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Summary of Niger's Economy Profile in Doing Business 2013

Core Content

The Doing Business 2013 report evaluates the regulatory environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Niger and compares it with other economies. It measures the ease of doing business across 11 key areas, including starting a business, construction permits, electricity access, property registration, credit access, investor protection, tax payments, cross-border trade, contract enforcement, insolvency resolution, and employing workers. The report highlights the challenges and opportunities for improving the business environment through regulatory reforms.

Key Indicators and Performance

• Ease of Doing Business Rank: 176 (out of 185 economies)
• Change in Rank (2012–2013): -1 (slight decline)
• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Income Category: Low income
• Population: 16,068,994
• GNI per capita (US$): 360

Main Topics and Findings

Starting a Business

• Procedures: 9
• Time: 17 days
• Cost: 112.8% of income per capita
• Paid-in Minimum Capital: 572.8% of income per capita
• Global Rank: 167
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 125
  • Central African Republic: 170
  • Chad: 181
  • Mali: 118
  • Nigeria: 119
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Procedures: 12
• Time: 326 days
• Cost: 1,612.8% of income per capita
• Global Rank: 160
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 147
  • Central African Republic: 203
  • Chad: 154
  • Mali: 179
  • Nigeria: 15
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 26)

Getting Electricity

• Procedures: 4
• Time: 115 days
• Cost: 6,562.4% of income per capita
• Global Rank: 118
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 64
  • Central African Republic: 102
  • Chad: 67
  • Mali: 120
  • Nigeria: 260
• Best Performer: Germany (rank 17)

Registering Property

• Procedures: 4
• Time: 35 days
• Cost: 11.0% of property value
• Global Rank: 87
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 93
  • Central African Republic: 75
  • Chad: 44
  • Mali: 29
  • Nigeria: 86
• Best Performer: Georgia (rank 1)

Getting Credit

• Global Rank: 129
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0–10): 6
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0–6): 1
• Public Registry Coverage (% of adults): 0.8
• Private Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 0.0
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 104
  • Central African Republic: 104
  • Chad: 104
  • Mali: 129
  • Nigeria: 23
• Best Performer: United Kingdom (rank 1)

Protecting Investors

• Global Rank: 158
• Extent of Disclosure Index (0–10): 6
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 128
  • Central African Republic: 139
  • Chad: 158
  • Mali: 150
  • Nigeria: 70
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1)

Paying Taxes

• Global Rank: 151
• Number of Payments per Year: 41
• Time (hours per year): 270
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 44
  • Central African Republic: 55
  • Chad: 54
  • Mali: 45
  • Nigeria: 41
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (rank 1)

Trading Across Borders

• Global Rank: 176
• Documents to Export: 8
• Time to Export (days): 59
• Cost to Export (US$ per container): 3,676
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 11
  • Central African Republic: 9
  • Chad: 8
  • Mali: 6
  • Nigeria: 10
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1)

Enforcing Contracts

• Global Rank: 140
• Time (days): 545
• Cost (% of claim): 59.6%
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 800
  • Central African Republic: 660
  • Chad: 743
  • Mali: 620
  • Nigeria: 457
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 150)

Resolving Insolvency

• Global Rank: 130
• Time (years): 5.0
• Cost (% of estate): 18%
• Comparator Economies:
  • Cameroon: 3.2
  • Central African Republic: 4.8
  • Chad: 4.0
  • Mali: 3.6
  • Nigeria: 2.0
• Best Performer: Japan (rank 1)

Main Points and Reforms

• Reforms in Niger:
  • DB2008: Eliminated fees at the Chamber of Commerce for business start-up.
  • DB2010: Simplified the process by removing procedures for registration with the Centre Nationale des Utilisateurs du Transports (CNUT) and Chamber of Commerce.
  • DB2009, DB2011, DB2012, DB2013: No further reforms recorded.
• Key Challenges:
  • High number of procedures and costs for starting a business.
  • Significant time and cost required for construction permits.
  • High cost of getting electricity.
  • Low coverage of public and private registry systems for credit information.
  • High time and cost for contract enforcement and insolvency resolution.

Comparative Insights

• Niger performs worse than regional comparator economies and the regional average in most indicators.
• The country is far behind the best performers globally, such as New Zealand, Singapore, and Germany.
• The distance to frontier measure indicates Niger's regulatory environment is still far from the most efficient practices.

Methodology Notes

• The rankings are based on a standardized company model with 10–50 employees, located in the largest business city.
• The report does not include data on all aspects of the business environment, such as infrastructure quality or macroeconomic conditions.
• The methodology assumes no bribes, no prior contact with officials, and that all information is readily available.