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Doing Business 2017: Ecuador Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2017 is a flagship report by the World Bank Group that evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses across 190 economies, focusing on the ease of doing business and the impact of regulations on economic performance. The report measures 11 key areas in the business life cycle, 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. For Ecuador, the report provides detailed data on these indicators, including rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores, and compares them with selected comparator economies.

Main Topics and Indicators

Starting a Business

• Rank (DB2017): 166
• DTF Score (DB2017): 70.61
• Procedures (Men): 11
• Time (Men): 48.5 days
• Cost (Men): 21.0% of income per capita
• Procedures (Women): 11
• Time (Women): 48.5 days
• Cost (Women): 21.0% of income per capita

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (DB2017): 76
• DTF Score (DB2017): 71.03
• Procedures: 15
• Time: 114 days
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 0.8
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 8

Getting Electricity

• Rank (DB2017): 95
• DTF Score (DB2017): 69.13
• Procedures: 7
• Time: 74 days
• Cost (% of income per capita): 606.3
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 6

Registering Property

• Rank (DB2017): 69
• DTF Score (DB2017): 67.53
• Procedures: 7
• Time: 38 days
• Cost (% of property value): 2.1
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 15.5

Getting Credit

• Rank (DB2017): 101
• DTF Score (DB2017): 45.00
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 1
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 8
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 0.0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 58.3

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (DB2017): 118
• DTF Score (DB2017): 46.67
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 4.7
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 4.3
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 5.0

Paying Taxes

• Rank (DB2017): 137
• DTF Score (DB2017): 59.25
• Number of Payments (per year): 8
• Time (hours per year): 664
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 32.5
• Postfiling Index (0-100): 49.3

Trading Across Borders

• Rank (DB2017): 97
• DTF Score (DB2017): 68.65
• Time to Export: Border Compliance (hours): 96
• Cost to Export: Border Compliance (USD): 560
• Time to Export: Documentary Compliance (hours): 24
• Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance (USD): 140
• Time to Import: Border Compliance (hours): 24
• Cost to Import: Border Compliance (USD): 250
• Time to Import: Documentary Compliance (hours): 120
• Cost to Import: Documentary Compliance (USD): 75

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (DB2017): 96
• DTF Score (DB2017): 56.68
• Time (days): 588
• Cost (% of claim): 27.2
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 7

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (DB2017): 157
• DTF Score (DB2017): 25.17
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 17.7
• Time (years): 5.3
• Cost (% of estate): 18.0
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 5.0

Key Findings

• Ecuador's Rank and DTF Score: In 2017, Ecuador ranked 114th in the ease of doing business, with a DTF score of 57.97, showing a slight improvement from 2016 (57.49).
• Comparative Performance: Ecuador's performance is generally lower than many comparator economies in Latin America and other regions, indicating significant regulatory challenges.
• Gender Dimension: The report introduces a gender component in several indicators, including starting a business, registering property, and enforcing contracts, highlighting differences in the regulatory burden between men and women.
• Methodological Updates: The 2017 edition includes postfiling processes in the paying taxes indicator and new data for Somalia, increasing the total number of economies covered to 190.
• Regulatory Reforms: The report aims to identify effective regulatory reforms by analyzing the relationship between business regulations and economic outcomes.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a comprehensive overview of the regulatory environment in Ecuador, emphasizing the importance of improving procedures, reducing time and costs, and enhancing protections for minority investors and women. While Ecuador's rank and DTF score show minor improvements, the data reveal substantial room for reform to enhance the business environment and align with global best practices.