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Doing Business 2017: Uganda Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2017 is a flagship report by the World Bank Group that evaluates the ease of doing business across 190 economies. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 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 provides quantitative indicators that help compare regulatory environments and identify effective reforms.

This summary focuses on Uganda and presents the key findings from the report.

Key Indicators and Rankings

Economy Overview

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Income Category: Low income
• Population: 39,032,383
• GNI per capita (US$): 670
• DB2017 Rank: 115
• DB2016 Rank: 116 (adjusted for methodological changes)
• DB2017 DTF Score: 57.77
• DB2016 DTF Score: 57.10
• Change in DTF Score: +0.67

Core Business Indicators

Starting a Business

• DB2017 Rank: 165
• DB2016 Rank: 162
• DTF Score: 71.30 (up from 69.26)
• Procedures (Men): 13
• Procedures (Women): 13
• Time (Men): 26 days
• Time (Women): 26 days
• Cost (Men): 37.1% of income per capita
• Cost (Women): 37.1% of income per capita

Dealing with Construction Permits

• DB2017 Rank: 151
• DB2016 Rank: 153
• DTF Score: 57.19 (up from 56.42)
• Procedures: 18
• Time: 122 days
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 9%

Getting Electricity

• DB2017 Rank: 161
• DB2016 Rank: 168
• DTF Score: 44.78 (up from 42.61)
• Procedures: 6
• Time: 66 days
• Cost (% of income per capita): 8,449 USD
• Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index: 4

Registering Property

• DB2017 Rank: 116
• DB2016 Rank: 118
• DTF Score: 55.81 (up from 55.38)
• Procedures: 10
• Time: 42 days
• Cost (% of property value): 2.6%
• Quality of land administration index: 10.5

Getting Credit

• DB2017 Rank: 44
• DB2016 Rank: 42
• DTF Score: 65.00
• Strength of legal rights index: 6
• Depth of credit information index: 7
• Credit registry coverage (% of adults): 0%
• Credit bureau coverage (% of adults): 6.6%

Protecting Minority Investors

• DB2017 Rank: 106
• DB2016 Rank: 101
• DTF Score: 50.00
• Strength of minority investor protection index: 5
• Extent of conflict of interest regulation index: 5
• Extent of shareholder governance index: 5

Paying Taxes

• DB2017 Rank: 75
• DB2016 Rank: 76
• DTF Score: 74.71 (up from 74.18)
• Payments (per year): 31
• Time (hours per year): 195
• Total tax rate (% of profit): 33.5%
• Postfiling index: 78.4

Trading across Borders

• DB2017 Rank: 136
• DB2016 Rank: 141
• DTF Score: 58.90 (up from 57.78)
• Time to export (border compliance): 71 hours
• Cost to export (border compliance): 287 USD
• Time to export (documentary compliance): 64 hours
• Cost to export (documentary compliance): 102 USD
• Time to import (border compliance): 154 hours
• Cost to import (border compliance): 489 USD
• Time to import (documentary compliance): 138 hours
• Cost to import (documentary compliance): 296 USD

Enforcing Contracts

• DB2017 Rank: 64
• DB2016 Rank: 63
• DTF Score: 60.60
• Time: 490 days
• Cost (% of claim): 31.3%
• Quality of judicial processes index: 8.5

Resolving Insolvency

• DB2017 Rank: 111
• DB2016 Rank: 104
• DTF Score: 39.40 (down from 39.80)
• Recovery rate (cents on the dollar): 38.4
• Time (years): 2.2
• Cost (% of estate): 29.5%
• Strength of insolvency framework index: 6

Main Points and Key Information

• Ease of Doing Business: Uganda ranks 115 out of 190 economies in the 2017 report, showing a small improvement in its DTF score.
• Methodology Changes: The report includes new indicators such as postfiling processes in the paying taxes section, a gender dimension in several indicators, and a new pilot indicator on selling to the government.
• Gender Dimension: The report now provides data on the business processes for both men and women, highlighting the additional procedures women may face.
• Comparative Analysis: Uganda is compared with other economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, and Tanzania, to assess performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Regulatory Reforms: The report helps identify where regulatory reforms have been successful and where they are still needed.
• Data Sources: The data is based on the World Bank's Doing Business database, with some data covering up to June 2016 and others from January–December 2015.

Conclusion

The report underscores the importance of understanding the regulatory environment for businesses and highlights areas where Uganda has made progress and where further reforms are necessary. It also introduces the gender dimension and provides a more comprehensive view of the challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs in the country.