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Central America and the Caribbean > Antigua and Barbuda > Government

ANTIGUAN-BARBUDAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Capital city Saint John's (Antigua)
Political pressure groups and leaders
Antigua Trades and Labor Union or ATLU [William ROBINSON]; People's Democratic Movement or PDM [Hugh MARSHALL]
Prime minister Baldwin Spencer
Procedures to build a warehouse > number 12 ... [147th of 168]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number 48 ... [26th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number 5 ... [113rd of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 10.5 % ... [118th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 7 ... [129th of 171]
Status
democracy
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days 139 days ... [126th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days 297 days ... [139th of 171]
Time required to register property > days 26 days ... [123rd of 167]
Time required to start a business > days 21 days ... [127th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 528 hours ... [27th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years 3 years ... [72nd of 151]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International none
UN membership date 11 Nov. 1981
United Nations mission
Http://www.un.int/antigua>Http://www.un.int/antigua>Http://www.un.int/antigua
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood Wesley Heights

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Prime minister ; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Antigua and Barbuda, antigua, Antigua-Barbuda

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