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Doing Business 2017: Seychelles Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report by the World Bank provides a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 190 economies. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 key areas in the business life cycle, including 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, and labor market regulation. The report aims to support policy makers in understanding business regulatory challenges and identifying effective reforms.

Key Indicators for Seychelles

The report includes detailed indicators for Seychelles, along with comparisons to other economies such as Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, and South Africa. Here are the key findings:

Ease of Doing Business Ranking and DTF Score

• DB2017 Rank: 93
• DB2016 Rank: 93 (adjusted for methodology and data revisions)
• DTF Score (DB2017): 61.21
• DTF Score (DB2016): 61
• Change in DTF: +0.21

Starting a Business

• Rank (DB2017): 137
• DTF Score (DB2017): 78.64
• Procedures (Men): 9
• Time (Men): 32 days
• Cost (Men): 13.4% of income per capita
• Procedures (Women): 9
• Time (Women): 32 days
• Cost (Women): 13.4% of income per capita
• Paid-in Minimum Capital: 0.0% of income per capita

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (DB2017): 146
• DTF Score (DB2017): 60.22
• Procedures: 17
• Time: 151 days
• Cost: 0.4% of warehouse value
• Building Quality Control Index: 4.0 (0-15)

Getting Electricity

• Rank (DB2017): 140
• DTF Score (DB2017): 54.69
• Procedures: 6
• Time: 137 days
• Cost: 364.9% of income per capita
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index: 2.0 (0-8)

Registering Property

• Rank (DB2017): 66
• DTF Score (DB2017): 68.67
• Procedures: 4
• Time: 33 days
• Cost: 7.0% of property value
• Quality of Land Administration Index: 18.5 (0-30)

Getting Credit

• Rank (DB2017): 118
• DTF Score (DB2017): 40.00
• Strength of Legal Rights Index: 2.0 (0-12)
• Depth of Credit Information Index: 6.0 (0-8)
• Credit Registry Coverage: 100.0% of adults
• Credit Bureau Coverage: 0.0% of adults

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (DB2017): 106
• DTF Score (DB2017): 50.00
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index: 5.0 (0-10)
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index: 5.7 (0-10)
• Shareholder Governance Index: 4.3 (0-10)

Paying Taxes

• Rank (DB2017): 32
• DTF Score (DB2017): 84.66
• Payments per Year: 29
• Time (Hours per Year): 85 hours
• Total Tax Rate (% of Profit): 30.1%
• Postfiling Index: 93.2 (0-100)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank (DB2017): 84
• DTF Score (DB2017): 71.79
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 82 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $332
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 44 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $115
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 97 hours
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): $341
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 33 hours
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): $93

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (DB2017): 129
• DTF Score (DB2017): 51.25
• Time (Days): 915 days
• Cost (% of Claim): 15.4%
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index: 6.5 (0-18)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (DB2017): 62
• DTF Score (DB2017): 52.14
• Recovery Rate (Cents per Dollar): 38.8 cents
• Time (Years): 2.0 years
• Cost (% of Estate): 11.0%
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index: 10.0 (0-16)

Main Points and Findings

• Comparative Analysis: Seychelles is compared with other selected economies to highlight performance differences across various business regulations.
• Gender Component: The report includes a gender dimension in some indicators, such as starting a business and enforcing contracts, to reflect the different experiences of men and women in business processes.
• Regulatory Improvements: Seychelles maintains a stable ranking and DTF score, with no significant change from 2016, indicating consistent regulatory performance.
• Challenges: Despite stability, Seychelles faces challenges in areas like getting electricity and resolving insolvency, with relatively high costs and long procedures.
• Methodology Updates: This edition includes postfiling processes in the paying taxes indicator and introduces a new pilot indicator on selling to the government, expanding the scope of the report.

Key Information

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Income Category: High income
• Population: 92,900
• GNI per Capita (US$): 14,760
• Best Performers: New Zealand leads in most indicators, followed by other economies such as Singapore, Estonia, and Luxembourg.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2017 report provides a detailed overview of Seychelles' regulatory environment, highlighting areas of strength and opportunity for improvement. While Seychelles maintains a stable position in most indicators, it still has room for reform, particularly in reducing the time and cost of doing business in certain areas. The inclusion of a gender dimension adds a new layer of understanding to the regulatory challenges faced by women entrepreneurs. The report serves as a valuable tool for policy makers to benchmark and improve the business environment in Seychelles.