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Doing Business 2016: Azerbaijan Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2016 is a report that evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses across 189 economies, focusing on 11 key areas in the business life cycle. It measures the ease of doing business through two main indicators: the Distance to Frontier (DTF) score and the Ease of Doing Business ranking. These indicators help identify regulatory obstacles and support policy reforms.

Main Points

• Azerbaijan's DTF score in 2016: 67.8, up from 66.65 in 2015, indicating a slight improvement in regulatory quality and efficiency.
• Azerbaijan's Ease of Doing Business ranking in 2016: 63, unchanged from 2015.
• Azerbaijan's economy profile:
  • Region: Europe & Central Asia
  • Income category: Upper middle income
  • Population: 9,537,823
  • GNI per capita (US$): 7,590
• The report provides comparator economies for each indicator, enabling meaningful comparisons across countries.

Key Indicators

Starting a Business

• Rank: 7 (DB2016), up from 11 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 97.75, up from 95.54
• Procedures: 2 (DB2016), down from 3 (DB2015)
• Time (days): 3 (DB2016), down from 5 (DB2015)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 1.2 (DB2016), down from 3.1 (DB2015)
• Best performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 114 (DB2016), up from 138 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 65.79, up from 61.58
• Procedures: 18 (DB2016), up from 24 (DB2015)
• Time (days): 203 (DB2016), up from 175 (DB2015)
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 4.1 (DB2016), up from 4.3 (DB2015)
• Best performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 92.97)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 110 (DB2016), up from 104 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 63.01, up from 63 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 7 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Time (days): 87 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Cost (% of income per capita): 103.6 (DB2016), down from 106.8 (DB2015)
• Best performer: Korea, Rep. (rank 1, DTF score 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank: 22 (DB2016), up from 21 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 82.55, up from 82.54
• Procedures: 3 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Time (days): 8.5 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Cost (% of property value): 0.2 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Best performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 109 (DB2016), up from 105 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 40 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Strength of legal rights index: 2.0 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Depth of credit information index: 6.0 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Credit bureau coverage (% of adults): 0.0 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Best performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 100)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 36 (DB2016), up from 54 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 63.33 (DB2016), up from 58.33 (DB2015)
• Strength of minority investor protection index: 6.3 (DB2016), up from 5.8 (DB2015)
• Extent of conflict of interest regulation index: 7.7 (DB2016), up from 6.7 (DB2015)
• Extent of shareholder governance index: 5.0 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Best performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 34 (DB2016), up from 33 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 83.77 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Payments (number per year): 7.0 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Time (hours per year): 195.0 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Total tax rate (% of profit): 39.8 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Best performer: United Arab Emirates (rank 1, DTF score 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 94 (DB2016), up from 93 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 69.59 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Time to export (hours): 34 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Cost to export (USD): 375 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Time to import (hours): 32 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Cost to import (USD): 423 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Best performer: Denmark (rank 1, DTF score 100)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 40 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• DTF Score: 67.51 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Time (days): 277.0 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Cost (% of claim): 18.5 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Quality of judicial processes index: 6.5 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Best performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 84.91)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 84 (DB2016), up from 85 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 44.68 (DB2016), up from 44.59 (DB2015)
• Recovery rate (cents on the dollar): 39.5 (DB2016), up from 39.3 (DB2015)
• Time (years): 1.5 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Cost (% of estate): 12.0 (DB2016), same as DB2015
• Best performer: Finland (rank 1, DTF score 93.81)

Key Information

• The report includes comparator economies for each indicator to provide context for Azerbaijan's performance.
• The DTF score measures the absolute distance to the best regulatory practices, while the ranking shows relative improvements compared to other economies.
• The methodology has been updated for several indicators, including:
  • Expanding the focus of five indicator sets.
  • Substantially revising the methodology for "Trading across borders".
  • Implementing small updates for "Protecting minority investors".
• The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking, but are still presented in the economy profile.
• The report emphasizes the importance of identifying regulatory bottlenecks and policy reforms to improve the business environment.
• Data sources are available in the full report, and the Doing Business website provides access to the data and methodology notes.

Conclusion

Azerbaijan's regulatory environment for businesses has shown minor improvements in several areas in 2016 compared to 2015, particularly in starting a business, getting electricity, and registering property. However, it still faces challenges in getting credit, protecting minority investors, and resolving insolvency, which are critical for business development. The report serves as a valuable tool for policymakers to understand and improve the regulatory landscape in Azerbaijan.