Starting a business in Madagascar

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Starting a business in Madagascar
REPORT LAUNCH
REPORT LAUNCH MAY 20, 2008 ABUJA
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Doing Business indicators
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Top performers on Doing Business
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Many countries are reforming fast
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Why Expand Doing Business to the Sub-National
Level?

• Extends Doing Business indicators beyond the most
  populous city
• Actively involves state governments in the reform
  process

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Doing Business in Nigerian states
SOKOTO
SOKOTO
KANO
KADUNA
BAUCHI
ABUJA (F.C.T)
ENUGU
OGUN
ANAMBRA
LAGOS
CROSS RIVER
ABIA
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Topics covered by the subnational assessment

• Company registration
• Licenses and permits
• Property registration
• Contract enforcement

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Time to start a business fastest in Abuja
Worlds best
Africas best
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Cost to start a business cheapest in Abuja
Worlds best
Africas best
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Time to build a warehouse in Nigerian states
Worlds best
Africas best
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Cost to build a warehouse in Nigerian states
Worlds best
Africas best
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Governors consent bottleneck to registering
property
Worlds best
Africas best
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Cost to register property administrative fees
vary
Worlds best
Africas best
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Time to enforce a contract in Nigerian states
Worlds best
Africas best
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Cost to enforce a contract in Nigerian states
Worlds best
Africas best
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Where is it easiest doing business in Nigeria?

• Kaduna (easiest)
• Abuja, FCT
• Bauchi
• Kano
• 4. Sokoto
• Abia
• Enugu
• Lagos
• Anambra
• Cross River
• Ogun (most difficult)

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Best practices from across Nigeria
In the global Doing Business report, Nigeria is
represented by Lagos
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Potential for improvement in ranking
Taiwan 50 Botswana 51 Italy 53
Nigeriana - 51

• After adopting all best practices

Ethiopia 102 Bangladesh 107 Nepal 111
Nigeria - 108
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Business friendly regulation leads tomore
registered businesses and start-ups
Business Density (registered firms per capita)
Business Entry (new firms in of registered
firms)
Easiest
Most difficult
Most difficult
Easiest
Countries ranked by ease of doing business,
quintiles
Source Doing Business database
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which means more formal employment
Informal sector ( del GDP)
Unemployment ( labor force)
Easiest
Most difficult
Most difficult
Easiest
Countries ranked by ease of doing business,
quintiles
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More reforms, higher equity returns
90
80
70
60
50
3-year shareholder return ()
40
30
20
10
0
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
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Number of reforms, 2003-06
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DOING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA

• Additional data available at
• http//subnational.doingbusiness.org
• www.doingbusiness.org