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Doing Business 2015: Czech Republic Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2015 report evaluates the ease of doing business in the Czech Republic by analyzing regulations affecting 11 key areas in the business life cycle. It provides both a rank and a distance to frontier (DTF) score, benchmarking the Czech Republic against other economies and the global best practices. The report highlights the regulatory environment, changes in business regulations, and the implications for economic performance.

Main Indicators Overview

Key Information

• The Czech Republic ranked 44th in the ease of doing business (DB2015) and 47th in DB2014, showing a 3-point improvement.
• The distance to frontier (DTF) score increased from 69.8 in DB2014 to 71 in DB2015.
• The report includes comparator economies for each indicator to facilitate cross-country comparisons.
• The methodology underwent several updates in 2015, including:
  • Nonlinear scoring for the paying taxes indicator.
  • Expanded scope for protecting minority investors and resolving insolvency.
  • Changes in data sources for some indicators, such as credit information and legal rights.
• The report highlights regulatory bottlenecks and areas of strength in the Czech Republic, using both rankings and DTF scores to assess performance.
• Ease of doing business rankings are based on a population-weighted average of DTF scores for economies with data on two cities.
• The DTF score measures how far an economy is from the best regulatory practices in each indicator, on a scale from 0 to 100, with 100 representing the frontier.

Main Viewpoints

• Starting a business in the Czech Republic requires 9 procedures, taking 19 days and costing 8% of income per capita, placing it at 110th globally.
• Dealing with construction permits involves 24 procedures, taking 143 days and costing 0.3% of warehouse value, ranking 139th.
• Registering property requires 3 procedures, taking 24 days and costing 4% of property value, placing it 31st globally.
• Getting credit is relatively efficient, with a DTF score of 70, and the Czech Republic ranks 23rd globally.
• Paying taxes involves 8 payments per year, taking 413 hours and costing 33% of claim, ranking 119th.
• Trading across borders is relatively efficient, with 4 documents to export and 6 to import, taking 17 days each, and ranking 58th.
• Enforcing contracts requires 27 procedures, taking 611 days and costing 33% of claim, ranking 37th.
• Resolving insolvency involves 2.1 years, costing 17% of estate, and ranks 20th globally.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2015 report provides a comprehensive overview of the Czech Republic's business environment, highlighting both its strengths and areas for improvement. While the Czech Republic performs well in several areas, such as property registration and credit access, it still faces challenges in contract enforcement and insolvency resolution. The report underscores the importance of regulatory reforms and efficiency improvements in enhancing the business climate. The DTF scores and rankings are essential tools for policy makers to identify and address regulatory inefficiencies.