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Summary of Doing Business 2016: Guinea

Core Content

The Doing Business 2016 report evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses in 189 economies, focusing on 11 key areas of business regulation. It provides a comparative analysis of regulatory quality and efficiency, offering insights into the ease of doing business through rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores. This summary presents the key findings and data for Guinea, including comparisons with other economies in the region and globally.

Main Topics and Indicators

1. Starting a Business

• Rank (DB2016): 126
• DTF Score (DB2016): 80.02
• Procedures (DB2016): 6
• Time (days): 8
• Cost (% of income per capita): 79.0
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 78, DTF 86.69
  • Gambia: Rank 169, DTF 67.32
  • Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 99.96)

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (DB2016): 166
• DTF Score (DB2016): 53.03
• Procedures (DB2016): 27
• Time (days): 173.0
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 1.5
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 7.5
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 76, DTF 70.87
  • Best Performer: Singapore (Rank 1, DTF 92.97)

3. Getting Electricity

• Rank (DB2016): 159
• DTF Score (DB2016): 44.41
• Procedures (DB2016): 4
• Time (days): 69.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 6,766.0
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 0.0
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 183, DTF 30.62
  • Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 99.88)

4. Registering Property

• Rank (DB2016): 146
• DTF Score (DB2016): 48.95
• Procedures (DB2016): 6
• Time (days): 44.0
• Cost (% of property value): 8.5
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 4.5
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 149, DTF 48.55
  • Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 94.46)

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 Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 0.0
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 133, DTF 30
  • Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 100)

6. Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (DB2016): 166
• DTF Score (DB2016): 35
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 3.5
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 3.3
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 144, DTF 41.67
  • Best Performer: Singapore (Rank 1, DTF 83.33)

7. Paying Taxes

• Rank (DB2016): 184
• DTF Score (DB2016): 28.27
• Payments (number per year): 57.0
• Time (hours per year): 440.0
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 68.3
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 153, DTF 58.08
  • Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (Rank 1, DTF 99.44)

8. Trading Across Borders

• Rank (DB2016): 161
• DTF Score (DB2016): 43.02
• Time to Export (hours): 72
• Cost to Export (USD): 778
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 152
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): 178
• Time to Import (hours): 91
• Cost to Import (USD): 709
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 103, DTF 65.31
  • Best Performer: Denmark (Rank 1, DTF 100)

9. Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (DB2016): 118
• DTF Score (DB2016): 53.87
• Time (days): 311.0
• Cost (% of claim): 45.0
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 5.0
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 163, DTF 38.27
  • Best Performer: Singapore (Rank 1, DTF 84.91)

10. Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (DB2016): 108
• DTF Score (DB2016): 38.84
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 19.9
• Time (years): 3.8
• Cost (% of estate): 8.0
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 9.0
• Comparator Economies:
  • Burkina Faso: Rank 112, DTF 38.08
  • Best Performer: Finland (Rank 1, DTF 93.81)

Key Information

• Guinea's Economy Overview:

  • Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Income Category: Low income
  • Population: 12,043,898
  • GNI per capita (US$): 480
  • DB2016 Rank: 165
  • DB2015 Rank: 171 (adjusted for methodology and data revisions)
  • DTF Score (DB2016): 45.54
  • DTF Score (DB2015): 42.83
  • Change in DTF: +2.71

• Methodology Changes in 2016:

  • New indicators added: Quality of building regulation, reliability of electricity supply, and quality of land administration.
  • Removed: Number of procedures for enforcing contracts.
  • Expanded labor market regulation to include job quality aspects.
  • Updated comparator economies to reflect comparative advantage in exports and trade partners.

• Report Purpose:

  • To analyze regulatory quality and efficiency, identify effective reforms, and support policy makers in improving the business environment.
  • The report excludes labor market regulation from the aggregate ease of doing business ranking and DTF score.

• Data Sources:

  • Data is current as of June 1, 2015 (except for paying taxes, which covers 2014).
  • Available on the Doing Business website.
  • The report is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO license.

Conclusion

Guinea's regulatory environment for businesses is among the least efficient in the world, with a DB2016 rank of 165 and a DTF score of 45.54. The country faces significant challenges in areas such as starting a business, getting credit, and resolving insolvency. However, it has shown some improvement in DTF score compared to DB2015. Comparisons with comparator economies and the global best performers highlight the areas where Guinea lags behind, particularly in the efficiency of legal processes, ease of access to credit, and transparency in electricity and property registration. The report encourages targeted reforms to improve these indicators and enhance the overall business climate.