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Doing Business 2017: Cambodia Summary

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2017 report by the World Bank Group evaluates the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 190 economies, including Cambodia. It measures 11 key areas of business regulation and provides an aggregate ranking and a distance to frontier (DTF) score to assess how close an economy is to best practices. The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the overall ranking but are presented separately in the economy profile.

Main Indicators and Rankings

Key Findings

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Cambodia ranked 131 in 2017, down 3 positions from 2016.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Cambodia's DTF score was 54.79 in 2017, up slightly from 54.54 in 2016.
• Gender Dimension: The report introduced a gender component in four indicators, including starting a business, registering property, enforcing contracts, and labor market regulation. Cambodia's scores for both men and women were similar, indicating that the regulatory burden is not significantly different between genders.
• Paying Taxes: Cambodia ranked 124th, with a DTF score of 61.97. The time and cost for tax payments were high, though slightly improved from 2016.
• Trading Across Borders: Cambodia ranked 102nd, with a DTF score of 67.28. It had high time and cost to export and import, but some improvements were noted in the DTF score.
• Enforcing Contracts: Cambodia ranked 178th, with a DTF score of 32.67. The process was slow and costly, with a low recovery rate.
• Resolving Insolvency: Cambodia ranked 72nd, with a DTF score of 48.10. The process was slow, and the recovery rate was relatively low.

Methodology and Data Notes

• The report includes data up to June 1, 2016, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover 2015.
• The DTF score measures how far an economy is from the best practices in each indicator, on a scale from 0 to 100.
• The rankings are based on the DTF scores and are sorted by the average of the scores for the 10 indicators included in the ease of doing business ranking.
• The methodology includes updates to reflect new factors, such as postfiling processes and gender dimensions, as well as the inclusion of data for Somalia, bringing the total to 190 economies.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a comprehensive assessment of the regulatory environment for businesses in Cambodia, highlighting areas where improvements are needed and showing the country's progress relative to other economies. While Cambodia has made some gains in DTF scores, its overall ranking remains relatively low, indicating that it still has significant challenges in areas such as starting a business, dealing with construction permits, and enforcing contracts. The introduction of gender components adds a new dimension to the analysis, helping to identify disparities in regulatory processes between men and women. Policymakers can use this report to guide reforms and improve the business climate.