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Doing Business 2017: Antigua and Barbuda Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report by the World Bank Group evaluates the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 190 economies. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 key areas of the business life cycle, 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 presents aggregate rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores to compare the ease of doing business.

For Antigua and Barbuda, the report provides detailed data for each of the 11 indicators, along with comparisons to other selected economies in the region and globally. The data are current as of June 1, 2016, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover January–December 2015.

Key Findings

Ease of Doing Business Ranking

• DB2017 Rank: 113
• DB2016 Rank: 107 (comparable ranking due to methodological changes)
• Change in Rank: -6 (a slight decline)

Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score

• DB2017 DTF: 58.04
• DB2016 DTF: 58.48
• Change in DTF: -0.44 (a minor decline)

Comparison with Comparator Economies

• Starting a Business:

  • Rank: 124
  • DTF: 81.66
  • Procedures (Men): 9
  • Time (Men): 22 days
  • Cost (Men): 9.4% of income per capita
  • Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 99.96)

• Dealing with Construction Permits:

  • Rank: 107
  • DTF: 67.41
  • Procedures: 16
  • Time: 110 days
  • Cost: 0.4% of warehouse value
  • Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 87.40)

• Getting Electricity:

  • Rank: 35
  • DTF: 83.49
  • Procedures: 4
  • Time: 42 days
  • Cost: 117.6% of income per capita
  • Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 99.88)

• Registering Property:

  • Rank: 150
  • DTF: 47.51
  • Procedures: 7
  • Time: 108 days
  • Cost: 10.8% of property value
  • Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 94.46)

• Getting Credit:

  • Rank: 157
  • DTF: 25.00
  • Strength of Legal Rights: 5.0
  • Depth of Credit Information: 0.0
  • Credit Bureau Coverage: 0.0%
  • Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 100.00)

• Protecting Minority Investors:

  • Rank: 87
  • DTF: 53.33
  • Strength of Minority Investor Protection: 5.3
  • Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation: 6.7
  • Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 83.33)

• Paying Taxes:

  • Rank: 160
  • DTF: 53.03
  • Payments per Year: 57
  • Time per Year: 207 hours
  • Total Tax Rate: 41.9% of profit
  • Postfiling Index: 49.1
  • Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (Rank 1, DTF 99.44)

• Trading across Borders:

  • Rank: 110
  • DTF: 65.76
  • Time to Export: Border Compliance: 85 hours
  • Cost to Export: Border Compliance: $546
  • Time to Export: Documentary Compliance: 51 hours
  • Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance: $121
  • Time to Import: Border Compliance: 85 hours
  • Cost to Import: Border Compliance: $546
  • Time to Import: Documentary Compliance: 48 hours
  • Cost to Import: Documentary Compliance: $100
  • Best Performer: 10 Economies (Rank 1, DTF 100.00)

• Enforcing Contracts:

  • Rank: 35
  • DTF: 68.11
  • Time: 476 days
  • Cost: 27.1% of claim
  • Quality of Judicial Processes: 11.5
  • Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 84.15)

• Resolving Insolvency:

  • Rank: 124
  • DTF: 35.12
  • Recovery Rate: 36.2 cents on the dollar
  • Time: 3 years
  • Best Performer: Finland (Rank 1, DTF 93.89)

Main Points and Key Information

Methodology Changes

• Paying Taxes: Added postfiling processes (tax refunds, audits, appeals).
• Gender Component: Introduced into three indicators (starting a business, registering property, enforcing contracts).
• New Pilot Indicator: Selling to the government.
• Somalia Included: Total economies covered now at 190.

Comparative Insights

• Antigua and Barbuda performs better than most comparator economies in the region but lags behind the best performers globally.
• The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the aggregate ranking, but the data are presented in the economy profile.

Key Areas for Improvement

• Registering Property: The ranking and DTF score are among the lowest, indicating significant procedural and cost barriers.
• Getting Credit: The DTF score is very low, suggesting weak legal rights and limited credit information systems.
• Resolving Insolvency: The ranking is relatively low, and the recovery rate is modest compared to the best performers.

Regional Context

• Antigua and Barbuda is in the Latin America & Caribbean region and is classified as a high-income economy.
• The economy has a population of 91,818 and a GNI per capita of $13,390.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report highlights that while Antigua and Barbuda has made some progress in certain areas, such as getting electricity, it still faces challenges in areas like registering property, getting credit, and resolving insolvency. The introduction of gender-specific indicators and new methodological approaches in the report provides a more comprehensive understanding of the business environment, especially for women. Policymakers can use these data to identify areas for reform and benchmark their progress against other economies.