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Doing Business 2014: Tajikistan Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business report provides a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory environment for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in 189 economies, including Tajikistan. It measures and tracks changes in regulations across 11 key areas in the business life cycle, such as starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, and resolving insolvency. The report aims to support policymakers in understanding the ease of doing business and identifying effective regulatory reforms.

Key Indicators and Rankings

Ease of Doing Business Index

• Tajikistan DB2014 rank: 143
• Tajikistan DB2013 rank: 141
• Change in rank: -2
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) DB2014: 47.52
• DTF DB2013: 45.12
• Change in DTF: +2.42

The DTF measure shows how far an economy is from the best practices in the Doing Business indicators. Tajikistan has improved slightly in this measure.

Business Environment Overview

• Region: Europe & Central Asia
• Income category: Low income
• Population: 8,008,990
• GNI per capita (US$): 860

Main Topics and Performance

Starting a Business

• Procedures (number): 5
• Time (days): 33.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 25.6
• Paid-in Minimum Capital (% of income per capita): 0.0

Tajikistan ranks 87th globally in the ease of starting a business. The procedures required include name verification, registration in Dushanbe, and social security registration. The process is relatively simple and cost-effective compared to some comparator economies.

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Procedures (number): 24
• Time (days): 228.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 604.5

Tajikistan ranks 184th globally, indicating significant inefficiencies in the process. The time and cost are much higher than comparator economies such as Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Getting Electricity

• Procedures (number): 9
• Time (days): 185
• Cost (% of income per capita): 1,077.4

Tajikistan ranks 186th globally. The process is time-consuming and costly, with no notable improvements from 2013 to 2014.

Registering Property

• Procedures (number): 6
• Time (days): 37.0
• Cost (% of property value): 4.1

Tajikistan ranks 78th globally. While the process is not as efficient as in Georgia, it is relatively better than some comparator economies.

Getting Credit

• Procedures (number): 35
• Time (days): 430
• Cost (% of claim): 25.5

Tajikistan ranks 39th globally. The process is slow and expensive, with a low strength of legal rights and depth of credit information.

Protecting Investors

• Procedures (number): 8
• Time (days): 430
• Cost (% of estate): 9

Tajikistan ranks 22nd globally. The extent of disclosure is moderate, and the recovery rate is relatively low.

Paying Taxes

• Procedures (number): 69
• Time (hours per year): 224
• Cost (US$ per container): 8,650

Tajikistan ranks 178th globally. The tax process is cumbersome and expensive, with high number of payments and time required.

Trading Across Borders

• Procedures (number): 12
• Time (days): 71
• Cost (US$ per container): 8,650

Tajikistan ranks 188th globally. The process is slow and costly, with a high number of documents required for both imports and exports.

Enforcing Contracts

• Procedures (number): 35
• Time (days): 430
• Cost (% of claim): 25.5

Tajikistan ranks 39th globally. The enforcement process is slow and costly, with a low recovery rate.

Resolving Insolvency

• Procedures (number): 35
• Time (years): 1.7
• Cost (% of estate): 9

Tajikistan ranks 81st globally. The time to resolve insolvency is relatively short, but the cost is still high.

Key Trends and Reforms

• DB2009: No reform
• DB2010: Reduced minimum capital requirement and speeded up the time to obtain a tax identification number
• DB2011: Introduced a one-stop shop for business registration
• DB2012: Allowed entrepreneurs to pay capital up to 1 year after operations start, reducing the need for a bank account
• DB2013: No reform
• DB2014: Made starting a business more difficult by requiring preliminary approval and additional documents

Conclusion

Tajikistan's business environment remains challenging, with many areas of regulation requiring significant time, cost, and procedural complexity. While some reforms have been introduced, such as the one-stop shop and reduced capital requirements, the overall ease of doing business has not improved substantially. The report highlights the need for further regulatory reforms to enhance the business environment, particularly in areas such as construction permits, getting electricity, and resolving insolvency. The DTF measure indicates a slight improvement, suggesting some progress toward best practices.