16TH EDITION
Training for Reform
Development Economics │Global Indicators
Kuwait
March 11, 2019
Dalal Marafie
Private Sector Analyst
World Bank Group
Development Economics │Global Indicators
I. About Doing Business
II. Findings of Doing Business 2019III. WBG Support to Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion
Authority to improve the business environment
The 11 areas of business regulation measured by Doing Business
affecting firms throughout their life cycle
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New
Doing Business indicators:
• Focus on regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small to medium-size
domestic business.
• Are built on standardized case scenarios.
• Are measured for the largest business city in each economy, and the second
largest business city in countries with more than 100 million inhabitants as of 2013.
• Are focused on the formal sector.
What does Doing Business measure?
3 http://www.doingbusiness.org/
“The private sector is key to creating sustainable economic growth and ending poverty around the
world. Fair, efficient, and transparent rules, which Doing Business promotes, are the bedrock of a
vibrant economy and entrepreneurship environment. It’s critical for governments to accelerate
efforts to create the conditions for private enterprise to thrive and communities to prosper.”Jim Yong Kim , President of the World Bank Group
16 years of Doing Business
1,116 business reforms
Doing Business has identified
3,519 business reforms
131,791 contributions
Doing Business
has reached
169 economiesDoing Business
has visited
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Doing Business
has inspired
I. About Doing Business
II. Findings of Doing Business 2019III. WBG Support to Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion
Authority to improve the business environment
Governments around the world set a new record in improving the
regulatory environment for the domestic private sector in 2017/18
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128ECONOMIES
MADE 314REFORMS
MAKING IT
EASIER TO
DO BUSINESS
• Doing Business has recorded 3,519 regulatory reforms making it easier to do business since 2004.
• Developing economies implemented 82% of all regulatory reforms in 2017/18.
Source: Doing Business database.
OECD high-income
23
47%
Latin America & Caribbean
25
56%
East Asia & Pacific
43
64%
South Asia
19
63%
Sub-Saharan Africa
107
83%
Europe & Central Asia
54
83%
Middle East & North Africa
43
70%
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Share of economies that reformed in a region %
Number of reforms per region
Average number of reforms per economy
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70% of the economies in MENA carried out reforms in 2017/18
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Who in the Gulf Cooperation Countries Region reformed in areas
measured by Doing Business in 2017/18?
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Starting a business
Protecting minority investors
Getting credit
Trading across borders
Getting electricity
Registering property
Enforcing contracts
Paying taxes
Resolving insolvency
Dealing with construction permits
Labor market regulations
Kuwait; Qatar; UAE
Bahrain; Kuwait; Saudi Arabia;
Bahrain; Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
UAE; Saudi Arabia
UAE; Qatar
UAE;
Starting a business (133)
Dealing with construction permits (131)
Getting electricity (95)
Registering property (69)
Getting credit (134)
Protecting minority investors (72)
Paying taxes (7)
Trading across borders (159)
Enforcing contracts (77)
Resolving insolvency (115)
Doing Business in Kuwait – ranking
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Rankings on Doing Business topics – Kuwait(Scale: Rank 190 center, Rank 1 outer edge)
Source: Doing Business 2019
Kuwait’s doing business cycle begins in February and ends in
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Written exchanges with colleagues around the data based on the preliminary reform update memo, ahead of the publication of the report.
Written Exchanges
Bank-wide review of the draft Doing Business 2018 report.
Bank-wide Review
For Doing Business2018 data collection
Questionnaires Distributed
To send updates on ongoing reforms expected to affect the Doing Business indicators.
Open Call to Govts.
Doing Business team circulates to governments a compilation of the reforms the team has captured during the data collection cycle
Reforms Compiled
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Development Economics │Global Indicators
I. About Doing Business
II. Findings of Doing Business 2019III. WBG Support to Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion
Authority to improve the business environment
The objectives of our technical assistance are two-fold
SUPPORTING REFORM
IMPLEMENTATIONSupporting the Government of Kuwait in the implementation of reforms aiming at improving the regulatory environment in indicators measured by the Doing Business report 2019.
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CAPACITY BUILDING
PLATFORM
The project serves as an important platform for building capacity and helping to create a business-friendly regulatory environment.
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Currently, we have four ongoing activities in this realm
Regulatory ProceduresReengineer key regulatory procedures in
indicators measured by the Doing
Business report.
National Agenda The “National Agenda for Improving the
Business Environment” was issued to
formulate recommendations (short and
medium) to further improve the business
environment and prioritize criteria with
measurable objectives, a timetable and
identify the responsible government
agencies.
Implementation
GovernanceDesign an implementation governance led
by KDIPA and monitoring system to allow
KDIPA and “Permanent Committee for
Streamlining Business Environment &
Enhancing Competitiveness (PCK)” to
oversee the implementation of the
National Agenda through working groups
for each indicator from over 18
government agencies.
Comprehensive Review
Launch a comprehensive review on key
regulations and legislation governing the
business environment and provide
recommendations to improve reforms.
Starting a Business
Kuwait Business Center
KDIPA
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Kuwait Municipality
Ministry of Public Works
Chamber of Commerce
Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)
Ministry of Justice
Public Authority of Manpower
Trade Across Borders
General Administration of Customs
KDIPA
Kuwait Ports Authority
Kuwait Municipality
Environment Public Authority
Public Authority for Industry
Ministry of Health
Public Authority for Food and Nutrition
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Ministry of Interior
Dealing with Construction Permit
Kuwait Municipality
KDIPA
Ministry of Electricity and Water
Ministry of Public Works
Public Authority for Industry (PAI)
Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)
Kuwait Fire Service Directorate
Environment Public Authority
Central Agency for Information Technology
(CAIT)
Getting Electricity
Ministry of Electricity
and Water (MEW)
KDIPA
Kuwait Municipality
Registering Property
Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
KDIPA
Kuwait Municipality
Kuwait Fire Service Directorate
Ministry of Electricity and Water
Ministry of Communications
The time and motion working groups consist of the following:
Enforcing Contracts
Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
KDIPA
Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
Commercial Circuit
Court of Cessation
Real Estate Registry and Auth. Sector
Judiciary
Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)
Kuwait Municipality
Protecting Minority Investors
Capital Market Authority
KDIPA
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Ministry of Justice
Kuwait Institute for Judicial & Legal Studies
Resolving Insolvency
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
KDIPA
Kuwait Institute for Judicial & Legal Studies
Experts Department
and Judiciary
Getting Credit
Central Bank
KDIPA
Ci-Net
CITRA
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
The legal working groups consist of the following:
Some Examples of Project Outcome To-date
Project
Outcomes
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Getting Electricity
Development of single window to
facilitate procedures in the Ministry
of Electricity and Water.
Dealing Construction
Permits
• Adopting the executive
regulations of municipal
law no. 33/2016
• Recommending online
building permits based
on best international
practices with Kuwait
Municipality.
Protect Minority
InvestorsRecommending and reviewing the
executive regulations of the Capital
Markets Authority to protect minority
investors
Starting Businesses
Establishment of the Kuwait Business
Center.
In continuing our work on this engagement, we will focus on the
following three main areas:
BUILD CAPACITY
Continue building the capacity of
KDIPA and working groups from 18
different related agencies working on
improving each indicator through
workshops to ensure their
commitment to implement short and
long-term recommendations in the
“National Agenda”.
IMPROVE
REGULATIONS
Continue supporting the improvement
of regulations and processes in the
areas measured by the Doing Business
report.
SIMPLIFY BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
Continue supporting the government
of Kuwait to simplify the business
environment and enhance
competitiveness in monitoring and
evaluating the implementation of
reforms.
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