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Doing Business 2015: Ghana Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2015 report evaluates the ease of doing business in Ghana by analyzing regulations across 11 key areas of the business life cycle. It provides a comparative analysis of Ghana's performance against other economies, including comparator economies and global best performers, using the Distance to Frontier (DTF) score and the Ease of Doing Business (EDB) ranking.

The report highlights how regulations impact the business environment, and it introduces several methodological changes, including a new ranking system based on DTF scores, expanded indicators for minority investor protection and insolvency, and revised data collection for certain areas like credit information and construction permits.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Ranking:

  • Ghana's EDB rank in 2015 is 70, down by 1 from 2014.
  • The ranking is based on the average DTF scores across the 10 topics included in the report (excluding labor market regulation).
  • The DTF score for Ghana in 2015 is 65.2, up by 0.8 from 2014.

• Key Business Areas and Performance:

Key Information

• Methodology Changes:

  • The ranking is now based on distance to frontier scores.
  • The protecting investors indicator has been renamed to protecting minority investors, and its scope has expanded to include shareholder rights in corporate governance.
  • The resolving insolvency indicator now includes an index measuring the strength of the legal framework for insolvency.
  • The paying taxes ranking uses a nonlinear approach for the total tax rate component.
  • Labor market regulation has replaced employing workers as a separate indicator.

• Data Limitations:

  • The report does not include all aspects of the business environment, such as market proximity, infrastructure quality, or macroeconomic conditions.
  • Some economies receive a "no practice" mark if they lack regulations in a specific area.

• Comparative Analysis:

  • Ghana performs better than many of its regional peers but lags behind global best performers in most indicators.
  • New Zealand is the top performer in several categories, such as starting a business and protecting minority investors.
  • Singapore leads in areas like trading across borders and enforcing contracts.
  • Georgia and Korea, Rep. are top performers in registering property and getting electricity, respectively.

• Overall Ranking:

  • Ghana's EDB rank is 70, indicating that it is among the middle performers in the global ranking.
  • The DTF score is 65.2, suggesting that Ghana has made some progress in improving its regulatory environment.
  • The report highlights that while Ghana has improved in some areas, significant challenges remain in others, such as resolving insolvency and enforcing contracts.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2015 report provides a comprehensive assessment of Ghana's regulatory environment for small and medium enterprises. While Ghana has made some progress in certain areas, such as reducing the number of procedures for starting a business, it still faces substantial challenges in areas like getting credit, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. The report serves as a valuable tool for policymakers to identify areas for reform and benchmark Ghana's performance against other economies.