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Summary of Italy's Economy Profile in Doing Business 2013

Core Content

The Doing Business 2013 report evaluates the ease of doing business for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Italy, comparing it with other economies across 11 key areas of the business life cycle. These areas include 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 quantitative data on the number of procedures, time required, and costs involved in these processes, along with a global ranking and regional comparisons.

Main Points

Ease of Doing Business Index

• Italy ranked 73 out of 185 economies in the overall ease of doing business index in 2013, a 2-point improvement from 2012.
• The index is calculated as the simple average of percentile rankings across the 10 topics included (excluding employing workers).
• The report also introduces the distance to frontier measure, which indicates how far an economy is from the best practices in each of the 9 Doing Business indicator sets.

Key Indicators for Italy (2013)

Comparative Data

• Italy's performance is compared with Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the best performers globally (e.g., New Zealand, Singapore, and Hong Kong SAR, China).
• Italy generally lags behind many comparator economies in terms of ease of doing business, particularly in areas like starting a business, getting electricity, and enforcing contracts.
• The best performer globally in most categories is New Zealand or Singapore, with Georgia being the best in registering property.

Trends Over Time

• The report tracks changes in business regulations from DB2004 to DB2013.
• Starting a business in Italy required 6 procedures, 6 days, and 16.5% of income per capita in 2013, with minimal changes over the years.
• The paid-in minimum capital requirement in Italy remained around 9.7% of income per capita in 2013, similar to 2012.
• The distance to frontier measure shows that Italy has made some progress in reducing the number of procedures and time, but it still has room for improvement, especially in the cost and efficiency of processes like getting electricity and enforcing contracts.

Business Registration Reforms in Italy

• DB2009: Introduced a single notice system to reduce the number of procedures.
• DB2011: Enhanced an online registration system to make the process more efficient.
• No significant reforms were recorded in DB2008, DB2010, DB2012, and DB2013 as per the Doing Business methodology.

Key Information

• Region: OECD high-income economy.
• Income category: High income.
• Population: 60,770,000.
• GNI per capita (US$): 35,330.
• Data sources: The Doing Business database, with data current as of June 1, 2012, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover January-December 2011.
• Methodology: The report uses standardized assumptions to ensure comparability across economies. It does not include all aspects of the business environment, such as proximity to large markets or infrastructure quality, but focuses on specific regulatory procedures and their impact on SMEs.
• Note: The report highlights that while some areas show improvement, others remain challenging, and the distance to frontier measure is a key tool for identifying progress and potential for reform.

Conclusion

Italy's business environment in 2013 was ranked 73rd globally, indicating room for improvement. While the country has made some progress in reducing the number of procedures and time required to start a business, it still faces challenges in areas such as getting electricity, enforcing contracts, and paying taxes. The report emphasizes the importance of ongoing regulatory reforms to further enhance the ease of doing business for SMEs.