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Doing Business 2017: San Marino Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report evaluates the ease of doing business across 190 economies, focusing on regulations that affect the life cycle of small to medium-sized businesses. It provides a comprehensive assessment of 11 key areas, 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 introduces a gender dimension in several indicators, measuring the differences in procedures, time, and cost between male and female entrepreneurs. Additionally, it adds a new pilot indicator on selling to the government and expands the paying taxes indicator to include postfiling processes such as tax refunds, audits, and appeals.

Key Indicators for San Marino

1. Starting a Business

• Rank (DB2017): 98
• Rank (DB2016): 86
• DTF Score (DB2017): 85.46
• DTF Score (DB2016): 85.42
• Procedures (Men): 7
• Time (Men, days): 11.5
• Cost (Men, % of income per capita): 9.0
• Procedures (Women): 7
• Time (Women, days): 11.5
• Cost (Women, % of income per capita): 9.0

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (DB2017): 72
• Rank (DB2016): 92
• DTF Score (DB2017): 71.43
• DTF Score (DB2016): 68.42
• Procedures (number): 15
• Time (days): 145.5
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 5.3
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 13.0

3. Getting Electricity

• Rank (DB2017): 11
• Rank (DB2016): 11
• DTF Score (DB2017): 90.63
• DTF Score (DB2016): 90.63
• Procedures (number): 3
• Time (days): 45.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 58.8
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 6.0

4. Registering Property

• Rank (DB2017): 80
• Rank (DB2016): 79
• DTF Score (DB2017): 65.66
• DTF Score (DB2016): 65.65
• Procedures (number): 9
• Time (days): 42.5
• Cost (% of property value): 4.1
• Land Administration Index (0-30): 23.0

5. Getting Credit

• Rank (DB2017): 181
• Rank (DB2016): 181
• DTF Score (DB2017): 5.00
• DTF Score (DB2016): 5.00
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 1.0
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 0.0
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 0.0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 0.0

6. Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (DB2017): 162
• Rank (DB2016): 162
• DTF Score (DB2017): 36.67
• DTF Score (DB2016): 36.67
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 3.7
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 4.3
• Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 3.0

7. Paying Taxes

• Rank (DB2017): 14
• Rank (DB2016): 20
• DTF Score (DB2017): 90.02
• DTF Score (DB2016): 87.84
• Payments (number per year): 18.0
• Time (hours per year): 52.0
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 35.4
• Postfiling Index (0-100): 98.6

8. Trading Across Borders

• Rank (DB2017): 20
• Rank (DB2016): 20
• DTF Score (DB2017): 97.48
• DTF Score (DB2016): 97.48
• Time to Export: Border Compliance (hours): 0
• Cost to Export: Border Compliance (USD): 0
• Time to Export: Documentary Compliance (hours): 1
• Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance (USD): 0
• Time to Import: Border Compliance (hours): 4
• Cost to Import: Border Compliance (USD): 50
• Time to Import: Documentary Compliance (hours): 3
• Cost to Import: Documentary Compliance (USD): 100

9. Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (DB2017): 78
• Rank (DB2016): 78
• DTF Score (DB2017): 59.25
• DTF Score (DB2016): 59.25
• Time (days): 575.0
• Cost (% of claim): 13.9
• Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 5.5

10. Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (DB2017): 110
• Rank (DB2016): 107
• DTF Score (DB2017): 39.48
• DTF Score (DB2016): 39.15
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 47.2
• Time (years): 2.3
• Cost (% of estate): 5.0
• Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 4.5

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: San Marino ranked 79 in DB2017, a slight drop of 2 positions from DB2016.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: San Marino's DTF score in DB2017 was 64.11, showing a small improvement of 0.56 from DB2016.
• Gender Dimension: The report now includes gender-specific data, showing that both men and women face the same number of procedures, time, and cost in starting a business, indicating relatively equal opportunities.
• New Indicators: The inclusion of postfiling processes and a new pilot indicator on selling to the government enhances the report's scope and depth.
• San Marino's Performance: San Marino performs well in some areas like getting electricity, but lags significantly in others such as getting credit and protecting minority investors.

Key Information

• Comparative Economies: The report compares San Marino with other economies such as Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain, and global best performers like New Zealand and Singapore.
• Data Sources: The data is current as of June 1, 2016, except for paying taxes, which covers January–December 2015.
• Methodology Notes: The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking or DTF score. It focuses on specific business processes and assumes a local limited liability company in the largest business city.
• Limitations: The report does not directly measure factors like market proximity, infrastructure quality, property security, or transparency of government procurement, which are important to business but not included in the analysis.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides valuable insights into the regulatory environment in San Marino, highlighting both strengths and areas needing improvement. While San Marino shows a relatively good performance in areas like getting electricity, it faces challenges in credit access and minority investor protection. The introduction of gender dimensions and new indicators offers a more nuanced understanding of the business environment. The report serves as a useful tool for policymakers to design targeted regulatory reforms.