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Summary of Doing Business 2014: Suriname

Core Content

The Doing Business 2014 report provides an assessment of the regulatory environment for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Suriname, comparing it to other economies. It measures the ease of doing business across 11 key areas, including 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. The report also includes a distance to frontier (DTF) measure, which tracks how far an economy is from the best practices in these areas.

Key Indicators and Performance

• Ease of Doing Business Rank (2014): 161
• Ease of Doing Business Rank (2013): 165
• Change in Rank: Improved by 4
• Distance to Frontier (2014): 47.15
• Distance to Frontier (2013): 45.76
• Change in DTF: Increased by 1.39

Suriname's performance across key indicators is as follows:

Main Points and Analysis

• Ease of Doing Business: Suriname ranks 161 out of 189 economies, indicating a relatively difficult environment for SMEs.
• Starting a Business: Suriname requires 13 procedures, takes 208 days, and costs 107.7% of income per capita. It has a low paid-in minimum capital requirement (0.4% of income per capita).
• Construction Permits: Suriname ranks 49th, with 11 procedures and 239 days. It has a moderate cost compared to other economies.
• Getting Electricity: Suriname ranks 40th, with 4 procedures and 58 days. The cost is 530.9% of income per capita, which is relatively high.
• Registering Property: Suriname ranks 173rd, with 6 procedures and 107 days. The cost is 13.7% of property value, which is among the highest.
• Getting Credit: Suriname ranks 170th, with a low depth of credit information and a low strength of legal rights.
• Paying Taxes: Suriname ranks 50th, with 29 payments per year and a high cost of 107.7% of income per capita.
• Trading Across Borders: Suriname ranks 105th, with 8 documents to export and 19 days to import. The cost to export is high at 1,000 USD per container.
• Enforcing Contracts: Suriname ranks 184th, with a long time (1,715 days) and high cost (37.1% of claim).
• Resolving Insolvency: Suriname ranks 160th, with a moderate time (5 years) and high cost (30% of estate).

Reforms in Suriname

• DB2014: Suriname made a reform by reducing the time required to obtain the president’s approval for company registration.
• No Reforms in Earlier Years: There were no reforms recorded in DB2009, DB2010, DB2011, DB2012, or DB2013.

Conclusion

The report highlights that while Suriname has made some improvements in the ease of starting a business, it still lags behind many comparator economies in terms of regulatory efficiency. The DTF measure indicates that Suriname has made progress, but there is significant room for improvement. Key areas of concern include the cost and time associated with getting electricity, registering property, and enforcing contracts. The data also show that Suriname's business environment is not as favorable as that of high-performing economies like New Zealand and Singapore.