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Doing Business 2015: Paraguay Summary

Core Content Overview

Doing Business 2015 is a World Bank Group report that evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses in 189 economies. It provides quantitative indicators measuring the ease of doing business across 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.

This report focuses on Paraguay, offering an in-depth analysis of its business environment and comparing it with other selected economies. The report uses two main metrics: the Distance to Frontier (DTF) score and the Ease of Doing Business (EDB) ranking. These metrics help assess how far an economy is from the best practices and how it compares globally.

Key Indicators and Performance

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Rank: Paraguay ranked 92nd in 2015, unchanged from 2014.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Paraguay's DTF score was 62.5, up from 61.6 in 2014.
• Methodology Updates:
  • The EDB ranking and DTF scores are now based on distance to frontier.
  • Additional data for second cities were included for large economies.
  • The methodology for the "Getting Credit" and "Paying Taxes" indicators was revised.
• Key Areas of Focus:
  • Starting a business involves 7 procedures and takes 35 days, costing 39.9% of income per capita.
  • Dealing with construction permits involves 12 procedures, taking 136 days and costing 0.8% of warehouse value.
  • Getting electricity requires 5 procedures, taking 67 days and costing 160.7% of income per capita.
  • Registering property involves 6 procedures, taking 46 days and costing 1.9% of property value.
  • Getting credit has a DTF score of 50.00, with a strength of legal rights index at 2 and depth of credit information index at 8.
  • Protecting minority investors has a DTF score of 38.33, ranking 166th.
  • Paying taxes involves 20 payments and takes 378 hours per year, with a DTF score of 69.45.
  • Trading across borders involves 7 documents to export and 9 to import, with a DTF score of 55.92.
  • Enforcing contracts involves 38 procedures, taking 591 days, with a DTF score of 58.21.
  • Resolving insolvency takes 3.9 years, with a DTF score of 40.87.

Key Findings

• Paraguay's business environment is moderate, with improvements in some areas, but challenges remain, particularly in taxation, insolvency resolution, and contract enforcement.
• Global Best Performers: New Zealand, Singapore, and Korea, Rep. lead in most indicators.
• Regional Comparisons: Paraguay's performance is generally better than its Latin American neighbors but lags behind more developed economies like Chile and Brazil in some areas.
• Comparative Insights: Paraguay's DTF scores are relatively low compared to the best performers, indicating significant room for improvement in business regulations.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2015 report highlights that while Paraguay has made some progress in improving its regulatory environment, it still faces considerable challenges in areas such as tax compliance, insolvency resolution, and contract enforcement. The DTF scores and EDB rankings provide a useful framework for identifying these bottlenecks and guiding policy reforms. The report also emphasizes the importance of benchmarking against other economies to understand the scope of improvements needed.