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Economy Profile Summary: Kiribati (Doing Business 2013)

Core Content

The Doing Business 2013 report provides an analysis of the business environment in Kiribati, focusing on regulations affecting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across 11 key areas. The report uses a set of quantitative indicators to assess and compare the ease of doing business across 185 economies.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Index: Kiribati ranked 117th in 2013, down 2 positions from 2012.
• Indicator Coverage: The report includes metrics for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and employing workers.
• Methodology: The index is calculated based on the simple average of percentile rankings across the 10 topics (excluding employing workers). The data are current as of June 1, 2012, except for paying taxes, which covers January–December 2011.
• Comparative Analysis: The report compares Kiribati with other economies, including comparator economies and regional averages, to provide insights into its relative performance.
• Distance to Frontier: This measure shows how far Kiribati is from the best practices in each indicator set, highlighting areas where improvements are possible.

Key Indicators

Summary of Business Registration in Kiribati

• Procedures: 7
• Time: 31 days
• Cost: 22.3% of income per capita
• Paid-in Minimum Capital: 21.3% of income per capita

Changes Over Time

• Rank: Increased from 141 in 2012 to 145 in 2013.
• Procedures: Remained the same (7 procedures).
• Time: Remained the same (31 days).
• Cost: Increased slightly from 22.2% to 22.3% of income per capita.
• Paid-in Minimum Capital: Increased slightly from 21.1% to 21.3% of income per capita.

Business Registration Reforms

• No significant reforms were recorded in Kiribati between DB2008 and DB2013 as measured by Doing Business.

Key Findings

• Kiribati's business environment is among the most challenging in the Doing Business sample, with a low rank in most indicators.
• The country has made minimal progress in improving its regulatory environment for SMEs.
• Comparisons with comparator economies and regional averages highlight the need for reforms in areas such as starting a business, dealing with construction permits, and registering property.
• The distance to frontier measure indicates that Kiribati is far from the best practices in several areas.
• The report emphasizes the importance of streamlining procedures, reducing costs, and improving the legal and regulatory framework to support SMEs.