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Name of the selected municipality: SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA - Eastern region "Golfo De Fonseca"

This section provides information on a selected municipality’s performance on the MCI. Results on each sub-index are presented in star graphs. Additionally scores for each sub-index are shown in comparison to the scores of other municipalities in its region in bar charts. Finally, the value, min, max, and median for the indicators within each sub-index are presented to provide more information on the local regulatory environment. Please go to the Reporting Tool section of the Web site to customize the results you wish to view by selecting municipalities and sub-index scores of your choice.


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The MCI sub-indices

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
IndicatorValue MinMedian Max
MCI 6.53 4.48 7.93
Transparency 7.32 3.69 7.97
Municipal Services 2.8 1.44 9.50
Proactivity 6.71 3.04 8.31
Informal payments 9.48 4.66 10.00
Public safety 7.16 3.66 8.87
Time to compliance 5.52 2.99 6.94
Rates and Taxes 4.8 2.07 7.53
Entry costs 8.17 6.00 9.54
Municipal regulations 8.54 3.70 10.00


Regional comparisons


MCI

Bar graph MCI

Transparency

Bar graph Transparency

Municipal Services

Bar graph Municipal Services

Proactivity

Bar graph Proactivity

Informal payments

Bar graph Informal payments

Public safety

Bar graph Public safety

Time to compliance

Bar graph Time to compliance

Rates and Taxes

Bar graph Rates and Taxes

Entry costs

Bar graph Entry costs

Municipal regulations

Bar graph Municipal regulations


Indicators used in sub-indices

Transparency

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
Indicator Value Min Median Max
% Businesses not affected by municipal support to informal sector 93.55 39.39 88.56 100.00
% Businesses think municipality does not favor businesses owned by people belonging to the mayor's party 69.36 35.08 73.09 99.55
% Businesses think municipality does not favor large businesses and does not discriminate against small businesses 93.95 57.21 84.44 100.00
% Businesses knowing about the existence of processes for filing complaints or making recommendations 61.28 2.27 42.05 78.86
% Businesses knowing about the existence of processes for informing citizens about local issues 85.87 15.32 48.48 88.55
% Businesses perceiving that municipal policies are applied in a consistent manner 68.55 3.32 51.79 88.64
% Businesses perceiving that relationships are important for gaining access to documents and/or obtaining permits/licenses 27.04 16.49 43.75 94.16
% Businesses gaining easy access to local documents 100 0.00 79.17 100.00
% Businesses perceiving that changes to rates/taxes and regulations are predictable 75.41 34.57 77.48 100.00
% Businesses perceiving municipal tenders as transparent 0 0.00 0.00 78.52


Municipal Services

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
Indicator Value Min Median Max
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at promoting tourism 6.05 0.00 13.43 85.23
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at promoting business opportunities 6.45 0.00 9.19 64.95
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at promoting and supporting local business associations 0.82 0.00 5.27 57.29
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at providing services to attract investors and clients 0 0.00 3.23 53.59
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at providing services to facilitate access to credit by local business 0 0.00 4.29 45.69
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at export promotion 0 0.00 0.10 32.38
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at controlling informal commerce 24.59 0.97 24.62 84.45
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at doing public works during 2007-2008 31.86 0.40 30.92 92.10
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at providing facilities for administrative procedures 37.5 0.82 29.64 80.50
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at providing facilities for tax payments 56.45 11.19 45.04 89.29
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at crime prevention and control 18.95 0.00 18.20 88.40
% Businesses qualifying municipality as good at developing labor and entrepreneurship programs 17.73 0.00 12.54 52.94


Proactivity

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
Indicator Value Min Median Max
% Businesses perceiving that not all private-sector related policies come from the central government 81.45 24.17 71.50 95.13
% Businesses perceiving that municipality works actively to solve business problems 72.14 11.48 47.82 92.34
% Businesses perceiving that municipality has good initiatives, but these are blocked by central government 20.18 0.00 21.78 58.24


Informal payments

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
Indicator Value Min Median Max
% Businesses feeling informal payments are a common occurrence 11.28 0.00 13.43 39.15
% Businesses think informal payments do help in gaining access to municipal documents or in obtaining permits/licenses 0 0.00 0.00 94.06
% Businesses feeling tenders are fair 0 0.00 0.00 78.52
% Businesses perceiving extra tax payments are a common occurrence in the municipality 0 0.00 5.05 24.03
% Businesses have made extra payments to fix municipal tax problems 0 0.00 0.00 9.23


Public safety

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
Indicator Value Min Median Max
% Businesses saying that crime was higher in 2008 compared to 2007 13.72 0.00 25.31 76.78
% Businesses perceiving that crime has increased due to bad municipality work 0.82 0.00 6.76 44.21
% Businesses perceiving that crime has decreased due to good municipality work 6.86 0.00 6.22 44.63
Municipal spending on public safety per capita (US$) 3.5 0.10 0.75 5.00
% Businesses victimized during 2008-robbery or theft 17.73 0.00 16.28 44.21
% Businesses perceiving that local crime is higher than in neighboring municipalities 36.28 0.87 27.41 63.20
Cost of crime to businesses per US$1,000 sale increase in 2008 36 0.00 36.74 1012.84
% Businesses victimized during 2008-extortion or kidnapping 6.45 0.00 4.41 37.54


Time to compliance

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
Indicator Value Min Median Max
% Businesses inspected in 2008 31.05 2.23 20.32 61.91
Number of inspections per 100 businesses 101.56 0.45 26.20 164.25
% Businesses feeling the number of inspections is above normal 0.4 0.00 0.00 54.56
% Businesses feeling municipal inspectors act fairly 31.05 2.23 19.47 61.26
% Businesses feeling the municipality adequately ensures compliance 24.59 0.00 12.86 52.91


Rates and Taxes

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
Indicator Value Min Median Max
% Businesses feeling that local taxes are higher than in neighboring municipalities 9.31 0.00 19.12 61.69
Number of incentives per 100 businesses 0.08 0.00 0.12 8.89
Municipality offers tax advantages 0.66 0.44 0.64 0.98
Tax revenue standardized by municipal services -6.09 -51.75 -6.05 53.56


Entry costs

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
Indicator Value Min Median Max
Effective wait for business premises (days) 41.91 7.09 59.05 668.65
Length of wait for other business-related permits (days) 43.64 6.68 69.37 648.61
% Businesses waiting over ONE month to obtain permits to start operations 0.08 0.02 6.31 71.90
% Businesses waiting over THREE months to obtain permits to start operations 0.08 0.01 0.45 30.96
% Businesses having problems with obtaining permits/licenses to start operations 25.66 0.03 17.68 70.10
% Businesses finding it difficult to obtain information on necessary procedures/documents 6.08 0.01 0.26 29.98
Total number of documents required to obtain permit for operations 7 2.00 5.00 10.00
Time to issue permits to operate (days) 13 0.00 7.00 40.00


Municipal regulations

Municipal Values of SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA 2009General Subindicators
Indicator Value Min Median Max
% Businesses that feel the number of municipal regulations increased during 2008 0.82 0.00 6.51 42.31
% Businesses that feel the number of municipal regulations is above normal, compared to neighboring municipalities 6.46 0.00 0.18 21.15


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