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Doing Business 2017: Comoros Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report provides an in-depth analysis of the regulatory environment for businesses in Comoros, comparing it with other economies and highlighting key areas for improvement. The report focuses on 11 business-related regulatory areas and presents data in the form of rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores. The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking but are detailed in the economy profile.

Main Topics and Indicators

The report covers the following key topics:

• Starting a Business
• Dealing with Construction Permits
• Getting Electricity
• Registering Property
• Getting Credit
• Protecting Minority Investors
• Paying Taxes
• Trading across Borders
• Enforcing Contracts
• Resolving Insolvency
• Labor Market Regulation

Key Indicators for Comoros (2017)

Key Findings

• Ease of Doing Business Rank (2017): Comoros is ranked 153 out of 190 economies, a slight decrease from 152 in 2016.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score (2017): Comoros has a DTF score of 48.69, an increase of 0.75 from 47.94 in 2016.
• Business Environment Challenges: Comoros faces significant challenges in areas such as getting credit, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency, with high costs and long procedures.
• Gender Considerations: The report introduces a gender dimension, showing that both men and women face the same number of procedures and time to start a business, but the cost is very high for both.
• Comparative Performance: Comoros performs poorly compared to comparator economies like Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, and South Africa in several areas, with the best performer being New Zealand.

Methodology and Limitations

• The Doing Business report measures regulations in 11 areas of the business life cycle and provides a ranking and DTF score.
• The DTF score shows how far an economy is from the best practices in each indicator.
• Methodological changes in 2017 include the addition of postfiling processes in the paying taxes indicator, a gender component in three indicators, and a new pilot indicator on selling to the government.
• The report does not cover all aspects of the business environment, such as proximity to large markets, infrastructure quality, and institutional strength, which are not directly studied.

Conclusion

Comoros faces considerable challenges in its business environment, particularly in the areas of getting credit, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. While the country has shown some improvement in the DTF score, it still lags behind many comparator economies. The introduction of gender considerations provides a more nuanced view of the regulatory environment, highlighting that both men and women face similar challenges. The report serves as a valuable tool for policymakers to identify areas for reform and to benchmark their performance against other economies.