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Summary of Morocco's Business Environment in Doing Business 2014

Core Content

The Doing Business 2014 report provides a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Morocco, comparing it with other economies in the sample of 189 countries. The report measures and benchmarks regulations across 11 key areas of the business life cycle, including 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.

Main Points

Ease of Doing Business Ranking

• Morocco's DB2014 rank is 87, up from 95 in DB2013, indicating a 8-point improvement.
• The Distance to Frontier (DTF) for Morocco in DB2014 is 64.62, an increase of 1.42 from DB2013, showing progress toward best practices.

Key Indicators Overview

Key Findings

• Starting a Business: Morocco improved its ranking, reducing procedures and costs. It eliminated the minimum capital requirement for limited liability companies (SARL) and reduced company registration fees.
• Dealing with Construction Permits: Morocco ranks 83rd, with 15 procedures and 97 days of processing. It is significantly behind the best performers like Singapore and Hong Kong SAR, China.
• Getting Electricity: Morocco ranks 97th, with 5 procedures and 62 days of processing. It has a relatively high cost compared to some comparator economies.
• Registering Property: Morocco ranks 156th, with 8 procedures and 60 days of processing. It is far behind the best performer, Georgia.
• Getting Credit: Morocco ranks 109th, with a moderate cost but limited depth of credit information.
• Protecting Investors: Morocco ranks 115th, with a moderate level of disclosure and investor protection.
• Paying Taxes: Morocco ranks 78th, with 6 payments and 232 hours of tax compliance annually.
• Trading Across Borders: Morocco ranks 37th, with a low number of export/import documents and relatively low time and cost.
• Enforcing Contracts: Morocco ranks 83rd, with a high cost and a moderate number of procedures.
• Resolving Insolvency: Morocco ranks 69th, with a moderate time and cost, but there is no practice in some comparator economies.

Methodology and Assumptions

• The indicators are based on the performance of a standardized company, a local limited liability company in the largest business city (Casablanca) with 10–50 employees and $100%$ domestic ownership.
• The report assumes no bribes, no prior contact with officials, and all information is readily available.
• The distance to frontier (DTF) measure evaluates how far an economy is from the best practices, normalized to a scale of 0–100.

Comparative Insights

• Morocco's performance is generally below the regional average in most indicators.
• The report provides comparator economies (e.g., Algeria, Egypt, France, Spain, Tunisia) for benchmarking and highlights where Morocco excels and where it lags.
• Morocco has made progress in reducing costs and procedures for starting a business and has improved its DTF score.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2014 report indicates that Morocco has made some improvements in its regulatory environment, particularly in starting a business and paying taxes, but it still lags behind many other economies in the Middle East and North Africa region and globally. The report serves as a valuable tool for policymakers to identify areas for reform and to benchmark progress against best practices.