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Doing Business 2017: Honduras Summary

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a comprehensive assessment of the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses in Honduras. It evaluates 11 key areas of business regulation, 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 uses two main metrics: the Distance to Frontier (DTF) score and the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) ranking, which measure how close an economy is to the best regulatory practices globally.

Key Indicators and Performance

Ease of Doing Business Ranking

• Honduras DB2017 Rank: 105
• Honduras DB2016 Rank: 101
• Change in Rank: -4 (Honduras improved its ranking)
• Global Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1)

Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score

• Honduras DB2017 DTF: 59.09
• Honduras DB2016 DTF: 59.16
• Change in DTF: -0.07 (Honduras slightly improved)
• Global Best Performer: New Zealand (DTF Score 99.96)

Main Topics and Performance Highlights

Starting a Business

• Honduras Rank: 148
• DTF Score: 77.02
• Procedures (Men/Women): 11
• Time (Men/Women): 13 days
• Cost (% of income per capita): 41.1%
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Honduras Rank: 84
• DTF Score: 69.57
• Procedures: 15
• Time: 89 days
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 6.0%
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 87.40)

Getting Electricity

• Honduras Rank: 144
• DTF Score: 53.66
• Procedures: 7
• Time: 39 days
• Cost (% of income per capita): 775.1%
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 99.88)

Registering Property

• Honduras Rank: 85
• DTF Score: 64.26
• Procedures: 6
• Time: 22 days
• Cost (% of property value): 5.7%
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Honduras Rank: 7
• DTF Score: 85.00
• Procedures: 48
• Time (hours per year): 224
• Cost (% of profit): 44.4%
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 100.00)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Honduras Rank: 132
• DTF Score: 43.33
• Procedures: 48
• Time (hours per year): 224
• Cost (% of profit): 44.4%
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Honduras Rank: 152
• DTF Score: 54.97
• Procedures: 48
• Time (hours per year): 224
• Cost (% of profit): 44.4%
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (Rank 1, DTF 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Honduras Rank: 109
• DTF Score: 65.85
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 88 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $601
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (Rank 1)

Enforcing Contracts

• Honduras Rank: 151
• DTF Score: 45.54
• Time (days): 920
• Cost (% of claim): 35.2%
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 84.15)

Resolving Insolvency

• Honduras Rank: 139
• DTF Score: 31.66
• Time (years): 3.8
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 18.2
• Best Performer: Finland (Rank 1, DTF 93.89)

Key Findings and Trends

• Honduras has improved slightly in its Ease of Doing Business ranking and Distance to Frontier score from 2016 to 2017, though it remains below many comparator economies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• The report highlights the gender dimension in several indicators, measuring how the regulatory process affects men and women differently. In some cases, women face additional procedures or delays.
• Paying taxes is one of the most challenging areas for Honduras, with high costs and long timeframes.
• Getting credit is relatively easier compared to other areas, but the process is still far from the best global practices.
• Registering property and getting electricity show moderate performance, but both have room for improvement.
• Enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency are among the most difficult processes in Honduras, significantly lagging behind the best performers.
• The report includes data for comparator economies to facilitate cross-country comparisons.

Methodology and Limitations

• The report compares data across 190 economies, including those in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and OECD high-income economies.
• The methodology includes postfiling processes, gender components, and a new pilot indicator on selling to the government.
• The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate EoDB ranking, but it is presented separately in the economy profile.
• The DTF score measures the absolute distance from the best regulatory practices, while the EoDB ranking reflects relative performance compared to other economies.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides valuable insights into the business environment in Honduras, identifying areas where regulatory reforms are needed to improve the ease of doing business. While there have been some improvements, Honduras still faces significant challenges in several key areas, particularly in paying taxes, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. The inclusion of a gender dimension in the report adds a new layer of understanding to how regulatory processes affect different groups. For further details on the data and methodology, refer to the Data Notes and Distance to Frontier chapters of the full report.