Doing Business in Poland 2015

Poland’s economic growth over the last
25 years has been spectacular. In that period, Poland has
more than doubled its income per capita and became a
European growth champion. It was the only EU country to
avoid a recession in 2009. Its current GDP growth rate is
strong. Poland seems to be on the brink of its new ‘golden
age.’ Doing Business in Poland 2015 is the first subnational
report of the Doing Business series in Poland. It measures
business regulations and their enforcement from the
perspective of a small to medium-size domestic firm. The
idea is a simple one: if entrepreneurs spend fewer resources
on regulatory burdens, they will have more time to devote to
productive activities. If laws and regulations are clear,
accessible, and transparent and, at the same time,
enforceable before the courts, entrepreneurs will feel more
confident to do business with people they don’t know, and
expand their client and supplier network. The gap between
the 18 cities benchmarked is significant. By adopting
existing good practices found across the country in the four
areas measured by this report, Poland would rank 24th out of
189 economies globally, eight positions higher than Poland’s
current ranking according to Doing Business 2015, placing
the country ahead of France and the Netherlands. Promoting
convergence among regions and cities towards the top
performers and thus improving the ease of doing business in
the whole country is a challenge worth taking.