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Doing Business 2016: Summary of Benin Economy Profile

Core Content

Doing Business 2016 is a report by the World Bank that measures the regulatory quality and efficiency for businesses across 189 economies. It evaluates 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 report provides a ranking and a distance to frontier (DTF) score for each indicator, helping to compare regulatory environments and identify areas for reform.

Key Indicators for Benin

Starting a Business

• Rank (DB2016): 115
• DTF Score (DB2016): 82.24
• Procedures: 7
• Time (days): 12
• Cost (% of income per capita): 45.3
• Paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita): 6.2

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (DB2016): 82
• DTF Score (DB2016): 69.95
• Procedures: 13
• Time (days): 88
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 3.4
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 7

Getting Electricity

• Rank (DB2016): 179
• DTF Score (DB2016): 33.84
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 90
• Cost (% of income per capita): 14,287.3
• Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8): 0

Registering Property

• Rank (DB2016): 172
• DTF Score (DB2016): 39.56
• Procedures: 4
• Time (days): 120
• Cost (% of property value): 11.7
• Quality of land administration index (0-30): 5.5

Getting Credit

• Rank (DB2016): 133
• DTF Score (DB2016): 30
• Strength of legal rights index (0-12): 6.0
• Depth of credit information index (0-8): 0.0
• Credit registry coverage (% of adults): 0.6
• Credit bureau coverage (% of adults): 0.0

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (DB2016): 150
• DTF Score (DB2016): 40
• Strength of minority investor protection index (0-10): 4.0
• Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0-10): 4.3
• Extent of shareholder governance index (0-10): 3.7

Paying Taxes

• Rank (DB2016): 179
• DTF Score (DB2016): 39.91
• Payments (number per year): 57
• Time (hours per year): 270
• Total tax rate (% of profit): 63.3
• Global best performer (DB2016): United Arab Emirates (1)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank (DB2016): 116
• DTF Score (DB2016): 61.54
• Time to export: Border compliance (hours): 72
• Cost to export: Border compliance (USD): 387
• Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours): 57
• Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD): 80
• Time to import: Border compliance (hours): 72
• Cost to import: Border compliance (USD): 579
• Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours): 59
• Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD): 529
• Global best performer (DB2016): Denmark (1)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (DB2016): 168
• DTF Score (DB2016): 36.34
• Time (days): 750
• Cost (% of claim): 64.7
• Quality of judicial processes index (0-18): 6.0
• Global best performer (DB2016): Singapore (1)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (DB2016): 112
• DTF Score (DB2016): 38.08
• Recovery rate (cents on the dollar): 18.5
• Time (years): 4.0
• Cost (% of estate): 21.5
• Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16): 9.0
• Global best performer (DB2016): Finland (1)

Main Points

• Benin is ranked 158 out of 189 economies in the ease of doing business ranking for 2016, showing a slight improvement from 2015 (rank 162).
• The DTF score for Benin in 2016 is 47.15, an increase of 1.78 from 2015.
• The report highlights that while Benin has made some progress in certain areas, it still lags behind many other economies, especially in terms of efficiency and transparency.
• Starting a business is one of the easier processes, but getting electricity, registering property, and getting credit are among the more challenging.
• Protecting minority investors and resolving insolvency are also areas where Benin has room for improvement.
• The report provides a detailed comparison with other selected economies (comparator economies) in the region, helping to identify specific areas where Benin performs better or worse than its neighbors.

Key Findings

• Benin's regulatory environment is generally less efficient and transparent compared to many other countries in the region and globally.
• The DTF score is a more reliable measure of progress than the ease of doing business ranking, as it shows the absolute distance to the best performance.
• The report underscores the importance of reforms in areas like judicial processes, property registration, and access to credit to improve the business environment.
• Comparative analysis with comparator economies and global best performers reveals specific bottlenecks and strengths, aiding policymakers in identifying targeted reforms.