Moldova

Ease of Doing Business in

Moldova

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Moldova. 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 Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 3,559,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 1,980
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
83 86 down 3

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
63.5 62.6 down 0.9
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 92 82 up -10
Dealing with Construction Permits 168 165 up -3
Getting Electricity 161 159 up -2
Registering Property 16 17 up 1
Getting Credit 40 38 up -2
Protecting Investors 82 114 up 32
Paying Taxes 109 106 up -3
Trading Across Borders 142 141 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 26 24 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 91 95 up 4

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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 161 DB 2012 Rank 159 Change in Rank down-2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 54.1 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 53.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.3
Indicator Moldova Eastern Europe & Central Asia 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 7 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)
140 153 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)
578.0 627.8 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application for an electricity connection to ICS RED Union Fenosa S.A. and await issuance of technical conditions 19 calendar days no charge
* 2 Await and obtain review of the location relative to the distribution grid from ICS RED Union Fenosa S.A. 1 calendar day no charge
3 Await completion of the external connection design by a private design company 25 calendar days MDL 12,500.0
4 Obtain an excavation permit at the Department of Transport 5 calendar days MDL 1,100.0
5 Await completion of external works, including meter installation by an electrical contractor 75 calendar days MDL 130,000.0
6 Obtain an operation permit from the State Energy Inspectorate 11 calendar days no charge
7 Sign a supply contract and a contract assigning responsibilities for repair and maintenance of the electrical line and await final connection 5 calendar days MDL 500.0
* 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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