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Doing Business 2017: Summary of Palau's Business Environment

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report evaluates the ease of doing business across 190 economies, focusing on 11 key areas in the business life cycle. It provides a comprehensive overview of regulatory environments and their impact on economic performance. The report includes a detailed analysis of Palau's business environment, highlighting its position relative to other economies and benchmarking it against best practices.

Key Indicators and Rankings

General Overview

• Region: East Asia & Pacific
• Income Category: Upper middle income
• Population: 21,291
• GNI per capita (US$): 12,180
• DB2017 Rank: 136
• DB2016 Rank: 135
• Change in Rank: -1
• DB2017 DTF: 53.81
• DB2016 DTF: 53.78
• Change in DTF: +0.03

Indicators by Topic

1. Starting a Business

• Rank: 120 (DB2017), 114 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 81.95 (DB2017), 81.85 (DB2016)
• Procedures (Men): 8
• Time (Men): 28 days
• Cost (Men): 2.9% of income per capita
• Procedures (Women): 8
• Time (Women): 28 days
• Cost (Women): 2.9% of income per capita

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 98 (DB2017), 94 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 68.38 (DB2017), 68.39 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 19
• Time: 72 days
• Cost: 0.8% of warehouse value
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 7

3. Getting Electricity

• Rank: 138 (DB2017), 141 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 54.84 (DB2017), 54.81 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 5
• Time: 125 days
• Cost: 65.2% of income per capita
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 0

4. Registering Property

• Rank: 44 (DB2017), 44 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 75.16 (DB2017), 75.11 (DB2016)
• Procedures: 5
• Time: 14 days
• Cost: 0.2% of property value
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 12.5

5. Getting Credit

• Rank: 82 (DB2017), 78 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 50.00 (DB2017), 50.00 (DB2016)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 10
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 0
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of Adults): 0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of Adults): 0

6. Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 179 (DB2017), 181 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 28.33 (DB2017), 28.33 (DB2016)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 2.8
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 2.3
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 3.3

7. Paying Taxes

• Rank: 118 (DB2017), 114 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 64.65 (DB2017), 64.65 (DB2016)
• Payments (per year): 11
• Time (hours per year): 142 hours
• Total Tax Rate (% of Profit): 75.4%
• Postfiling Index (0-100): Not provided

8. Trading across Borders

• Rank: 163 (DB2017), 163 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 46.22 (DB2017), 46.22 (DB2016)
• Time to Export: Border Compliance (hours): 102
• Cost to Export: Border Compliance (USD): 505
• Time to Export: Documentary Compliance (hours): 168
• Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance (USD): 200
• Time to Import: Border Compliance (hours): 84
• Cost to Import: Border Compliance (USD): 605
• Time to Import: Documentary Compliance (hours): 168
• Cost to Import: Documentary Compliance (USD): 143

9. Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 126 (DB2017), 126 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 52.21 (DB2017), 52.21 (DB2016)
• Time (days): 810
• Cost (% of Claim): 35.3%
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 9.5

10. Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 166 (DB2017), 166 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 16.38 (DB2017), 16.28 (DB2016)
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 30.4
• Time (years): 2
• Cost (% of Estate): 22.5%
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 0

Main Points

• The report includes gender components in several indicators, showing the difference in procedures, time, and cost between male and female entrepreneurs.
• Paying taxes now includes postfiling processes such as tax refunds, audits, and appeals.
• Palau's distance to frontier (DTF) score indicates how far it is from the best regulatory practices globally.
• Comparative data is provided for other economies in the region and globally, allowing for benchmarking and analysis of performance.
• Ease of doing business ranking and DTF score are the two main metrics used to assess the business environment.
• The report highlights that while Palau has made some progress, it still faces challenges in areas such as getting credit, protecting minority investors, and enforcing contracts.

Key Information

• The DTF score measures the absolute distance to the best performance on each Doing Business indicator.
• The ease of doing business ranking reflects how an economy compares to others in terms of regulatory environment.
• The report is updated every year and includes data for the year June 1, 2016, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover January–December 2015.
• Somalia was added for the first time in 2017, bringing the total number of economies to 190.
• The methodology has limitations, as it does not include factors like proximity to large markets or infrastructure quality beyond electricity and border compliance.
• The business environment is crucial for policy makers to understand and improve regulatory practices.

Conclusion

Palau's business environment, as measured by the Doing Business 2017 report, is ranked 136th out of 190 economies. While it has made small improvements in DTF score, it still lags behind in several areas. The report emphasizes the importance of understanding the regulatory challenges and gender differences in business processes, offering insights for policy reform and economic development.