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Doing Business 2017: Suriname Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses across 190 economies, focusing on 11 key areas of the business life cycle. It provides quantitative indicators to measure how easy or difficult it is for entrepreneurs to start and operate businesses, and includes comparator economies for meaningful comparison. Suriname's performance in these areas is analyzed, along with its distance to frontier (DTF) score and ease of doing business (EoDB) ranking.

Key Indicators and Performance

Ease of Doing Business Ranking

• DB2017 Rank: 158
• DB2016 Rank: 155
• Change in Rank: -3
• DTF Score (2017): 47.28
• DTF Score (2016): 47.25
• Change in DTF: +0.03

Starting a Business

• Rank: 185
• DTF Score: 47.82
• Procedures (Men): 13
• Time (Men): 84 days
• Cost (Men): 101.4% of income per capita
• Procedures (Women): 14
• Time (Women): 85 days
• Cost (Women): 101.4% of income per capita

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 112
• DTF Score: 66.43
• Procedures: 10
• Time: 223 days
• Cost: 0.2% of warehouse value

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 84
• DTF Score: 71.51
• Procedures: 4
• Time: 113 days
• Cost: 484.4% of income per capita

Registering Property

• Rank: 176
• DTF Score: 37.52
• Procedures: 6
• Time: 106 days
• Cost: 13.7% of property value

Getting Credit

• Rank: 175
• DTF Score: 10.00
• Strength of Legal Rights Index: 2.0
• Depth of Credit Information Index: 0.0
• Credit Registry Coverage: 0.0% of adults
• Credit Bureau Coverage: 0.0% of adults

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 165
• DTF Score: 35.00
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index: 3.5
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index: 2.3
• Shareholder Governance Index: 4.7

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 103
• DTF Score: 69.44
• Number of Payments (per year): 30
• Time (hours per year): 199
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 27.9%
• Postfiling Index (0-100): 48.4

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 78
• DTF Score: 75.02
• Time to Export: Border Compliance (hours): 84
• Cost to Export: Border Compliance (USD): 468
• Time to Export: Documentary Compliance (hours): 12
• Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance (USD): 40
• Time to Import: Border Compliance (hours): 48
• Cost to Import: Border Compliance (USD): 658
• Time to Import: Documentary Compliance (hours): 24
• Cost to Import: Documentary Compliance (USD): 40

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 187
• DTF Score: 25.94
• Time (days): 1715
• Cost (% of claim): 37.1%
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 3.5

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 129
• DTF Score: 34.14
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 8.3
• Time (years): 5
• Cost (% of estate): 30.0%
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 9.5

Main Points

• The Doing Business 2017 report includes gender-specific indicators for the first time, providing a more nuanced view of the regulatory environment by distinguishing between procedures for men and women.
• Suriname's EoDB ranking has slightly declined from 155 to 158, but the DTF score has only marginally improved from 47.25 to 47.28.
• The report highlights the importance of comparing regulatory processes across different economies to understand the challenges and opportunities for business improvement.
• Suriname faces significant challenges in areas such as starting a business, registering property, and resolving insolvency, with relatively high costs and long procedures.
• New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates are noted as the best performers in several indicators, offering a benchmark for improvement.

Key Findings

• Suriname's starting a business process is among the most difficult in the region, with 13 procedures for men and 14 for women, taking 84 to 85 days and costing over 100% of income per capita.
• Dealing with construction permits requires 10 procedures and takes 223 days, with a low cost of 0.2% of warehouse value.
• Getting electricity involves 4 procedures and takes 113 days, with a high cost of 484.4% of income per capita.
• Registering property is also a challenge, requiring 6 procedures and taking 106 days, with a cost of 13.7% of property value.
• Getting credit is one of the most difficult areas, with low DTF scores and poor coverage of credit registries and credit bureaus.
• Protecting minority investors is another area of concern, with low scores on both the index and the conflict of interest regulation.
• Paying taxes involves 30 payments per year, taking 199 hours, and has a moderate total tax rate of 27.9%.
• Trading across borders is relatively moderate, but still involves long times and high costs for both exports and imports.
• Enforcing contracts is a major challenge, with a very long time of 1715 days and a moderate cost of 37.1% of the claim.
• Resolving insolvency has a moderate DTF score but still involves a long time of 5 years and a high cost of 30% of the estate.

Conclusion

The report underscores that while Suriname has made some progress in certain areas, it still lags behind many comparator economies in terms of the ease of doing business. The gender dimension in the report adds valuable insight into the unique challenges women face in the business environment. To improve, Suriname must focus on streamlining procedures, reducing costs, and enhancing the legal and regulatory framework for business operations.