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Doing Business 2017: Mozambique Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a comprehensive assessment of the regulatory environment for businesses in Mozambique and compares it with other economies. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 key areas of the business life cycle, 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 introduces a gender dimension in four of the indicators, measuring the processes for both men and women. It also adds a new pilot indicator on selling to the government and includes data for Somalia, bringing the total number of economies covered to 190.

Key Indicators and Rankings

Ease of Doing Business Rankings

Distance to Frontier (DTF) Scores

Key Findings

• Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Rank: Mozambique ranked 137 in 2017, a slight drop from 134 in 2016.

• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Mozambique's DTF score was 53.78 in 2017, slightly lower than 53.82 in 2016.

• Comparison with Comparator Economies:

  • Mozambique performs better than Angola and Tanzania but lags behind Botswana, Mauritius, and South Africa.
  • The best performer globally for most indicators is New Zealand, while Korea, Rep. and United Arab Emirates also show strong performance in some areas.

• Gender Component: The report now includes gender-specific data for several indicators, highlighting the differences in procedures, time, and cost between men and women entrepreneurs.

• New Indicators: The report introduces new measures, including the postfiling processes for paying taxes and the selling to the government pilot indicator.

Methodology and Limitations

• The report benchmarks regulations for domestic small to medium businesses in local limited liability companies in the largest business city.
• Limitations: The report does not cover all aspects of the business environment, such as proximity to large markets, infrastructure quality (outside of electricity and trade), or macroeconomic conditions.
• DTF Score: This metric allows for the measurement of absolute changes in the regulatory environment over time, unlike the EDB ranking, which is relative to other economies.

Summary of Key Areas

Starting a Business

• Procedures: 10 for both men and women.
• Time: 19 days for both.
• Cost: 18% of income per capita for men and 18% for women.
• DTF Score: 79.86.
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF: 99.96).

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Procedures: 10.
• Time: 111 days.
• Cost: 3.5% of warehouse value.
• DTF Score: 77.85.
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF: 87.40).

Getting Electricity

• Procedures: 7.
• Time: 91 days.
• Cost: 2,509% of income per capita.
• DTF Score: 42.65.
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (DTF: 99.88).

Registering Property

• Procedures: 6.
• Time: 40 days.
• Cost: 5.4% of property value.
• DTF Score: 58.76.
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF: 94.46).

Getting Credit

• Procedures: 5.3% of adults have access to credit bureaus.
• DTF Score: 25.00.
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF: 100.00).

Protecting Minority Investors

• Procedures: Not applicable (no specific procedures mentioned).
• DTF Score: 43.33.
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF: 83.33).

Paying Taxes

• Payments (number per year): 37.
• Time (hours per year): 200.
• Total Tax Rate: 36.1% of profit.
• DTF Score: 67.11.
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (DTF: 99.44).

Trading Across Borders

• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 78 hours.
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $602.
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 70 hours.
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $220.
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 14 hours.
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): $354.
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 24 hours.
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): $171.
• DTF Score: 66.31.
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (DTF: 100.00).

Enforcing Contracts

• Time: 950 days.
• Cost: 119% of claim.
• DTF Score: 27.32.
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (DTF: 84.15).

Resolving Insolvency

• Recovery Rate: 34.1 cents on the dollar.
• Time: 1.5 years.
• DTF Score: 49.61.
• Best Performer: Finland (DTF: 93.89).

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a detailed assessment of Mozambique's business environment, highlighting both its strengths and weaknesses. While the country has improved slightly in some areas, it still lags behind many other economies in terms of regulatory efficiency. The introduction of gender components and new indicators adds valuable insights into the challenges faced by different groups of entrepreneurs. The report serves as a useful tool for policymakers to identify areas for reform and improve the overall business climate.