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Economy Profile: Malawi - Doing Business 2013

Core Content

Doing Business 2013 provides an analysis of the business environment in Malawi, focusing on regulations that affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It measures the ease of doing business across 11 key areas of the business lifecycle, 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 ranks economies based on the ease of doing business index, which is calculated as the simple average of percentile rankings on each of the 11 indicators. For Malawi, the DB2013 rank is 157, a decline of 6 from DB2012. The report also includes data from comparator economies (Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda) and the best global performer for each indicator.

Key Indicators and Performance

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Index: Malawi ranks 157 out of 185 economies, showing a slight decline from DB2012.
• Starting a Business: Requires 10 procedures, takes 39 days, costs 83.7% of income per capita, and has 0.0% paid-in minimum capital.
• Comparator Economies: Kenya and Namibia show better performance, with Kenya at 126 and Namibia at 8 in the starting a business ranking.
• Global Best Performer: New Zealand is the top performer for starting a business, with a ranking of 1 and a cost of 0.0%.
• Other Indicators: Malawi lags behind in several areas, including dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, and resolving insolvency.

Key Information

• The report highlights the importance of regulatory reforms in improving the business environment.
• Malawi has not implemented any significant reforms in the past few years, as indicated by the lack of changes in the rankings from DB2008 to DB2013.
• The report uses the distance to frontier measure to assess how far an economy is from the best practices in each indicator.
• The paying taxes indicators have a different methodology in DB2013, which affects the ranking.
• The employing workers indicators are not included in the aggregate ranking but are still presented in the report.

Summary

Malawi's business environment is ranked 157 out of 185 economies in the Doing Business 2013 report. While the report highlights that the economy has not implemented any significant reforms in recent years, it provides detailed data on the procedures, time, and cost required to start and operate a business. The report also includes data from comparator economies and the best global performers, allowing for a more comprehensive analysis of the business environment. The findings indicate that Malawi has room for improvement in several areas, including dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, and resolving insolvency.