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Haiti Economy Profile - Doing Business 2016

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2016 report provides an analysis of the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses in Haiti, comparing it to other economies and highlighting key areas of business regulation. It includes 10 core indicators that measure the ease of doing business, focusing on the regulatory quality and efficiency across various stages of business operations.

Main Indicators and Their Performance

Starting a Business

• DB2016 Rank: 188
• DB2015 Rank: 187
• DTF Score (2016): 33.53
• DTF Score (2015): 33.48
• Procedures: 12
• Time (days): 97
• Cost (% of income per capita): 235.3
• Paid-in Minimum Capital (% of income per capita): 16.7

Haiti has a relatively high number of procedures and cost to start a business compared to comparator economies like the Dominican Republic, Guyana, and Jamaica. It remains far behind the best performer, New Zealand.

Dealing with Construction Permits

• DB2016 Rank: 167
• DB2015 Rank: 165
• DTF Score (2016): 52.86
• DTF Score (2015): 52
• Procedures: 12
• Time (days): 80
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 15.7
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 5.0

Haiti performs poorly in this area, with high time and cost to obtain construction permits. It lags behind comparator economies, such as the Dominican Republic and Guyana, and is far from the best performer, Singapore.

Getting Electricity

• DB2016 Rank: 136
• DB2015 Rank: 133
• DTF Score (2016): 55.04
• DTF Score (2015): 55.48
• Procedures: 4
• Time (days): 60
• Cost (% of income per capita): 3,639.1
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 0.0

Haiti has a high cost to get electricity and poor reliability of supply. The index for reliability and transparency remains at 0.0, indicating a significant gap from the best performers like South Korea.

Registering Property

• DB2016 Rank: 179
• DB2015 Rank: 178
• DTF Score (2016): 32.83
• DTF Score (2015): 32.76
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 312
• Cost (% of property value): 7.1
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 3.5

Haiti has a very long time and high cost to register property. Its land administration system is weak, with a low quality index compared to comparator economies like the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

Getting Credit

• DB2016 Rank: 174
• DB2015 Rank: 171
• DTF Score (2016): 10
• DTF Score (2015): 10
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 2.0
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 0.0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 0.0
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 1.6

Haiti has a very low credit bureau and registry coverage, indicating a weak financial information system. It is far behind the best performer, New Zealand, in terms of legal rights and credit information depth.

Protecting Minority Investors

• DB2016 Rank: 187
• DB2015 Rank: 187
• DTF Score (2016): 20
• DTF Score (2015): 20
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 2.0
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 3.0
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 1.0

Haiti scores low on all indicators related to protecting minority investors. The legal framework is weak, and there is limited shareholder governance and conflict of interest regulation.

Paying Taxes

• DB2016 Rank: 143
• DB2015 Rank: 141
• DTF Score (2016): 61.87
• DTF Score (2015): 61.87
• Payments (per 100,000): 47
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 40.3
• Time (hours per year): 184
• Best Performer (DTF Score): United Arab Emirates (99.44)

Haiti has a high tax rate and significant time spent on tax compliance. It is far from the best performer, the United Arab Emirates, in terms of tax efficiency.

Trading Across Borders

• DB2016 Rank: 76
• DB2015 Rank: 75
• DTF Score (2016): 77.01
• DTF Score (2015): 77.01
• Time to Export (hours): 30
• Cost to Export (USD): 268
• Time to Import (hours): 91
• Cost to Import (USD): 583

Haiti has moderate performance in this area, but it still lags behind the best performer, Denmark. The time and cost to export and import remain relatively high.

Enforcing Contracts

• DB2016 Rank: 123
• DB2015 Rank: 120
• DTF Score (2016): 52.49
• DTF Score (2015): 52.49
• Time (days): 530
• Cost (% of claim): 42.6
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 7.0

Haiti has a very high time and cost to enforce contracts, with a low judicial process quality index. It is far from the best performer, Singapore, which has a significantly better system.

Resolving Insolvency

• DB2016 Rank: 189
• DB2015 Rank: 189
• DTF Score (2016): 0
• DTF Score (2015): 0
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 0.0
• Time (years): No practice
• Cost (% of estate): No practice
• Outcome (0 as piecemeal sale, 1 as going concern): 0
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 0.0

Haiti has no formal insolvency resolution process, resulting in a DTF score of 0. This is one of the poorest performances across all indicators.

Key Information

• Region: Latin America & Caribbean
• Income Category: Low income
• Population: 10,461,409
• GNI per capita (US$): 830
• DB2016 Rank: 182
• DB2015 Rank: 179
• Change in Rank: -3
• DB2016 DTF: 39.56
• DB2015 DTF: 39.51
• Change in DTF: +0.05

Haiti's ranking in the Ease of Doing Business has slightly improved, but its overall performance remains among the lowest globally. The DTF score indicates the distance from best practices, showing that Haiti is still far from the frontier in most areas.

Methodology and Limitations

• The report includes 11 key indicators across the business life cycle, excluding labor market regulation from the aggregate ranking.
• Data for this report is current as of June 1, 2015, with some indicators covering 2014.
• The methodology includes updates and changes to the indicators, particularly in the areas of construction permits, electricity, property registration, and minority investor protection.
• The report does not assess other important aspects such as market proximity, infrastructure quality, or macroeconomic conditions.

Conclusion

Haiti's business environment is among the most challenging globally, with poor performance across most regulatory indicators. The report highlights the need for reforms in areas such as starting a business, property registration, credit access, and insolvency resolution. While there is a slight improvement in ranking, the distance to frontier remains low, indicating a long way to go to enhance the ease of doing business.