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Doing Business 2017: Madagascar Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report provides an assessment of the business environment in Madagascar, focusing on regulatory reforms and their impact on business operations. It evaluates 11 key areas of business regulation and tracks changes in the ease of doing business across 190 economies. The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ranking but presents the data separately.

Key Indicators and Rankings

Main Business Indicators

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 184 (DB2017), 182 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 36.88 (DB2017), 35.21 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 15 (DB2017), 15 (DB2016)
• Time (days): 185 (DB2017), 185 (DB2016)
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 28.2 (DB2017), 30.8 (DB2016)
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 5.0 (DB2017), 4.0 (DB2016)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 185 (DB2017), 186 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 19.91 (DB2017), 18.27 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 6 (DB2017), 6 (DB2016)
• Time (days): 450 (DB2017), 450 (DB2016)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 5699.2 (DB2017), 6229.5 (DB2016)
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 0 (DB2017), 0 (DB2016)

Registering Property

• Rank: 159 (DB2017), 157 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 44.56 (DB2017), 44.46 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 6 (DB2017), 6 (DB2016)
• Time (days): 100 (DB2017), 100 (DB2016)
• Cost (% of property value): 9.2 (DB2017), 9.2 (DB2016)
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 8.5 (DB2017), 8.5 (DB2016)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 170 (DB2017), 168 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 15.00 (DB2017), 15.00 (DB2016)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 3.0 (DB2017), 3.0 (DB2016)
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 0.0 (DB2017), 0.0 (DB2016)
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 3.0 (DB2017), 3.0 (DB2016)
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 0.0 (DB2017), 0.0 (DB2016)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 114 (DB2017), 108 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 48.33 (DB2017), 48.33 (DB2016)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 4.8 (DB2017), 4.8 (DB2016)
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 6.0 (DB2017), 6.0 (DB2016)
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 3.7 (DB2017), 3.7 (DB2016)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 117 (DB2017), 113 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 64.8 (DB2017), 64.8 (DB2016)
• Payments (per year): 23 (DB2017), 23 (DB2016)
• Time (hours per year): 183 (DB2017), 183 (DB2016)
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 38.1 (DB2017), 38.1 (DB2016)
• Postfiling Index (0-100): 30.2 (DB2017), N/A (DB2016)

Trading across Borders

• Rank: 129 (DB2017), 134 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 60.95 (DB2017), 59.42 (DB2016)
• Time to Export: Border Compliance (hours): 70 (DB2017), 70 (DB2016)
• Cost to Export: Border Compliance (USD): 868 (DB2017), 868 (DB2016)
• Time to Export: Documentary Compliance (hours): 49 (DB2017), 59 (DB2016)
• Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance (USD): 117 (DB2017), 117 (DB2016)
• Time to Import: Border Compliance (hours): 99 (DB2017), 105 (DB2016)
• Cost to Import: Border Compliance (USD): 595 (DB2017), 595 (DB2016)
• Time to Import: Documentary Compliance (hours): 58 (DB2017), 68 (DB2016)
• Cost to Import: Documentary Compliance (USD): 150 (DB2017), 150 (DB2016)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 158 (DB2017), 157 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 42.85 (DB2017), 42.85 (DB2016)
• Time (days): 871 (DB2017), 871 (DB2016)
• Cost (% of claim): 33.6 (DB2017), 33.6 (DB2016)
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 5.0 (DB2017), 5.0 (DB2016)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 127 (DB2017), 127 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 34.24 (DB2017), 34.24 (DB2016)
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 11.4 (DB2017), 11.4 (DB2016)
• Time (years): 3.0 (DB2017), 3.0 (DB2016)
• Cost (% of estate): 8.5 (DB2017), 8.5 (DB2016)
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 9.0 (DB2017), 9.0 (DB2016)

Main Points and Insights

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Madagascar ranks 167th in 2017, up 2 places from 2016.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF): The DTF score for Madagascar is 45.1 in 2017, up 0.88 from 2016.
• Gender Dimension: This year's report introduces a gender component in some indicators, highlighting the differences in procedures, time, and cost for men and women entrepreneurs.
• Methodology Changes: The report expanded the Paying Taxes indicator to include postfiling processes, and introduced new indicators such as the Selling to the Government pilot.
• Regional Comparison: Madagascar's performance is compared to other economies in Sub-Saharan Africa and globally, with some comparator economies showing significantly better performance.
• Challenges: Madagascar faces significant challenges in areas like Dealing with Construction Permits, Getting Electricity, and Enforcing Contracts, which are among the most difficult in the world.
• Improvements: Some areas, such as Registering Property, have seen slight improvements in both rank and DTF score.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report underscores the need for Madagascar to implement reforms in key areas to improve its business environment. While there are some improvements, the country remains far behind many of its regional and global counterparts. The introduction of a gender dimension and updated methodology provide a more comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced by entrepreneurs and investors. Policymakers should focus on streamlining procedures, reducing costs, and improving the efficiency of regulatory processes to enhance the ease of doing business in Madagascar.