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Doing Business 2017: Bosnia and Herzegovina Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses across 190 economies, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on 11 key areas. These areas include starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and labor market regulation. The report provides a detailed comparison of these indicators with other economies and includes a gender dimension in several areas.

Key Indicators and Rankings

Ease of Doing Business Ranking

• Bosnia and Herzegovina DB2017 Rank: 81
• DB2016 Rank: 79 (adjusted for methodological changes)
• Change in Rank: -2 (a slight improvement)

Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score

• DB2017 DTF Score: 63.87
• DB2016 DTF Score: 63.07
• Change in DTF: +0.8 (a small improvement)

Comparative Economies

• Albania: DB2017 Rank 106, DTF Score 58.77
• Croatia: DB2017 Rank 62, DTF Score 69.77
• Czech Republic: DB2017 Rank 31, DTF Score 79.68
• Greece: DB2017 Rank 141, DTF Score 49.67
• Kosovo: DB2017 Rank 33, DTF Score 78.11
• Montenegro: DB2017 Rank 78, DTF Score 65.82
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF Score 99.96)

Main Topics and Findings

Starting a Business

• Rank: 174 (DB2017), 175 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 65.09 (DB2017), 63.60 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 12 (Men), 12 (Women)
• Time (days): 65 (Men), 65 (Women)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 13.5 (Men), 13.5 (Women)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 170 (DB2017), 168 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 52.54 (DB2017), 51.54 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 15
• Time (days): 179
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 18.5
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 13

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 123 (DB2017), 120 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 60.05 (DB2017), 60.00 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 8
• Time (days): 125
• Cost (% of income per capita): 400.2
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 6

Registering Property

• Rank: 99 (DB2017), 97 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 61.54 (DB2017), 61.52 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 7
• Time (days): 24
• Cost (% of property value): 5.2
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 12.5

Getting Credit

• Rank: 44 (DB2017), 42 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 65.00 (DB2017), 65.00 (DB2016)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 7
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 6
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 37.6
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 10.4

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 81 (DB2017), 78 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 55.00 (DB2017), 55.00 (DB2016)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 5.5
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 4.7
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 6.3

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 133 (DB2017), 151 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 60.08 (DB2017), 55.15 (DB2016)
• Payments (number per year): 34
• Time (hours per year): 411
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 22.6
• Postfiling Index (0-100): 47.9

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 36 (DB2017), 36 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 91.87 (DB2017), 91.87 (DB2016)
• Time to Export: Border Compliance (hours): 5
• Cost to Export: Border Compliance (USD): 106
• Time to Export: Documentary Compliance (hours): 4
• Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance (USD): 92
• Time to Import: Border Compliance (hours): 6
• Cost to Import: Border Compliance (USD): 109
• Time to Import: Documentary Compliance (hours): 8
• Cost to Import: Documentary Compliance (USD): 97

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 64 (DB2017), 63 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 60.60 (DB2017), 60.60 (DB2016)
• Time (days): 595
• Cost (% of claim): 36.0
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 11.0

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 41 (DB2017), 40 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 66.93 (DB2017), 66.42 (DB2016)
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 37.3
• Time (years): 3.3
• Cost (% of estate): 9.0

Key Changes in 2017 Edition

• Expanded Indicators: The report now includes postfiling processes in the paying taxes indicator, such as tax refunds, audits, and appeals.
• Gender Component: Three indicators include a gender dimension, reflecting the differences in regulatory processes for women.
• New Pilot Indicator: A new indicator on selling to the government was introduced.
• Inclusion of Somalia: The report now covers 190 economies, including Somalia, for the first time.

Methodology and Limitations

• The report measures the regulatory environment for local limited liability companies in the largest business city.
• It does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking.
• The report does not evaluate factors such as market proximity, infrastructure quality, property security, or institutional strength directly.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a comprehensive overview of the regulatory environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina. While the country has shown slight improvements in several areas, it still lags behind many comparator economies. The inclusion of a gender dimension in some indicators adds new insights into how regulations affect different groups. Policymakers can use this report to identify areas for reform and benchmark their performance against other economies.