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Doing Business 2017: Belize 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 regulatory changes in 11 key 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.

For Belize, the report provides detailed data on these indicators, along with comparisons to other economies in the region and globally. It highlights both the challenges and opportunities in the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Ranking: Belize is ranked 112 out of 190 economies in the EDB ranking.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Belize scores 58.06 on the DTF scale, indicating the extent of regulatory reforms needed to reach the best practices.
• Key Indicators Overview:

• Getting Credit: Belize ranks 167, with a DTF score of 20.00. It has a very low credit registry and credit bureau coverage, indicating a weak financial information system.
• Protecting Minority Investors: Belize ranks 118, with a DTF score of 46.67. It scores low on both the strength of minority investor protection and the extent of conflict of interest regulation.
• Paying Taxes: Belize ranks 44, with a DTF score of 83.03. It has a high tax burden and significant postfiling processes.
• Trading Across Borders: Belize ranks 101, with a DTF score of 68.13. It has a high cost and time for both exporting and importing.
• Enforcing Contracts: Belize ranks 134, with a DTF score of 50.11. The judicial process is slow and costly.
• Resolving Insolvency: Belize ranks 81, with a DTF score of 45.48. The recovery rate is moderate, and the process is relatively long.

Key Information

• The report includes a gender dimension in several indicators, such as starting a business, registering property, and enforcing contracts.
• Belize's DTF scores and rankings remain unchanged between 2016 and 2017, indicating no significant regulatory improvements.
• New Zealand is the best performer globally for several indicators, including starting a business and registering property.
• The World Bank emphasizes that the Doing Business report provides data to help policymakers identify regulatory bottlenecks and support reform efforts.
• The report is available on the Doing Business website and includes detailed data notes and methodology.

Summary

The Doing Business 2017 report evaluates Belize's business environment based on 11 key regulatory areas. Belize ranks 112 in the ease of doing business index and scores 58.06 on the distance to frontier scale. The report highlights that Belize has a moderate business environment, with significant challenges in areas such as starting a business, getting credit, and enforcing contracts. The inclusion of a gender dimension provides a more comprehensive understanding of how regulations affect both men and women. While the country's performance has not changed significantly between 2016 and 2017, the report underscores the importance of regulatory reform to improve the business climate.