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Doing Business 2016: Botswana Economy Profile Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2016 report evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses across 189 economies, focusing on 11 key areas in the business life cycle. It measures regulatory quality and efficiency using distance to frontier (DTF) scores and ease of doing business rankings. The report highlights how regulatory reforms impact business performance and provides comparative data for Botswana and other selected economies.

Key Indicators and Performance

Ease of Doing Business Ranking

• Botswana DB2016 Rank: 72
• Botswana DB2015 Rank: 72 (no change)
• Change in Rank: 0
• DTF Score: 64.98 (up from 64.42 in 2015)
• Change in DTF: +0.56

Starting a Business

• Rank: 143
• DTF Score: 76.21
• Procedures: 9
• Time (days): 48
• Cost (% of income per capita): 0.7
• Paid-in Minimum Capital: 0.0%
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 97
• DTF Score: 67.95
• Procedures: 19
• Time (days): 110
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 0.3
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 8.0
• Best Performer: Singapore (Rank 1, DTF 92.97)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 122
• DTF Score: 59.34
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 77
• Cost (% of income per capita): 297.6
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 0.0
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank: 70
• DTF Score: 67.25
• Procedures: 4
• Time (days): 12
• Cost (% of property value): 5.1
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 10.0
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 70
• DTF Score: 55
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 5.0
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 6.0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 51.1
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 100)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 81
• DTF Score: 55
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 5.5
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 6.0
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 5.0
• Best Performer: Singapore (Rank 1, DTF 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 71
• DTF Score: 77.47
• Time (hours per year): 152
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 25.1%
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (Rank 1, DTF 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 51
• DTF Score: 85.93
• Time to Export (hours): 8
• Cost to Export (USD): 317
• Time to Import (hours): 4
• Cost to Import (USD): 98
• Best Performer: Denmark (Rank 1, DTF 100)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 128
• DTF Score: 50.95
• Time (days): 625
• Cost (% of claim): 39.8%
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 7.0
• Best Performer: Singapore (Rank 1, DTF 84.91)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 56
• DTF Score: 54.66
• Time (years): 1.7
• Cost (% of estate): 18.0%
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 63.8
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 6.5
• Best Performer: Finland (Rank 1, DTF 93.81)

Main Points

• The report measures regulatory quality and efficiency across 11 business areas, including starting a business, construction permits, electricity access, property registration, credit availability, minority investor protection, tax compliance, cross-border trade, contract enforcement, insolvency resolution, and labor market regulation.
• DTF scores provide a benchmark of how close an economy is to best practices in each area, while ease of doing business rankings compare economies based on their performance.
• Botswana shows improvement in DTF scores across most indicators, indicating progress in regulatory reforms, but still lags behind top performers in many areas.
• Comparative data with other economies (Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Zambia) help highlight Botswana's position and areas for improvement.
• Key areas for improvement include contract enforcement, insolvency resolution, and tax compliance, where Botswana's performance is significantly below the global best.

Methodology Updates in 2016

• Expanded focus on five indicator sets (construction permits, electricity, property registration, contract enforcement, labor market regulation).
• Revised methodology for trading across borders to improve relevance.
• Small updates to protecting minority investors to include more aspects of limited company regulations.
• Excluded labor market regulation from the aggregate ease of doing business ranking and DTF score.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2016 report provides a comprehensive assessment of Botswana's regulatory environment, highlighting both its strengths and areas for improvement. While Botswana has maintained its rank, its DTF score has slightly improved, reflecting incremental progress in regulatory efficiency. However, it still faces challenges in areas such as contract enforcement, insolvency resolution, and tax compliance, which are critical for business growth and investment. The report serves as a valuable tool for policymakers to design and implement targeted regulatory reforms.