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Doing Business 2017: Morocco Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report by the World Bank provides a comprehensive analysis of the business environment in Morocco, focusing on regulatory frameworks and their impact on business operations. It evaluates 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. Morocco's performance in these areas is compared with other selected economies and benchmarked against the global best practices.

Key Indicators and Rankings

Ease of Doing Business Ranking

• DB2017 Rank: 68
• DB2016 Rank: 68 (adjusted for methodological changes)
• Change in Rank: No change

Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score

• DB2017 DTF: 67.5
• DB2016 DTF: 65.82
• Change in DTF: +1.68

Main Indicators Overview

Main Business Areas

Starting a Business

• Rank: 40
• DTF Score: 92.34
• Procedure: 4
• Time: 9.5 days
• Cost: 7.9% of income per capita
• Improvement: No significant change from DB2016. Morocco performs better than Algeria and Egypt but worse than France and Spain.

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 18
• DTF Score: 79.77
• Procedures: 13
• Time: 88.5 days
• Cost: 3.5% of warehouse value
• Improvement: Slight improvement in DTF score, but still far from the best performer (New Zealand). Time and cost remain relatively high.

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 57
• DTF Score: 79.71
• Procedures: 5
• Time: 49 days
• Cost: 1770.2% of income per capita
• Improvement: Slight improvement in DTF score. Time is better than Algeria and Egypt but still far from the best performer (Korea).

Registering Property

• Rank: 87
• DTF Score: 63.94
• Procedures: 6
• Time: 22 days
• Cost: 5.9% of property value
• Improvement: DTF score improved slightly from 62.74. Time and cost are relatively low compared to other comparator economies.

Getting Credit

• Rank: 101
• DTF Score: 45.00
• Procedure: 7
• Time: 211 hours per year
• Cost: 49.3% of profit
• Improvement: Significant gap compared to best performer (New Zealand). Credit bureau coverage is low at 24.6% of adults.

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 87
• DTF Score: 53.33
• Procedure: 5.3
• Time: 3.5 years
• Cost: 18.0% of estate
• Improvement: No change in rank. Morocco has a moderate DTF score, with a low recovery rate (28.1 cents per dollar).

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 41
• DTF Score: 83.51
• Payments: 6 per year
• Time: 211 hours per year
• Cost: 49.3% of profit
• Improvement: Slight improvement in DTF score. Tax rate is relatively high compared to best performer (United Arab Emirates).

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 63
• DTF Score: 81.12
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 19 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $156
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 26 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $107
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 106 hours
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): $228
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 26 hours
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): $116
• Improvement: Moderate DTF score. Morocco performs better than Algeria and Egypt but worse than France and Spain.

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 57
• DTF Score: 62.34
• Time: 510 days
• Cost: 25.2% of claim
• Improvement: Slight improvement in DTF score. Time is high compared to comparator economies, but lower than some others.

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 131
• DTF Score: 33.89
• Time: 3.5 years
• Cost: 18.0% of estate
• Improvement: No change in rank. Time and cost are relatively high, and the recovery rate is moderate.

Key Viewpoints and Findings

• The report highlights the importance of understanding how regulatory environments affect business operations, particularly for small to medium-sized enterprises.
• Morocco’s business environment has seen a slight improvement in several areas, especially in DTF scores, but still has room for reform.
• The inclusion of a gender component in several indicators adds a new dimension to the analysis, showing that women face additional challenges in some areas.
• The report emphasizes the role of data in identifying areas for reform and supports policy makers in making informed decisions.
• Morocco's ranking and DTF score show that it is not among the best performers in the global rankings but has a relatively stable position compared to previous years.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides valuable insights into Morocco's business environment, highlighting areas of strength and weakness. While the country has made some progress in certain indicators, there are still significant challenges in key areas such as getting credit and resolving insolvency. The introduction of a gender dimension and the expansion of the report's scope to include more comprehensive data on postfiling processes and government procurement add depth to the analysis. Morocco's position in the global rankings and DTF scores suggests that it is on a path of gradual improvement but needs further reforms to enhance its business environment.