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Doing Business 2018 Summary: Tanzania

Core Content

The Doing Business 2018 report is a World Bank Group flagship publication that evaluates business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies. It provides quantitative indicators to assess the ease of doing business, focusing on key areas such as starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. The report also measures labor market regulation. Tanzania is ranked in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, classified as a low-income economy, with a population of 55,572,201 and a GNI per capita of $900. The report focuses on Dar es Salaam as the main city for analysis.

Main Topics and Indicators

1. Starting a Business

• Purpose: Measures the procedures, time, cost, and minimum paid-in capital required to start a limited liability company.

• Standardized Company:

  • Legal form: Private Limited Liability Company
  • Paid-in minimum capital: TZS 0 (i.e., no capital required)
  • City Covered: Dar es Salaam

• Key Metrics:

  • Procedures (Men/Women): 11 procedures for both men and women
  • Time (Men/Women): 28 days for both
  • Cost (Men/Women): 42.9% of income per capita for both
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Average: 7.6 procedures, 24.0 days, 49.9% cost
  • OECD High Income Average: 4.9 procedures, 8.5 days, 3.1% cost
  • Overall Best Performer: New Zealand (1 procedure, 0.5 days, 0% cost)

• Procedure Details:

  1. Apply for clearance of the proposed company name (1 day, TZS 10,000–50,000)
  2. Obtain a notarized declaration of compliance (1 day, TZS 10,000–50,000)
  3. Apply for company incorporation and obtain the certificate of incorporation (4 days, TZS 337,200)
  4. Apply for taxpayer identification number (TIN) (1 day, no charge)
  5. Obtain TIN (1 day, no charge)
  6. Apply for a business license (6 days, TZS 1,000)
  7. Apply for VAT certificate (4 days, no charge)
  8. Register for workmen's compensation insurance (1 day, no charge)
  9. Register with the Occupational Safety and Health Authority (OSHA) (10 days, TZS 600,000)
  10. Receive OSHA inspection (1 day, simultaneous, no charge)
  11. Obtain social security registration number (7 days, simultaneous, applies to women only)

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Purpose: Tracks the procedures, time, and cost to build a warehouse, including licenses, permits, inspections, and utility connections. It also measures the building quality control index.

• Standardized Warehouse:

  • Estimated value: TZS 94,867,471.60
  • Location: Dar es Salaam
  • Size: 1,300.6 square meters (two stories, 14,000 square feet)

• Key Metrics:

  • Procedures: 24 procedures
  • Time: 184 days
  • Cost: 6.6% of warehouse value
  • Building Quality Control Index: 12.0 (out of 15)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Average: 14.8 procedures, 147.5 days, 9.9% cost
  • OECD High Income Average: 12.5 procedures, 154.6 days, 1.6% cost
  • Overall Best Performer: Denmark (7 procedures, 27.5 days, 0.10% cost)

• Procedure Details:

  1. Obtain location plan from City Council (7 days, TZS 5,000)
  2. Obtain certified copy of land rent receipts (7 days, no charge)
  3. Submit project brief and obtain EIA certificate (30 days, TZS 70,000)
  4. Obtain project clearance from the Fire Department (21 days, TZS 600,000)
  5. Request planning consent from the City Council (20 days, no charge)
  6. Request and obtain building permit (38 days, TZS 1,439,991)

Key Information and Findings

• The distance to frontier (DTF) score for Tanzania in the Starting a Business indicator is 42.9% of income per capita, and for Dealing with Construction Permits is 6.6% of warehouse value.
• The ease of doing business ranking for Tanzania is based on the DTF scores, which are averaged across all indicators.
• The DTF measure reflects how far an economy is from the best performance observed globally, with 0 being the lowest and 100 the best.
• The report encourages reforms to improve the regulatory environment and offers benchmarks for comparison.
• Subnational reports are also available, providing detailed insights into business regulation in specific cities and regions.

Methodology Notes

• Data is collected for the largest business city in most economies, with 11 large economies (including Tanzania) also including data for their second-largest city.
• The standardized company and warehouse are used to ensure consistency in data collection across economies.
• The case study assumptions include a company with 5 domestic owners, no legal entities, and a warehouse for general storage.
• All procedures assume no bribes and that information is readily available.
• Online procedures are counted as 0.5 days in the time calculation.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2018 report provides a comprehensive assessment of Tanzania's regulatory environment for domestic firms. It highlights areas where Tanzania can improve, such as reducing the number of procedures, time, and cost associated with starting a business and obtaining construction permits. The report also emphasizes the importance of quality control in construction and the role of regulatory frameworks in shaping the business climate. By presenting data in a standardized format, the report enables meaningful comparisons with other economies and supports informed decision-making for policy reforms.