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Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs – Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2018 report, published by the World Bank Group, provides a comprehensive analysis of business regulations across 190 economies, focusing on how these regulations impact the ease of doing business and job creation. It evaluates a range of indicators that reflect the procedures, time, and cost involved in various business activities, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. The report also measures aspects of labor market regulation.

Key Indicators and Their Purpose

The report uses standardized metrics to assess the regulatory environment, enabling meaningful comparisons across economies. Each indicator is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 represents the best (frontier) performance. The distance to frontier (DTF) score measures how far an economy is from the best practices observed globally. The ease of doing business ranking is based on the aggregated DTF scores.

The report includes detailed subnational reports, allowing cities and regions to compare their regulatory environments and identify areas for improvement.

Main Views

• The project has been running since 2002 and has evolved to include 11 indicator sets.
• It provides an objective basis for understanding and improving the regulatory environment for business.
• The data collection is based on standardized assumptions to ensure comparability across economies.
• The primary goal is to encourage economies to reform their regulations to improve business efficiency and job creation.
• The report is a resource for academics, journalists, and private sector researchers interested in the business climate of each economy.

Key Information on Botswana

Botswana is analyzed in the report, with data collected for the city of Gaborone, which is the largest business city in the country.

Botswana's Economy Profile

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Income Category: Upper middle income
• Population: 2,250,260
• GNI per Capita (US$): 6,610
• Distance to Frontier (DTF): Botswana's DTF scores for various indicators are compared with regional and global benchmarks.

Indicators Overview

Starting a Business in Botswana

• Procedures: 9 procedures for both men and women.
• Time: 48 days (for men and women).
• Cost: 0.7% of income per capita.
• Minimum Paid-in Capital: 0% (no minimum capital requirement).
• Standardized Company: A 100% domestically owned limited liability company with 5 owners, 10–50 employees, and a company deed of 10 pages.

Key Procedures:

1. Reserve a unique company name: 3 days, BWP 20.
2. Sign declaration of compliance: 1 day, no charge.
3. Register the company: 6–8 days, BWP 300 for application and BWP 60 for certificate.
4. Receive inspection of company premises: 7 days, no charge.
5. Obtain industrial/trade license: 3 weeks, simultaneous with previous procedure. Cost: BWP 50 (self) or BWP 1,500 (agent) for industrial license; BWP 100 (self) or BWP 2,000 (agent) for trade license.
6. Open a bank account: 1 day, simultaneous with previous procedure.
7. Obtain Tax Identification Number (TIN): 7 days, no charge.
8. Register for VAT: 7 days, no charge.
9. Register employees for workplace injury insurance: 2 days, no charge.

Dealing with Construction Permits in Botswana

• Procedures: 19 procedures.
• Time: 106 days.
• Cost: 0.4% of warehouse value.
• Building Quality Control Index: 10.5 (out of 15).

Key Procedures:

1. Obtain a site plan: 1 day, BWP 2.
2. Obtain geotechnical study/soil test results: 12 days, BWP 4,500.
3. Submit project brief to Environmental Affairs Department: 7 days, BWP 10.
4. Apply for sewage connection: 1 day, no charge.
5. Receive site inspection for sewage connection: 1 day, no charge.
6. Request and obtain planning and building permit: 60 days, BWP 2,150.
7. Notify Gaborone City Council of commencement of work: 1 day, no charge.
8. Receive setting out and excavation inspection: 1 day, no charge.
9. Receive labor inspection: 1 day, no charge.
10. Receive inspection from Department of Health and Safety Standards: 1 day, no charge.
11. Receive final inspection: 1 day, no charge.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2018 report underscores the importance of reform in business regulation to improve job creation and business efficiency. By analyzing the procedures, time, and cost involved in key business activities, it offers measurable benchmarks for reform and encourages international comparisons. For Botswana, the report highlights the ease of starting a business and dealing with construction permits, with low cost and reasonable time compared to other economies in the region and globally. However, there is still room for improvement, particularly in building quality control and comparative performance against the frontier.