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Doing Business 2017: Maldives Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report, published by the World Bank Group, evaluates the ease of doing business across 190 economies, focusing on regulatory reforms and their impact on business environments. The report highlights how regulations affect the operations of small to medium-sized businesses across 11 key areas of the business life cycle. For Maldives, the report provides detailed data on these indicators, along with comparisons to other economies in the region and globally.

Key Indicators and Performance

The report includes the following key indicators for Maldives:

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking (2017): 135
• Ease of Doing Business Ranking (2016): 129
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score (2017): 53.94
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score (2016): 53.99
• Change in Rank: -6
• Change in DTF Score: -0.05

The DTF score measures how far an economy is from the best regulatory practices in each area, with 100 representing the frontier.

Main Business Areas and Performance

Starting a Business

• Rank (2017): 65
• DTF Score (2017): 88.98
• Procedures (Men): 6
• Time (Men, days): 12
• Cost (Men, % of income per capita): 5.2
• Procedures (Women): 6
• Time (Women, days): 12
• Cost (Women, % of income per capita): 5.2
• Best Performer (2017): New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF Score 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (2017): 62
• DTF Score (2017): 72.80
• Procedures: 10
• Time (days): 140
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 0.5
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 7
• Best Performer (2017): New Zealand (DTF Score 87.40)

Getting Electricity

• Rank (2017): 145
• DTF Score (2017): 53.57
• Procedures: 6
• Time (days): 91
• Cost (% of income per capita): 321.7
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 0
• Best Performer (2017): Korea, Rep. (DTF Score 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank (2017): 172
• DTF Score (2017): 39.97
• Procedures: 6
• Time (days): 57
• Cost (% of property value): 15.9
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 8.5
• Best Performer (2017): New Zealand (DTF Score 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank (2017): 133
• DTF Score (2017): 35.00
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 2
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 5
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 22.6
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 0
• Best Performer (2017): New Zealand (DTF Score 83.33)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (2017): 123
• DTF Score (2017): 45.00
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 4.5
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 5.3
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 3.7
• Best Performer (2017): New Zealand (DTF Score 8.3)

Paying Taxes

• Rank (2017): 134
• DTF Score (2017): 60.02
• Payments (per year): 30
• Time (hours per year): 405.5
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 30.2
• Postfiling Index (0-100): 45.9
• Best Performer (2017): United Arab Emirates (DTF Score 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank (2017): 147
• DTF Score (2017): 55.87
• Time to Export (Border Compliance, hours): 42
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance, USD): 596
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance, hours): 48
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance, USD): 300
• Time to Import (Border Compliance, hours): 100
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance, USD): 981
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance, hours): 61
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance, USD): 180
• Best Performer (2017): 10 Economies (DTF Score 100.00)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (2017): 105
• DTF Score (2017): 55.07
• Time (days): 760
• Cost (% of claim): 16.5
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 6.5
• Best Performer (2017): Korea, Rep. (DTF Score 84.15)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (2017): 135
• DTF Score (2017): 33.14
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 50.0
• Time (years): 1.5
• Cost (% of estate): 4.0
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 2
• Best Performer (2017): Finland (DTF Score 93.89)

Key Changes in Doing Business 2017

• Paying Taxes: Includes postfiling processes such as tax refunds, audits, and appeals.
• Gender Component: Added to three indicators, including starting a business, registering property, and enforcing contracts.
• New Pilot Indicator: Selling to the government.
• Expanded Coverage: Somalia is included for the first time, bringing the total to 190 economies.

Methodology and Limitations

• The report measures and benchmarks regulations in 11 areas of the business life cycle.
• It does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ranking or the DTF score.
• The methodology focuses on a local limited liability company in the largest business city.
• It does not directly measure other important factors like market proximity, infrastructure quality, or institutional strength.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a comprehensive overview of the regulatory environment in Maldives, highlighting areas where reforms are needed and where the country performs relatively well. The inclusion of gender-specific data and the expansion of the methodology offer new insights into how regulations affect different groups. While the report shows that Maldives has made some progress, it still lags behind many other economies in key areas like paying taxes and resolving insolvency. The data can be used to guide policy reforms and improve the business environment.