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Doing Business 2017: Haiti Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report, published by the World Bank Group, provides a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory environment for businesses in Haiti and compares it with other economies. It focuses on 11 key areas that impact the ease of doing business, such as starting a business, getting electricity, registering property, and resolving insolvency. The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate rankings but presents the data separately in the economy profile.

Main Topics and Indicators

The report includes the following main topics and their respective indicators:

• 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 Information

Overview of Haiti's Business Environment

• Region: Latin America & Caribbean
• Income Category: Low income
• Population: 10,711,067
• GNI per capita (US$): 820
• DB2017 Rank: 181
• DB2016 Rank: 180
• Change in Rank: -1
• DB2017 DTF: 38.66
• DB2016 DTF: 38.51
• Change in DTF: +0.15

Key Indicators

Starting a Business

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 188
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 33.61
• Procedure (Men): 12
• Time (Men): 97 days
• Cost (Men): 219.3% of income per capita
• Procedure (Women): 12
• Time (Women): 97 days
• Cost (Women): 219.3% of income per capita

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 166
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 53.76
• Procedures: 12
• Time: 80 days
• Cost: 14.9% of warehouse value
• Building Quality Control Index: 5 (0-15)

Getting Electricity

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 139
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 54.82
• Procedures: 4
• Time: 60 days
• Cost: 3708.5% of income per capita
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index: 0 (0-8)

Registering Property

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 180
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 32.10
• Procedures: 5
• Time: 312 days
• Cost: 7% of property value
• Quality of Land Administration Index: 2.5 (0-30)

Getting Credit

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 175
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 10.00
• Strength of Legal Rights Index: 2 (0-12)
• Depth of Credit Information Index: 0 (0-8)
• Credit Bureau Coverage: 0% of adults
• Credit Registry Coverage: 1.6% of adults

Protecting Minority Investors

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 188
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 20.00
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index: 2 (0-10)
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index: 3 (0-10)
• Shareholder Governance Index: 1 (0-10)

Paying Taxes

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 159
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 53.1
• Number of Payments per Year: 47
• Time (hours per year): 184
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 40.3%
• Postfiling Index (0-100): 26.8

Trading across Borders

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 76
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 76.69
• Time to Export: Border Compliance (hours): 28
• Cost to Export: Border Compliance (USD): 368
• Time to Export: Documentary Compliance (hours): 22
• Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance (USD): 48
• Time to Import: Border Compliance (hours): 83
• Cost to Import: Border Compliance (USD): 583
• Time to Import: Documentary Compliance (hours): 28
• Cost to Import: Documentary Compliance (USD): 150

Enforcing Contracts

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 123
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 52.49
• Time (days): 530
• Cost (% of claim): 42.6%
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index: 7 (0-18)

Resolving Insolvency

• Haiti DB2017 Rank: 169
• Haiti DB2017 DTF Score: 0.00
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 0.0
• Time (years): No practice
• Cost (% of estate): No practice
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index: 0 (0-16)

Methodology and Changes

• The report introduces a gender component in three of the indicators and includes postfiling processes in the paying taxes indicator.
• Somalia is included for the first time, bringing the total number of economies to 190.
• The distance to frontier (DTF) score measures how far an economy is from the best performance in each indicator, while the ease of doing business ranking compares economies based on their DTF scores.

Comparator Economies

The report includes data for several comparator economies such as the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Suriname. These economies are used to provide a benchmark for Haiti's performance.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report highlights that Haiti's business environment is significantly more challenging compared to other economies. It emphasizes the importance of regulatory reforms to improve the ease of doing business and the need for greater transparency and efficiency in business processes. The introduction of gender-specific data and the inclusion of Somalia in the analysis reflect the report's evolving scope and its commitment to more inclusive and comprehensive assessments of the business environment.