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Summary of "Doing Business 2014: Economy Profile - Angola"

Core Content

The Doing Business report evaluates the ease of doing business in 189 economies, focusing on regulations that impact small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It measures 11 key areas across the business lifecycle, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and employing workers. The report provides a ranking and detailed indicators for each area, allowing for comparative analysis and policy insights.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Index:
  Angola ranks 179th out of 189 economies in the ease of doing business index in 2014, a slight decline from its 2013 rank of 178th.
  The Distance to Frontier (DTF) score for Angola is 45.32, indicating how far it is from the best practices in the indicators.

• Key Indicators and Comparisons:
  The report provides detailed data on the following indicators, comparing Angola with other economies in the region and globally:

  Indicator	Angola DB2014	Angola DB2013	Comparator Economies	Best Performer
  Starting a Business (Rank)	178	175	Botswana (96), Mozambique (95), Namibia (132), etc.	New Zealand (1)
  Procedures	8	8	Botswana (9), Mozambique (9), etc.	New Zealand (6)
  Time (days)	66.0	66.0	Botswana (60), Namibia (28), etc.	New Zealand (0.5)
  Cost (% of income per capita)	130.1	143.1	Botswana (1.2), Namibia (0.3), etc.	Slovenia (0.0)
  Dealing with Construction Permits (Rank)	65	56	Botswana (69), Mozambique (77), etc.	Hong Kong SAR, China (1)
  Procedures	12	12	Botswana (21), Mozambique (12), etc.	Hong Kong SAR, China (6)
  Time (days)	204.0	204.0	Botswana (111), Namibia (123), etc.	Singapore (26.0)
  Cost (% of income per capita)	28.6	31.3	Botswana (17.6), Namibia (30.6), etc.	Qatar (1.1)
  Registering Property (Rank)	132	132	Botswana (41), Mozambique (152), etc.	Georgia (1)
  Procedures	7	7	Botswana (4), Mozambique (8), etc.	4 Economies (1)
  Time (days)	191.0	191.0	Botswana (15), Namibia (54), etc.	New Zealand (1.0)
  Cost (% of property value)	3.0	3.1	Botswana (5.1), Mozambique (7.7), etc.	5 Economies (0.0)
  Getting Credit (Rank)	130	126	Botswana (73), Mozambique (130), etc.	Malaysia (1)
  Strength of legal rights index	3	3	Botswana (6), Mozambique (3), etc.	10 Economies (10)
  Depth of credit information index	4	4	Botswana (4), Mozambique (4), etc.	31 Economies (6)
  Paying Taxes (Rank)	155	156	Botswana (47), Mozambique (129), etc.	United Arab Emirates (1)
  Time to pay taxes (hours per year)	282	282	Botswana (152), Mozambique (230), etc.	United Arab Emirates (12)
  Trading Across Borders (Rank)	169	167	Botswana (145), Mozambique (131), etc.	Singapore (1)
  Time to export (days)	40	48	Botswana (27), Mozambique (21), etc.	Singapore (6)
  Cost to export (US$ per container)	1,860	1,850	Botswana (3,045), Mozambique (1,100), etc.	Malaysia (450)
  Enforcing Contracts (Rank)	187	187	Botswana (86), Mozambique (145), etc.	Luxembourg (1)
  Time to enforce contracts (days)	1,296	1,296	Botswana (625), Mozambique (950), etc.	Singapore (150)
  Resolving Insolvency (Rank)	189	189	Botswana (34), Mozambique (148), etc.	Japan (1)

Key Findings

• Starting a Business:
  In Angola, starting a business requires 8 procedures, takes 66 days, and costs 130.1% of income per capita. The paid-in minimum capital is 21.8% of income per capita.
  This is significantly higher than comparator economies like Botswana and Namibia, and much worse than global leaders such as New Zealand and Slovenia.

• Dealing with Construction Permits:
  Angola requires 12 procedures, takes 204 days, and costs 28.6% of income per capita. It is far behind the global best performer, Hong Kong SAR, China.

• Registering Property:
  Angola requires 7 procedures, takes 191 days, and costs 3% of property value. It is still far from the best performer, Georgia.

• Getting Credit:
  Angola ranks 130th, with 4 procedures, 1,296 days to enforce contracts, and a recovery rate of 0.0 cents on the dollar. It is not among the top performers, such as Malaysia.

• Paying Taxes:
  Angola ranks 155th, requiring 30 payments annually and taking 282 hours to complete. The UAE is the best performer in this category.

• Trading Across Borders:
  Angola ranks 169th, requiring 10 documents to export and 9 to import, with a cost of $1,860 to export and $2,700 to import. It is far behind Singapore.

• Enforcing Contracts:
  Angola ranks 187th, with 46 procedures, 1,296 days to complete, and a cost of 44.4% of claim. This is one of the worst indicators globally.

• Resolving Insolvency:
  Angola ranks 189th, with no practice in insolvency resolution. It is far behind Japan and Ireland.

Methodology and Notes

• The report uses standardized company assumptions to ensure consistency across economies.
• The Distance to Frontier (DTF) measure helps track how far an economy is from best practices, normalized to a 0–100 scale.
• The report does not account for all aspects of the business environment, such as proximity to markets or infrastructure quality, and only focuses on specific regulations affecting SMEs.
• Comparative analysis with other economies is provided to give a clearer picture of regulatory performance.
• "No practice" marks indicate that the economy does not have a formal system for the given indicator.

Reforms in Angola

• DB2009: Introduced a one-stop shop (Guichet Unico) to streamline business registration, reducing the number of procedures and time.
• DB2010–2014: No significant reforms were recorded by the Doing Business methodology in these years.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2014 report highlights that Angola has a challenging business environment, particularly in areas like starting a business, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. While there was a minor reform in 2009, no further improvements were noted in the subsequent years. The data underscores the need for regulatory reforms to reduce the number of procedures, time, and costs involved in business operations.