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Doing Business 2017: Summary of Cabo Verde

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report evaluates the ease of doing business across 190 economies, focusing on regulations that affect the life cycle of a business. It includes 11 key indicators, such as starting a business, getting electricity, registering property, and resolving insolvency, which are used to assess regulatory environments and their impact on economic performance. Cabo Verde is profiled in this report, with its data presented alongside comparator economies and the best performers globally.

Main Points

• Methodology: The report introduces new features, including postfiling processes in the paying taxes indicator, a gender component in some areas, and a new pilot indicator on selling to the government.
• Indicators Covered: The report includes 11 indicators measuring regulatory processes for small to medium-sized businesses. The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking.
• Data Coverage: The data in this report is current as of June 1, 2016, except for paying taxes indicators, which cover January–December 2015.
• Comparisons: The report provides data for Cabo Verde alongside comparator economies (Angola, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Senegal) and the best performers globally (e.g., New Zealand, Singapore, Korea, Rep., etc.).

Key Information

Economy Overview

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Income Category: Lower middle income
• Population: 520,502
• GNI per capita (US$): 3,290
• DB2017 Rank: 129
• DB2016 Rank: 125
• Change in Rank: -4
• DB2017 DTF: 55.28
• DB2016 DTF: 55.3
• Change in DTF: -0.02

Business Environment

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Cabo Verde is ranked 129th globally, indicating moderate challenges in business regulation.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: The DTF score for Cabo Verde is 55.28, showing it is slightly behind the best performance in regulatory practices.
• Comparison with Comparator Economies:
  • Cabo Verde performs better than most comparator economies in several indicators.
  • It is ranked lower than New Zealand, which is the best performer in some categories.

Indicator Details

Starting a Business

• Rank: 100 (DB2017), 89 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 85.24 (DB2017), 85.21 (DB2016)
• Procedure (Men): 8
• Time (Men): 11 days
• Cost (Men): 14.7% of income per capita
• Procedure (Women): 8
• Time (Women): 11 days
• Cost (Women): 14.7% of income per capita
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF Score 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 108 (DB2017), 106 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 67.28 (DB2017), 67.26 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 16
• Time: 140 days
• Cost: 4.1% of warehouse value
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF Score 87.40)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 142 (DB2017), 143 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 53.81 (DB2017), 54.01 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 7
• Time: 88 days
• Cost: 1026.9% of income per capita
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF Score 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank: 73 (DB2017), 73 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 66.63 (DB2017), 66.66 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 6
• Time: 22 days
• Cost: 2.3% of property value
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF Score 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 118 (DB2017), 109 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 40.00 (DB2017), 40.00 (DB2016)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index: 2.0
• Depth of Credit Information Index: 6.0
• Credit Registry Coverage: 20.0% of adults
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF Score 100.00)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 162 (DB2017), 162 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 36.67 (DB2017), 36.67 (DB2016)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index: 3.7
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index: 4.0
• Shareholder Governance Index: 3.3
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF Score 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 86 (DB2017), 87 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 72.64 (DB2017), 72.68 (DB2016)
• Payments per Year: 30
• Time (hours per year): 180
• Total Tax Rate: 36.6% of profit
• Postfiling Index: 70.6
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (Rank 1, DTF Score 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 113 (DB2017), 111 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 64.74 (DB2017), 64.74 (DB2016)
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 90 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): 630 USD
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 48 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): 125 USD
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 60 hours
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): 588 USD
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 48 hours
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): 125 USD
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (Rank 1, DTF Score 100.00)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 43 (DB2017), 41 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 65.76 (DB2017), 65.76 (DB2016)
• Time: 425 days
• Cost: 19.8% of claim
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index: 8.0
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF Score 84.15)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 169 (DB2017), 169 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 0.00 (DB2017), 0.00 (DB2016)
• Recovery Rate: 0.0 cents on the dollar
• Time: No practice
• Cost: No practice
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index: 0.0
• Best Performer: Finland (Rank 1, DTF Score 93.89)

Conclusion

Cabo Verde's business environment, as measured by the Doing Business indicators, shows moderate challenges in regulatory processes. The report highlights the importance of comparing regulatory practices with other economies to identify areas for improvement. While Cabo Verde has made some progress, there are still significant opportunities for reform in areas such as resolving insolvency and enforcing contracts. The inclusion of a gender component in some indicators adds a new dimension to understanding how regulations affect different groups.