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Doing Business 2015: Summary of Guinea-Bissau

Core Content

Doing Business 2015 is a World Bank Group report that evaluates the ease of doing business across 189 economies, focusing on regulations affecting small to medium-sized businesses throughout their life cycle. The report measures 11 key areas, including starting a business, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and labor market regulation.

Main Changes in Methodology

1. Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Based on the Distance to Frontier (DTF) score, which measures how far an economy is from the best practices.
2. Additional Data for Large Economies: For 11 economies with populations over 100 million, data for a second city was added.
3. Revised Getting Credit Methodology:
   • The strength of legal rights index now ranges from 0 to 12.
   • The depth of credit information index now ranges from 0 to 8.
   • Credit bureaus must cover at least 5% of the adult population to be scored.
4. Expanded Protecting Minority Investors: Includes shareholder rights in corporate governance beyond related-party transactions.
5. Expanded Resolving Insolvency: Includes an index measuring the strength of the legal framework for insolvency.
6. Nonlinear Calculation for Paying Taxes DTF Score: The total tax rate enters the score in a nonlinear way.
7. Renamed Employing Workers to Labor Market Regulation: Now includes regulations on labor disputes and worker benefits.

Key Findings on Guinea-Bissau's Business Environment

Guinea-Bissau is ranked 179th in the Ease of Doing Business ranking (DB2015), with a slight decline of 3 positions from DB2014 (176). The Distance to Frontier score is 43.2, down slightly from 43.6 in DB2014.

1. Starting a Business

• Rank: 176 (DB2015), 170 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 54.83 (DB2015), 57.66 (DB2014)
• Procedures: 9 (DB2015), 9 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 9 (DB2015), 9 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 50.1 (DB2015), 45.5 (DB2014)
• Paid-in Minimum Capital (% of income per capita): 401.3 (DB2015), 364.1 (DB2014)

Guinea-Bissau lags behind comparator economies like Cabo Verde (rank 78), The Gambia (rank 159), and the best performer, New Zealand (rank 1).

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 165 (DB2015), 155 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 52.95 (DB2015), 55.77 (DB2014)
• Procedures: 11 (DB2015), 11 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 116 (DB2015), 116 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 18.2 (DB2015), 16.6 (DB2014)

Guinea-Bissau is still far behind the best performer, Hong Kong SAR, China (rank 1), and other comparator economies like Cabo Verde (rank 133) and The Gambia (rank 138).

3. Getting Electricity

• Rank: 180 (DB2015), 176 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 35.96 (DB2015), 36.74 (DB2014)
• Procedures: 7 (DB2015), 7 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 455 (DB2015), 455 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 2,062.2 (DB2015), 1,871.3 (DB2014)

Guinea-Bissau is among the worst performers in this area, with a cost of 2,062.2% of income per capita. The best performer is South Korea (rank 1), with a cost of 0.0%.

4. Registering Property

• Rank: 160 (DB2015), 158 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 48.92 (DB2015), 49.06 (DB2014)
• Procedures: 8 (DB2015), 8 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 51 (DB2015), 51 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of property value): 10.6 (DB2015), 10.6 (DB2014)

Guinea-Bissau ranks 160th, with a cost of 10.6% of property value. The best performer is Georgia (rank 1), with a cost of 0.0%.

5. Getting Credit

• Rank: 131 (DB2015), 125 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 30.00 (DB2015), 30.00 (DB2014)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index: 6 (DB2015), 6 (DB2014)
• Depth of Credit Information Index: 0 (DB2015), 0 (DB2014)
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 1.0 (DB2015), 1.1 (DB2014)

Guinea-Bissau has no credit registry coverage, which significantly affects its score. The best performer is New Zealand (rank 1) with a DTF score of 100.

6. Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 122 (DB2015), 136 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 45.83 (DB2015), 42.50 (DB2014)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index: 4.6 (DB2015), 4.3 (DB2014)
• Shareholder Governance Index: 4.5 (DB2015), 4.5 (DB2014)
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index: 4.7 (DB2015), 4.0 (DB2014)

Guinea-Bissau ranks 122nd and has a DTF score of 45.83. The best performer is New Zealand (rank 1), with a DTF score of 81.67.

7. Paying Taxes

• Rank: 150 (DB2015), 148 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 58.65 (DB2015), 58.65 (DB2014)
• Number of Payments (per year): 46 (DB2015), 46 (DB2014)
• Time (hours per year): 208 (DB2015), 208 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (rank 1)

Guinea-Bissau ranks 150th, with a DTF score of 58.65. The best performer is the United Arab Emirates, with a DTF score of 99.44.

8. Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 119 (DB2015), 114 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 67.41 (DB2015), 67.64 (DB2014)
• Documents to Export: 6 (DB2015), 6 (DB2014)
• Time to Export (days): 25 (DB2015), 25 (DB2014)
• Cost to Export (US$ per container): 1,448 (DB2015), 1,448 (DB2014)
• Documents to Import: 6 (DB2015), 6 (DB2014)
• Time to Import (days): 22 (DB2015), 22 (DB2014)
• Cost to Import (US$ per container): 2,006 (DB2015), 2,006 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1)

Guinea-Bissau ranks 119th and has a DTF score of 67.41. The best performer is Singapore, with a DTF score of 96.47.

9. Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 169 (DB2015), 168 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 37.54 (DB2015), 37.54 (DB2014)
• Time (days): 1,715 (DB2015), 1,715 (DB2014)
• Cost (% of claim): 25.0 (DB2015), 25.0 (DB2014)
• Procedures (number): 40 (DB2015), 40 (DB2014)
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1)

Guinea-Bissau ranks 169th, with a DTF score of 37.54. The best performer is Singapore, with a DTF score of 89.54.

10. Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 189 (DB2015), 189 (DB2014)
• DTF Score: 0.00 (DB2015), 0.00 (DB2014)
• Time (years): No practice (DB2015), No practice (DB2014)
• Cost (% of estate): No practice (DB2015), No practice (DB2014)
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 0.0 (DB2015), 0.0 (DB2014)
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index: No practice (DB2015), No practice (DB2014)
• Best Performer: Finland (rank 1)

Guinea-Bissau has no practice in resolving insolvency and has a DTF score of 0.00. The best performer is Finland, with a DTF score of 93.85.

Conclusion

The report highlights that Guinea-Bissau has a challenging business environment, with significant obstacles in key areas such as starting a business, getting credit, and resolving insolvency. While some improvements have been noted, the country remains far behind the global best practices. The Distance to Frontier scores and rankings provide a useful tool for identifying areas where reforms are needed, supporting policy makers in improving the regulatory environment for businesses.