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Kazakhstan Economy Profile - Doing Business 2016

Core Content

The Doing Business 2016 report evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses in Kazakhstan, focusing on 11 key areas. It provides rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores to measure the ease of doing business and regulatory efficiency. The report also includes data for comparator economies to facilitate benchmarking.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Kazakhstan ranked 41st in 2016, up from 53rd in 2015, indicating some improvement in the regulatory environment.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Kazakhstan's DTF score was 72.68, an increase of 3.34 points from 2015.
• Key Business Regulation Areas:
  • Starting a Business: Kazakhstan ranked 21st, with a DTF score of 94.44. It requires 4 procedures and takes 5 days, costing 0.1% of income per capita.
  • Dealing with Construction Permits: Ranked 92nd, with a DTF score of 68.38. It requires 24 procedures, takes 154 days, and costs 1.4% of warehouse value.
  • Getting Electricity: Ranked 71st, with a DTF score of 74.03. It requires 6 procedures, takes 83 days, and costs 51.2% of income per capita.
  • Registering Property: Ranked 19th, with a DTF score of 83.17. It requires 3 procedures, takes 4.5 days, and costs 0.1% of property value.
  • Getting Credit: Ranked 70th, with a DTF score of 55. It requires 7 procedures per year, taking 188 hours and a total tax rate of 29.2% of profit.
  • Protecting Minority Investors: Ranked 25th, with a DTF score of 66.67. The strength of legal rights index is 4.0, and the extent of shareholder governance index is 5.7.
  • Paying Taxes: Ranked 18th, with a DTF score of 89.18. It requires 7 payments per year, taking 188 hours and a total tax rate of 29.2% of profit.
  • Trading Across Borders: Ranked 122nd, with a DTF score of 60.39. Exporting takes 133 hours and costs $574, while importing takes 2 hours and costs $0.
  • Enforcing Contracts: Ranked 9th, with a DTF score of 76.62. It takes 370 days and costs 22% of claim.
  • Resolving Insolvency: Ranked 47th, with a DTF score of 58.97. It takes 1.5 years and costs 15% of estate.

Key Information

• Methodology Changes: The report includes updates to several indicators, such as the addition of the quality of building regulation index and reliability of electricity supply index. The labor market regulation indicators are excluded from the overall ease of doing business ranking.
• Comparators: The report compares Kazakhstan with other economies such as Belarus, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and global best performers like New Zealand, Singapore, and Denmark.
• Data Sources: The data is based on the Doing Business database, with the most recent data as of June 1, 2015, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover January–December 2014.
• Limitations: The report does not consider factors like market proximity, infrastructure quality, property security, or macroeconomic conditions in its analysis.

Summary of Improvements

• Starting a Business: Improved significantly, with a DTF score increase of 4.25 points.
• Registering Property: Improved by 2.89 points in DTF score.
• Paying Taxes: Slightly improved, with a DTF score increase of 1.33 points.
• Enforcing Contracts: Improved by 3.77 points in DTF score.
• Resolving Insolvency: Improved by 7.52 points in DTF score.

Conclusion

Kazakhstan has made progress in improving its business regulatory environment in several areas, particularly in starting a business, registering property, and enforcing contracts. However, it still lags behind the global best performers in areas such as trading across borders and protecting minority investors. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the regulatory landscape and highlights areas for further reform.