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Summary of Doing Business 2018: Bangladesh

Core Content

The Doing Business 2018 report, a flagship publication by the World Bank Group, evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses in 190 economies, focusing on reforms that create jobs. The report measures various indicators that assess the ease of doing business, including 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.

Bangladesh is analyzed in the context of its South Asian region, classified as a lower middle-income economy. The report provides detailed insights into Dhaka and Chittagong, the two main cities covered, comparing them with other economies in the region and globally.

Key Indicators and Their Measurement

The report includes the following key indicators, each measuring different aspects of business regulation:

• Starting a business: Number of procedures, time, and cost to establish a limited liability company.
• Dealing with construction permits: Procedures, time, and cost to complete all formalities for building a warehouse.
• Getting electricity: Procedures, time, and cost to connect to the electrical grid, including electricity reliability and tariff transparency.
• Registering property: Procedures, time, and cost to transfer property, along with the quality of the land administration system.
• Getting credit: Movable collateral laws and credit information systems.
• Protecting minority investors: Rights of minority shareholders in related-party transactions and corporate governance.
• Paying taxes: Payments, time, and total tax rate for a firm to comply with tax regulations.
• Trading across borders: Time and cost to export and import goods.
• Enforcing contracts: Time and cost to resolve commercial disputes, along with the quality of judicial processes.
• Resolving insolvency: Time, cost, outcome, and recovery rate for insolvency cases.
• Labor market regulation: Flexibility in employment regulation and aspects of job quality.

Doing Business Methodology

• The distance to frontier (DTF) score measures how far an economy is from the best performance observed across all economies for each indicator. It is scored on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 is the lowest performance and 100 is the best.
• The ease of doing business ranking ranges from 1 to 190, based on the DTF scores of each economy.
• For the 11 largest economies (including Bangladesh), data is collected for two largest business cities and presented as a population-weighted average.
• The methodology ensures standardized procedures and objective data collection, avoiding subjective rankings and focusing on measurable benchmarks.

Bangladesh: Starting a Business

Dhaka

• Legal form: Private Limited Liability Company
• Paid-in minimum capital: BDT 0 (0% of income per capita)
• Procedures (Men): 9 procedures
• Procedures (Women): 9 procedures
• Time (Men): 19.5 days
• Time (Women): 19.5 days
• Cost (Men): 22.3% of income per capita
• Cost (Women): 22.3% of income per capita

Chittagong

• Legal form: Private Limited Liability Company
• Paid-in minimum capital: BDT 0 (0% of income per capita)
• Procedures (Men): 9 procedures
• Procedures (Women): 9 procedures
• Time (Men): 19.5 days
• Time (Women): 19.5 days
• Cost (Men): 22.3% of income per capita
• Cost (Women): 22.3% of income per capita

Key Procedures and Costs in Dhaka

1. Verify the uniqueness of the proposed company name (online): <1 day, BDT 600
2. Pay stamp duty at a designated bank: 1 day, BDT 4,000
3. Register at the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms: 1 day, BDT 2,400 + additional fees based on capital
4. Make a company seal: <1 day, BDT 11,300
5. Obtain a Tax Identification Number (TIN): <1 day, no charge (online)
6. Open a Bank Account: 1 day, no charge (online)
7. Obtain a trade license: 1 week, BDT 4,500
8. Apply for VAT registration: 1 day, no charge
9. Receive physical inspection and obtain VAT registration certificate: 1 week, no charge

Key Procedures and Costs in Chittagong

1. Verify the uniqueness of the proposed company name (online): <1 day, BDT 600
2. Pay stamp duty at a designated bank: 1 day, BDT 4,000
3. Register at the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms: 1 day, BDT 2,400 + additional fees based on capital
4. Make a company seal: 1 day, BDT 30-50
5. Obtain a Tax Identification Number (TIN): <1 day, no charge (online)
6. Open a Bank Account: 1 day, no charge (online)
7. Obtain a trade license: 1 week, BDT 4,500
8. Apply for VAT registration: 1 day, no charge
9. Receive physical inspection and obtain VAT registration certificate: 1 week, no charge

Key Findings

• The starting a business process in Bangladesh is relatively standardized for both men and women, with the same number of procedures, time, and cost.
• Online procedures reduce the time required, but some steps still require in-person interaction.
• Costs for starting a business in Bangladesh are 22.3% of income per capita, which is higher than the South Asian average (21.4%) but lower than OECD high-income economies (3.1%).
• The distance to frontier (DTF) score for Bangladesh is 0.00, indicating it is at the lowest performance level compared to the best performers.
• New Zealand is the best performer with a DTF score of 1.00 for starting a business.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2018 report highlights the importance of reforming business regulations to improve the ease of doing business and create jobs. Bangladesh, while showing improvement in some areas, still has a challenging environment for starting and operating a business. The report serves as a benchmark for reform and encourages policy improvements to align with global best practices.