
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 108 hours
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): $740
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 37 hours
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): $215
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (DTF 100.00)

Enforcing Contracts

• DB2017 Rank: 153
• DB2016 Rank: 152
• DTF Score: 44.63
• Time (Days): 455 days
• Cost (% of claim): 78.9%
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 9.0
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (DTF 84.15)

Resolving Insolvency

• DB2017 Rank: 138
• DB2016 Rank: 136
• DTF Score: 31.90
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 24.4
• Time (Years): 1.0
• Cost (% of estate): 38.0%
• Best Performer: Finland (DTF 93.89)

Main Points and Key Findings

• The report uses a standardized methodology to compare business regulations across economies, focusing on the regulatory burden and its impact on business operations.
• The Solomon Islands has a lower middle-income status, with a population of approximately 583,591 and a GNI per capita of $1,940.
• The ease of doing business ranking and distance to frontier (DTF) score are two primary measures used in the report. The DTF score reflects the absolute distance to regulatory best practice, while the ranking compares economies relative to each other.
• Gender-specific indicators have been introduced in some areas, including starting a business, registering property, and enforcing contracts, to better reflect the experiences of women entrepreneurs.
• The Solomon Islands shows improvement in some areas, such as the DTF score, but remains relatively low in most indicators compared to other economies in the region and globally.
• Key challenges include high costs, long procedures, and inefficiencies in areas like paying taxes, registering property, and enforcing contracts.
• Comparisons with comparator economies show that the Solomon Islands is significantly behind in terms of efficiency and regulatory quality, with New Zealand and other high-performing economies leading in most categories.
• The report emphasizes the importance of regulatory reform and transparency in improving the business environment and supporting economic growth.

Methodology and Limitations

• The report covers 10 topics in the business life cycle and excludes labor market regulation from the aggregate ranking but includes it in the economy profile.
• The paying taxes indicator now includes postfiling processes such as tax refunds, audits, and appeals.
• The data in the report are current as of June 1, 2016, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover January–December 2015.
• The methodology has limitations, as it does not directly assess factors like market size, infrastructure quality, property security, or macroeconomic stability.
• The DTF score is used to measure how far an economy is from the best practices in each indicator, helping to track progress over time and identify areas for reform.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a comprehensive overview of the regulatory environment in the Solomon Islands. While the country has shown some improvement in the DTF score, it still faces significant challenges in most business-related indicators. The introduction of gender components and new data sources like Somalia enhances the report's scope and relevance. Policymakers are encouraged to use the data to identify regulatory bottlenecks and implement reforms to improve the ease of doing business and support economic development.