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Doing Business 2017: Jamaica Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2017 is a World Bank Group flagship report that evaluates the ease of doing business across 190 economies, focusing on 11 key regulatory areas in the business life cycle. The report provides data on how regulations affect business operations, helping policymakers identify reform opportunities and assess economic outcomes.

The report includes a gender dimension in several indicators, measuring the impact of regulations on both men and women. This helps highlight disparities in the business environment and supports more inclusive reforms. Additionally, the report introduces a new pilot indicator on selling to the government, expanding the scope of the analysis.

Main Topics and Indicators

The report evaluates the following 11 regulatory areas:

1. Starting a business
2. Dealing with construction permits
3. Getting electricity
4. Registering property
5. Getting credit
6. Protecting minority investors
7. Paying taxes
8. Trading across borders
9. Enforcing contracts
10. Resolving insolvency
11. Labor market regulation

However, labor market regulation indicators are not included in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking but are presented separately in the economy profile.

Key Findings for Jamaica

Economy Overview

• Region: Latin America & Caribbean
• Income Category: Upper middle income
• Population: 2,725,941
• GNI per capita (US$): 5,010
• DB2017 Rank: 67
• DB2016 Rank: 65 (adjusted for methodological changes)
• Change in Rank: -2
• DB2017 DTF Score: 67.54
• DB2016 DTF Score: 66.73
• Change in DTF Score: +0.81

Starting a Business

• Rank: 12
• DTF Score: 95.61
• Procedures (Men): 2
• Time (Men): 10 days
• Cost (Men): 4.3% of income per capita
• Procedures (Women): 2
• Time (Women): 10 days
• Cost (Women): 4.3% of income per capita
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF Score 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 75
• DTF Score: 71.15
• Procedures: 17
• Time: 129.5 days
• Cost: 0.8% of warehouse value
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF Score 87.40)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 101
• DTF Score: 68.00
• Procedures: 7
• Time: 95 days
• Cost: 231.6% of income per capita
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (DTF Score 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank: 123
• DTF Score: 53.70
• Procedures: 8
• Time: 18 days
• Cost: 9.8% of property value
• Best Performer: Singapore (DTF Score 29.0)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 16
• DTF Score: 80.00
• Procedures: 7
• Time: 268 hours per year
• Cost: 34.3% of profit
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF Score 100.00)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 63
• DTF Score: 58.33
• Strength of Legal Rights Index: 5.8
• Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF Score 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 116
• DTF Score: 65.18
• Payments per Year: 11
• Time per Year: 268 hours
• Total Tax Rate: 34.3% of profit
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (DTF Score 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 131
• DTF Score: 60.70
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 58 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $876
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 47 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $90
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 80 hours
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): $906
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 72 hours
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): $90
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (DTF Score 100.00)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 117
• DTF Score: 53.60
• Time: 550 days
• Cost: 45.6% of claim
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (DTF Score 84.15)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 38
• DTF Score: 69.15
• Recovery Rate: 64.6 cents on the dollar
• Time: 1.1 years
• Cost: 18% of estate
• Best Performer: Finland (DTF Score 93.89)

Key Information

• Methodology: The report evaluates regulations based on a standard set of assumptions, comparing economies on a level playing field. It includes a distance to frontier (DTF) score and an ease of doing business (EoDB) ranking.
• Gender Dimension: Introduced in 2017, this allows for the analysis of how regulations affect men and women differently.
• Data Sources: The data are current as of June 1, 2016, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January–December 2015.
• Comparators: The report includes data for comparator economies such as Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Puerto Rico to provide context for Jamaica’s performance.
• Limitations: The report does not cover all aspects of the business environment, such as access to large markets, infrastructure quality, or macroeconomic conditions, which are important for a comprehensive assessment.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report highlights Jamaica's position in the global business environment and provides a detailed analysis of the regulatory challenges it faces. While Jamaica has made some progress, there is still room for improvement in several areas, particularly in reducing the time and cost associated with doing business. The inclusion of gender-specific data and new indicators offers a more nuanced understanding of the business environment, enabling more targeted policy reforms.