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Doing Business 2017: Nepal 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 regulatory reforms and business environment improvements. The report assesses 11 key areas in 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 labor market regulation indicators are not included in the aggregate ranking but are presented in the economy profile.

Key Information

Nepal's Economy Profile (2017)

• Region: South Asia
• Income Category: Low income
• Population: 28,513,700
• GNI per capita (US$): 730
• DB2017 Rank: 107
• DB2016 Rank: 100 (adjusted for methodological changes)
• Change in Rank: -7
• DB2017 DTF Score: 58.88
• DB2016 DTF Score: 59.36
• Change in DTF Score: -0.48

Main Indicators Overview

Dealing with Construction Permits

• DB2017 Rank: 123
• DB2016 Rank: 77
• DB2017 DTF Score: 64.18
• DB2016 DTF Score: 70.25
• Change in DTF Score: -6.07
• Procedures: 10.0
• Time (days): 86.0
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 13.2
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 9.0
• Best Performer: New Zealand (7.0)

Getting Electricity

• DB2017 Rank: 131
• DB2016 Rank: 131
• DB2017 DTF Score: 57.80
• DB2016 DTF Score: 57.51
• Change in DTF Score: -0.29
• Procedures: 5.0
• Time (days): 70.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 1042.1
• Reliability of Supply and Tariff Transparency Index (0-8): 0.0
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (99.88)

Registering Property

• DB2017 Rank: 72
• DB2016 Rank: 71
• DB2017 DTF Score: 67.00
• DB2016 DTF Score: 66.96
• Change in DTF Score: -0.04
• Procedures: 3.0
• Time (days): 5.0
• Cost (% of property value): 4.8
• Land Administration Quality Index (0-30): 5.5
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1.0)

Getting Credit

• DB2017 Rank: 139
• DB2016 Rank: 134
• DB2017 DTF Score: 30.00
• DB2016 DTF Score: 30.00
• Change in DTF Score: 0.00
• Legal Rights Index (0-12): 6.0
• Credit Information Depth Index (0-8): 0.0
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 0.0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 1.8
• Best Performer: New Zealand (100.00)

Protecting Minority Investors

• DB2017 Rank: 63
• DB2016 Rank: 62
• DB2017 DTF Score: 58.33
• DB2016 DTF Score: 58.33
• Change in DTF Score: 0.00
• Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 5.8
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 5.3
• Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 6.3
• Best Performer: New Zealand (8.3)

Paying Taxes

• DB2017 Rank: 142
• DB2016 Rank: 138
• DB2017 DTF Score: 58.05
• DB2016 DTF Score: 58.24
• Change in DTF Score: -0.19
• Number of Payments (per year): 34.0
• Time (hours per year): 339.0
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 29.5
• Postfiling Index (0-100): 33.5
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• DB2017 Rank: 69
• DB2016 Rank: 72
• DB2017 DTF Score: 79.75
• DB2016 DTF Score: 79.32
• Change in DTF Score: -0.43
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 56 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): 288 USD
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 19 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): 85 USD
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 61 hours
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): 190 USD
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 48 hours
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): 80 USD
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (100.00)

Enforcing Contracts

• DB2017 Rank: 152
• DB2016 Rank: 151
• DB2017 DTF Score: 45.26
• DB2016 DTF Score: 45.26
• Change in DTF Score: 0.00
• Time (days): 910
• Cost (% of claim): 26.8
• Judicial Processes Quality Index (0-18): 5.5
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (84.15)

Resolving Insolvency

• DB2017 Rank: 89
• DB2016 Rank: 84
• DB2017 DTF Score: 44.64
• DB2016 DTF Score: 44.19
• Change in DTF Score: +0.45
• Recovery Rate (cents per dollar): 42.3
• Time (years): 2.0
• Cost (% of estate): 9.0
• Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 7.0
• Best Performer: Finland (93.89)

Key Findings

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Nepal ranked 107th in 2017, down from 100th in 2016, reflecting a slight decline in its overall business environment.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Nepal's DTF score was 58.88 in 2017, slightly lower than 59.36 in 2016, indicating a small move away from best practices.
• Methodological Improvements: This edition includes a gender component in several indicators and expands the paying taxes indicator to include postfiling processes.
• Comparative Analysis: Nepal's performance is compared to other economies in South Asia and globally, with the report highlighting areas where it lags behind and where it performs relatively well.
• Key Challenges: The report identifies challenges in areas such as dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, and resolving insolvency, which are major barriers to business operations.

Conclusion

The report provides a comprehensive assessment of Nepal's business environment, emphasizing the need for regulatory reforms to improve the ease of doing business. It highlights the importance of gender-sensitive reforms and the impact of regulatory changes on economic outcomes. The data serve as a valuable tool for policymakers to identify inefficiencies and track progress over time.