Central African Republic

Ease of Doing Business in

Central African Republic

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Central African Republic. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Low income
Population 4,486,837
GNI Per Capita (US$) 470
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
185 183 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
35.5 36.3 down -0.8
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 170 166 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 147 133 up -14
Getting Electricity 173 171 up -2
Registering Property 132 131 up -1
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 139 136 up -3
Paying Taxes 181 178 up -3
Trading Across Borders 182 183 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 177 175 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 185 185 No change

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Getting Electricity

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The challenges required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse are shown below. Included are the number of steps, time, and cost.

DB 2013 Rank 173 DB 2012 Rank 171 Change in Rank down-2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 28.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 28.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The number of procedures to obtain a permanent electricity connection. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company employees or the company’s main electrician with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
7 5 5

The number of days to obtain a permanent electricity connection. The measure captures the median duration that the electricity utility and experts indicate is necessary in practice, rather than required by law, to complete a procedure.

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Time (days)
102 133 98

The cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Costs are recorded exclusive of value added tax.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
12,603.6 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application to Energie Centrafricaine (ENERCA) and await estimate 14 calendar days XAF 6,090.0
* 2 Energie Centrafricaine (ENERCA) inspects the site 1 calendar day no charge
3 Develop a work plan with Energie Centrafricaine (ENERCA) for the external connection works 1 calendar day XAF 25,000.0
4 Buy material and transformer and have it tested by Energie Centrafricaine (ENERCA) 27 calendar days no charge
5 Hire an electrical contractor to build the transformer post 38 calendar days XAF 24,386,950.0
6 Obtain external connection works from Energie Centrafricaine (ENERCA) and obtain test to ascertain that the external and internal connection work together 16 calendar days XAF 2,632,170.0
7 Conclude contract with Energie Centrafricaine (ENERCA) and pay meter deposit, receive meter installation and connection to electricity 6 calendar days XAF 1,326,950.6
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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