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Guinea Business Environment Summary (Doing Business 2014)

Core Content

The Doing Business 2014 report provides a comprehensive analysis of the business environment in Guinea, focusing on regulations affecting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across 11 key areas. These areas include starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and employing workers. The report uses a standardized methodology to measure and compare these indicators across 189 economies, including Guinea, and presents data for comparator economies in Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions.

Key Indicators and Rankings

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Index: Guinea ranks 175 out of 189 economies in the overall ease of doing business index, showing a 4-point improvement from DB2013.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF): The DTF for Guinea increased by 1.86 points in 2014, indicating progress toward the best practices in business regulation.
• Business Registration: Starting a business in Guinea requires 5 procedures, takes 16 days, and costs 81% of income per capita. The paid-in minimum capital is 313.8% of income per capita.
• Improvements in 2014: Guinea introduced a one-stop shop for company incorporation and reduced notary fees, making it easier to start a business.
• Regional Comparison: Guinea's ranking in the ease of starting a business is relatively low compared to regional economies like Senegal and Burkina Faso, but it is improving.

Business Regulation Areas

Starting a Business

• Procedures: 5
• Time: 16 days
• Cost: 81% of income per capita
• Paid-in Minimum Capital: 313.8% of income per capita
• Reforms in 2014: Enabled one-stop shop to publish incorporation notices and reduced notary fees.

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 155
• Procedures: 29
• Time: 170 days
• Cost: 91.6% of income per capita
• Improvement: No significant change compared to DB2013.

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 91
• Procedures: 4
• Time: 69 days
• Cost: 8,082% of income per capita
• Comparison: Guinea performs better than many regional economies, but still lags behind global leaders like Iceland and Germany.

Registering Property

• Rank: 140
• Procedures: 6
• Time: 59 days
• Cost: 9.1% of property value
• Comparison: Guinea's performance is below the regional average and the global best performer, Georgia.

Getting Credit

• Rank: 159
• Strength of Legal Rights Index: 6 (out of 10)
• Depth of Credit Information Index: 0 (out of 6)
• Public Registry Coverage: 0%
• Private Bureau Coverage: 0%
• Reforms in 2014: No significant reforms recorded.

Protecting Investors

• Rank: 178
• Extent of Disclosure: 6 (out of 10)
• Strength of Investor Protection Index: 2.7 (out of 10)
• Comparison: Guinea performs poorly compared to global leaders like New Zealand and Singapore.

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 186
• Payments (number per year): 57
• Time (hours per year): 440
• Cost (% of income per capita): 81.0%
• Comparison: Guinea has one of the worst tax environments in the region, with high time and cost requirements.

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 136
• Documents to Export: 7
• Time to Export (days): 36
• Cost to Export (US$ per container): 915
• Documents to Import: 9
• Time to Import (days): 31
• Cost to Import (US$ per container): 1,390
• Comparison: Guinea's performance is below the regional average and global leaders like Singapore and Ireland.

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 134
• Time (days): 276
• Cost (% of claim): 45.0%
• Procedures: 49
• Comparison: Guinea has a poor contract enforcement environment, with high time and cost requirements.

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 145
• Time (years): 3.8
• Cost (% of estate): 8%
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 17.6
• Comparison: Guinea's insolvency resolution process is slower and more costly than many regional and global economies.

Methodology Notes

• The Doing Business methodology focuses on procedures, time, and cost for SMEs, assuming a local limited liability company in the largest business city.
• It does not account for all aspects of the business environment, such as infrastructure quality or macroeconomic stability.
• The distance to frontier measure is used to assess how far an economy is from the best practices in each area.
• The report provides data for 2014, with some indicators covering the period January–December 2012.

Conclusion

Guinea's business environment is among the least favorable in the region, with significant challenges in starting and operating a business. Despite some improvements in 2014, such as the introduction of a one-stop shop and reduced notary fees, the country still lags behind many comparator economies and global leaders. The report highlights the need for continued regulatory reforms to improve the ease of doing business, particularly in areas like property registration, credit access, and contract enforcement.