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Doing Business 2015: Italy Summary

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2015 report provides a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory environment for small and medium-sized businesses in Italy, comparing it with other economies and highlighting key areas for improvement. The report evaluates 11 business regulation topics, using the distance to frontier (DTF) score and the ease of doing business ranking as primary metrics. These metrics help identify how close an economy is to the best practices in each area and its overall ranking among 189 economies.

Main Topics and Indicators

1. Starting a Business

• Rank (DB2015): 46
• Rank (DB2014): 61
• DTF Score (DB2015): 91.22
• DTF Score (DB2014): 88.88
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 5
• Cost (% of income per capita): 14.1
• Best performer: New Zealand (1)

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (DB2015): 116
• Rank (DB2014): 114
• DTF Score (DB2015): 67.35
• DTF Score (DB2014): 67.26
• Procedures: 10
• Time (days): 233
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 3.7
• Best performer: Hong Kong SAR, China (1)

3. Getting Electricity

• Rank (DB2015): 102
• Rank (DB2014): 97
• DTF Score (DB2015): 72.65
• DTF Score (DB2014): 72.64
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 124
• Cost (% of income per capita): 212.6
• Best performer: Korea, Rep. (1)

4. Registering Property

• Rank (DB2015): 41
• Rank (DB2014): 41
• DTF Score (DB2015): 79.44
• DTF Score (DB2014): 79.43
• Procedures: 4
• Time (days): 16
• Cost (% of property value): 4.4
• Best performer: Georgia (1)

5. Getting Credit

• Rank (DB2015): 89
• Rank (DB2014): 86
• DTF Score (DB2015): 45.00
• DTF Score (DB2014): 45.00
• Strength of legal rights index: 2
• Depth of credit information index: 7
• Credit bureau coverage (% of adults): 100.0
• Best performer: New Zealand (1)

6. Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (DB2015): 21
• Rank (DB2014): 19
• DTF Score (DB2015): 66.67
• DTF Score (DB2014): 66.67
• Strength of minority investor protection index: 6.7
• Best performer: New Zealand (1)

7. Paying Taxes

• Rank (DB2015): 141
• Rank (DB2014): 137
• DTF Score (DB2015): 62.13
• DTF Score (DB2014): 61.87
• Payments per year: 15
• Time (hours per year): 269
• Best performer: United Arab Emirates (1)

8. Trading Across Borders

• Rank (DB2015): 37
• Rank (DB2014): 34
• DTF Score (DB2015): 83.44
• DTF Score (DB2014): 83.34
• Documents to export: 3
• Time to export (days): 19
• Cost to export (US$ per container): 1,195.0
• Best performer: Singapore (1)

9. Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (DB2015): 147
• Rank (DB2014): 147
• DTF Score (DB2015): 45.61
• DTF Score (DB2014): 45.61
• Time (days): 1,185
• Cost (% of claim): 23.1
• Best performer: Singapore (1)

10. Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (DB2015): 29
• Rank (DB2014): 27
• DTF Score (DB2015): 71.29
• DTF Score (DB2014): 71.25
• Time (years): 1.8
• Cost (% of estate): 22.0
• Best performer: Finland (1)

11. Labor Market Regulation

• Not included in aggregate ranking
• DTF Score (DB2015): Not provided
• Focus: Retail sector, labor disputes, and worker benefits

Key Findings and Insights

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Italy ranked 56th in DB2015, a drop of 4 places from DB2014.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Italy's DTF score was 68.5, showing slight improvement from 68.2 in DB2014.
• Comparative Performance: Italy's performance in most indicators lags behind comparator economies such as Belgium, France, and Germany, but is relatively better than some emerging economies like Georgia and Qatar.
• Key Weaknesses:
  • Paying Taxes: Italy ranked 141st, indicating significant room for improvement.
  • Enforcing Contracts: Italy ranked 147th, highlighting challenges in legal enforcement.
  • Resolving Insolvency: Italy ranked 29th, which is relatively better than many comparator economies but still below top performers like Finland.
• Methodology Updates:
  • The ranking and DTF scores are now based on distance to frontier.
  • The methodology for paying taxes and getting credit has been revised, leading to more accurate comparisons.
  • The "employing workers" indicator has been renamed to "labor market regulation."

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2015 report reveals that while Italy has made some progress in certain areas, it still faces significant regulatory challenges in several key business functions. The report serves as a tool for policymakers to identify areas where reforms are needed and to benchmark their country's performance against other economies. The inclusion of comparator data and the DTF score allows for a nuanced understanding of regulatory improvements and areas requiring attention.