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Summary of Indonesia's Economy Profile in Doing Business 2013

Core Content

This summary presents the key findings from the Doing Business 2013 report on Indonesia's business environment, focusing on regulations affecting small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The report provides quantitative indicators across 11 areas of the business life cycle, including starting a business, construction permits, electricity access, property registration, credit access, investor protection, tax compliance, cross-border trade, contract enforcement, insolvency resolution, and employing workers.

Main Points

1. Overall Business Environment

• Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Rank: Indonesia ranked 128 out of 185 economies in 2013, a 2-point improvement from 2012.
• Methodology: The EDB index is calculated based on the simple average of percentile rankings across 10 topics, excluding the "employing workers" indicator in 2013.
• Limitations: The report does not measure all aspects of the business environment, such as proximity to large markets or infrastructure quality (except for electricity and trade-related areas).

2. Key Indicators for Indonesia (2013)

3. Global Comparators

• Best Performer on Starting a Business: New Zealand (rank 1)
• Best Performer on Getting Electricity: Iceland (rank 1)
• Best Performer on Registering Property: Georgia (rank 1)
• Best Performer on Protecting Investors: New Zealand (rank 1)
• Best Performer on Trading Across Borders: Singapore (rank 1)
• Best Performer on Enforcing Contracts: Luxembourg (rank 1)
• Best Performer on Resolving Insolvency: Japan (rank 1)

4. Regional Performance

• Regional Average: Indonesia's performance is compared against the average of other economies in the East Asia & Pacific region.
• Comparator Economies: Includes countries like Cambodia, China, India, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand.

5. Trends Over Time

• The ease of starting a business in Indonesia has seen a slight increase in procedures and time but a decrease in cost.
• The paid-in minimum capital requirement has decreased over the years.
• Distance to Frontier (a measure of how close an economy is to the best practices) indicates that Indonesia has made some progress in certain areas but still lags behind in others.

6. Business Registration Reforms in Indonesia

• DB2008: Increased the minimum paid-in capital, making it more complex.
• DB2009: Further increased the minimum capital by more than double.
• DB2010: Introduced online services, deleted certain licenses, improved efficiency at the registry, and reduced fees.
• DB2011: Reduced the cost and time for company name clearance and deed approval.
• DB2012: Introduced a simplified application process to obtain both a general trading license and business registration certificate simultaneously.
• DB2013: No significant reforms recorded.

7. Key Challenges

• Starting a Business: Requires 9 procedures, takes 47 days, and costs 22.7% of income per capita.
• Construction Permits: 13 procedures, 158 days, and 95.0% of income per capita in cost.
• Getting Electricity: 6 procedures, 108 days, and 1,243.8% of income per capita in cost.
• Registering Property: 6 procedures, 22 days, and 10.8% of property value in cost.
• Getting Credit: 51 payments, 259 hours per year, and a strength of legal rights index of 3 (out of 10).
• Paying Taxes: 51 payments, 259 hours per year.
• Trading Across Borders: 4 documents to export, 17 days, and 644 USD per container.
• Enforcing Contracts: 40 procedures, 498 days, and 139.4% of claim value in cost.
• Resolving Insolvency: 5.5 years, 18% of estate value in cost.

8. Key Strengths

• Registering Property: Indonesia is close to the frontier, with a cost of 10.8% of property value.
• Trading Across Borders: Indonesia's time to export is 17 days, and the cost is 644 USD per container, which is better than many comparator economies.
• Resolving Insolvency: Indonesia has a relatively low cost of 18% of the estate value.

9. Policy Implications

• The report highlights the importance of streamlining procedures, reducing costs, and improving legal frameworks to support SMEs.
• Indonesia has made progress in some areas, such as online registration and simplified licensing, but has room for improvement in others.
• Distance to Frontier analysis can help identify where reforms are most needed.

10. Data Sources

• All data are sourced from the Doing Business database.
• The report includes comparator economies for meaningful analysis.
• Data notes provide additional context and methodology details.

Conclusion

Indonesia's business environment in 2013, while showing some improvements, remains challenging for SMEs. The report serves as a tool for policymakers to identify areas where regulatory reforms can enhance the ease of doing business and promote economic growth.