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Doing Business 2016: Summary of Bahrain

Core Content

Doing Business 2016 is an annual report by the World Bank that evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses in 189 economies. It provides quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights, measuring and tracking changes in these areas across the business life cycle. The report focuses on 11 key topics, 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.

The report presents two main measures:

• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Indicates how close an economy is to the best regulatory practices, on a scale from 0 to 100.
• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Ranks economies from 1 to 189 based on the DTF scores, rounded to two decimal places.

Key Information

Bahrain Overview

• Region: Middle East & North Africa
• Income Category: High income
• Population: 1,344,111
• GNI per capita (US$): 28,272
• DB2016 Rank: 65
• DB2015 Rank: 61
• Change in Rank: -4
• DB2016 DTF Score: 66.81
• DB2015 DTF Score: 66.79
• Change in DTF: +0.02

Key Topics and Performance

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business: Bahrain ranked 65th in 2016, slightly dropping from 61st in 2015.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF): Bahrain's DTF score improved slightly from 66.79 to 66.81.
• Regulatory Reforms: The report highlights that Bahrain's regulatory environment has improved in several areas, but there is still room for further reforms.
• Comparative Performance: Bahrain's performance is compared with other economies in the Middle East and North Africa region and globally, with the best performers in each category being identified.
• Key Areas of Improvement: Bahrain shows improvement in the quality of its land administration system and in some aspects of credit information, but it lags behind in areas such as paying taxes and resolving insolvency.
• Methodological Updates: Several indicators were revised in 2016 to improve accuracy and relevance, including the inclusion of new metrics like the quality of judicial processes and the reliability of electricity supply.

Conclusion

Bahrain has made progress in its business regulatory environment in 2016, but it still faces challenges in key areas such as paying taxes and resolving insolvency. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the country's performance across 11 business-related topics, comparing it with other economies in the region and globally. The DTF score and rankings are useful tools for identifying areas where regulatory reforms are needed and tracking progress over time.