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Subnational Doing Business in Pakistan: Measuring Business Regulations in 13 Cities

Subnational Doing Business provides information on business regulations in 13 cities in Pakistan, measuring progress in previously covered cities and tracking national and local regulations. Explore the data to find out which cities are making it easier to do business in Pakistan.

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Subnational Doing Business in Pakistan: Measuring Business Regulations in 13 Cities

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  1. Jana Malinska Investment Policy Officer city date, 2010 http://subnational.doingbusiness.org

  2. Doing Business compares business regulations in 183 economies • ►Launched 8 years ago. • ►Focuses on regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small to medium-sized domestic business based on a standardized case • ► Does not measure all aspects of the business environment • ► The objective - efficient regulations, accessible to all, and simple to implement

  3. What Subnational Doing Business adds ► Expands the DB indicators beyond the most populous city ► Captures local differences in regulations or enforcement ► Includes rules and regulations at all levels of government ► Gives specific locations an opportunity to tell their story ► Provides a tool for locations to compete globally ► Provides information on good practices within the same country that can be easily replicated ► Combines media appeal of DB with active participation of subnational governments in the reform process

  4. Doing Business in Pakistan measures 13 cities: 6 previously covered and 7 new ones • ► Doing Business in South Asia 2007 established benchmarks for 6 cities. • ► Doing Business in Pakistan 2010 tracks reform progress in previously covered cities and measures national and local regulations in a total of 13 cities NEWLY ADDED Gujranwala, Punjab Hyderabad, Sindh Islamabad, ICT Multan, Punjab Rawalpindi, Punjab Sheikhpura, Punjab Sukkur, Sindh PREVIOUSLY COVERED Faisalabad, Punjab Lahore, Punjab Karachi, Sindh Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Quetta, Balochistan Sialkot, Punjab

  5. Doing Business in Pakistan measures 6 Doing Business areas: • ► Doing Business in Pakistan 2010 tracks reform progress in previously covered cities and measures national and local regulations • in 6 areas of the life of a business: (1) Starting a business (2) Dealing with construction permits (3) Registering property (4) Paying taxes (5) Trading across borders (6) Enforcing contracts Data were collected with the help of more than 350 private sector contributors and public sector officials

  6. Where is it easier to do business in Pakistan?

  7. No single city does well on all indicators…

  8. National and local reforms made business easier in all cities measured in 2006

  9. STARTING A BUSINESS: the same number of procedures but time and cost vary

  10. STARTING A BUSINESS: fastest in Islamabad, but room for improvement at post-incorporation

  11. DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS: relatively fast in Pakistan • Local variations in time due to pre-construction procedures and utility connections and local variations in cost due to building permit and completion certificate fees

  12. Reforms made it easier to deal with construction permits in Lahore and Sialkot • After implementing new building regulations, the time to obtain a building permit decreased in Lahore and Sialkot from 60 days to 45 and 38 days respectively

  13. REGISTERING PROPERTY: time and cost vary based on administrative efficiency and local duties

  14. Computerization of land records reduced the time to register property in Lahore

  15. PAYING TAXES: taxes are relatively low but space for making compliance simpler

  16. PAYING TAXES: Total tax rates variations at the province level due to differences in local taxes • Due to differences in the taxes set at provincial level (vehicle, property, professional)

  17. TRADING ACROSS BORDERS: Time to import and export varies little, costs vary due to transport fees • Pakistani exporters spend most of their time on paperwork

  18. The time needed to import was reduced in Karachi

  19. ENFORCING CONTRACTS: easier in Sukkur and Faisalabad

  20. ENFORCING CONTRACTS: High attorney fees in larger business centers

  21. A city adopting Pakistan's best practices would rank 69th globally PAKISTAN DB2010 85 out of 183 economies PAKISTAN WITH BEST PRACTICES 69 out of 183 economies

  22. Shukria ! ► http://www.doingbusiness.org/Subnational/

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