2017年-世界发展银行全球_Economy_Profile_of_Georgia_64页_1mb

Summary of "Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs"

Core Content

The Doing Business 2018 report, published by the World Bank Group, evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses across 190 economies. It provides a comprehensive assessment of business regulations and their enforcement, focusing on key areas that affect the ease of doing business. The report aims to encourage reform by offering measurable benchmarks and promoting competition among economies for more efficient regulation.

Main Topics and Indicators

The report includes the following key indicators:

• Starting a business: Measures the procedures, time, cost, and minimum paid-in capital required to start a limited liability company (LLC).
• Dealing with construction permits: Evaluates the procedures, time, and cost to obtain permits and complete construction of a warehouse, along with quality control and safety mechanisms.
• Getting electricity: Assesses the procedures, time, cost, and reliability of electricity supply.
• Registering property: Measures the procedures, time, and cost to transfer property and the quality of land administration.
• Getting credit: Focuses on movable collateral laws and credit information systems.
• Protecting minority investors: Reviews the rights of minority shareholders in related-party transactions and corporate governance.
• Paying taxes: Evaluates the number of tax payments, time, and total tax rate.
• Trading across borders: Measures the time and cost to export and import goods.
• Enforcing contracts: Assesses the time and cost to resolve commercial disputes and the quality of judicial processes.
• Resolving insolvency: Reviews the time, cost, outcome, and recovery rate in commercial insolvency cases.
• Labor market regulation: Analyzes the flexibility of employment regulation and aspects of job quality.

Key Information on Georgia

Economy Profile

• Region: Europe & Central Asia
• Income Category: Lower middle income
• Population: 3,719,300
• GNI per Capita: US$3,810
• City Covered: Tbilisi
• Distance to Frontier (DTF): Georgia's DTF score is not explicitly provided, but it is used to determine the ease of doing business ranking.
• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Georgia is ranked among the 190 economies, with the DTF score influencing its position.

Starting a Business in Georgia

• Procedures: 2 procedures for both men and women.
• Time: 2 days for both men and women.
• Cost: 2.5% of income per capita for men and 2.5% for women.
• Minimum Paid-in Capital: 0% of income per capita (Georgia has no minimum paid-in capital requirement for LLCs).
• Comparison:
  • Europe & Central Asia: 5.2 procedures, 10.1 days, 4.4% cost
  • OECD high income: 4.9 procedures, 8.5 days, 3.1% cost
  • Overall Best Performer: 1 procedure, 0.5 days, 0.0% cost (New Zealand)

Dealing with Construction Permits in Georgia

• Procedures: 11 procedures.
• Time: 63 days.
• Cost: 0.3% of warehouse value.
• Building Quality Control Index: 7.0 (out of 15).
• Comparison:
  • Europe & Central Asia: 16 procedures, 168.3 days, 4.0% cost
  • OECD high income: 12.5 procedures, 154.6 days, 1.6% cost
  • Overall Best Performer: 7 procedures, 27.5 days, 0.10% cost (Denmark)

Detailed Procedures for Starting a Business in Georgia

1. Pay registration fee, register the company with the Entrepreneurial Register and obtain an identification number and certificate of state and tax registration

   • Agency: NAPR
   • Time: 1 day
   • Cost: GEL 100 (regular) or GEL 200 (expedited) + GEL 1 (bank charges) + GEL 5 for certification per document

2. Register for VAT

   • Agency: Revenue Service under Ministry of Finance
   • Time: 1 day
   • Cost: No charge
   • Applies to women only and takes place simultaneously with the previous procedure.

Detailed Procedures for Dealing with Construction Permits in Georgia

1. Obtain topographic study of the land plot

   • Agency: Private licensed company
   • Time: 4 days
   • Cost: GEL 700

2. Obtain technical conditions for water and sewage

   • Agency: Georgian Water and Power
   • Time: 3 days
   • Cost: No charge

3. Request and obtain terms of construction from Tbilisi Architecture at the Tbilisi Hall

   • Agency: Tbilisi Architecture at the Tbilisi Hall
   • Time: 5 days
   • Cost: No charge

4. Request and obtain design approval from Tbilisi Architecture at the Tbilisi Hall

   • Agency: Tbilisi Architecture at the Tbilisi Hall
   • Time: 15 days
   • Cost: No charge

5. Request and obtain building permit from Tbilisi Architecture

   • Agency: Tbilisi Architecture
   • Time: 10 days
   • Cost: GEL 650.30 (based on the warehouse value and government resolution)

6. Receive an inspection during construction from the Tbilisi Supervisory Service Agency

   • Agency: Tbilisi Supervisory Service Agency
   • Time: 1 day
   • Cost: No charge

7. Notify Tbilisi Supervisory Agency of the completion of construction works

   • Agency: Tbilisi Supervisory Service Agency
   • Time: 1 day
   • Cost: No charge

8. Receive final inspection from the Tbilisi Supervisory Service Agency

   • Agency: Tbilisi Supervisory Service Agency
   • Time: 1 day
   • Cost: No charge

9. Request and receive connection to water and sewage service

   • Agency: Georgian Water and Power
   • Time: 10 days
   • Cost: No charge

10. Request and obtain exploitation of building construction from Tbilisi Supervisory Service Agency

    • Agency: Tbilisi Supervisory Service Agency
    • Time: 15 days
    • Cost: No charge

11. Register the building with the National Public Registry

    • Agency: National Public Registry
    • Time: 1 day
    • Cost: GEL 150

Quality of Construction Regulation in Georgia

• Building quality control index: 7.0 (out of 15)
• Quality of building regulations index: 1.0
• Accessibility of building laws: 1.0 (available online and free of charge)
• Clarity of building permit requirements: 0.0 (not clearly specified in regulations or accessible websites)
• Quality control before construction: 1.0
• Third-party verification of building plans: 1.0 (licensed architect)
• Quality control during construction: 2.0
• Legally mandated inspections during construction: 1.0 (always conducted in practice)
• Quality control after construction: 3.0
• Final inspection requirement: Yes

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2018 report provides a detailed analysis of regulatory environments for businesses in 190 economies, with a focus on improving efficiency and creating jobs. Georgia performs relatively well in some areas, such as starting a business, where it has a low number of procedures, short time, and low cost. However, it lags in the clarity of building permit requirements, which affects its overall ranking in the construction permits category. The report emphasizes the importance of standardized procedures and data collection to ensure transparency and encourage reform.