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Capital city
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Brazzaville |
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Corruption
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2.3 |
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[131st of 160]
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political parties > Dominant party
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Political parties and leaders
Democratic and Patriotic Forces or FDP [Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO, president] (an alliance of Convention for Alternative Democracy, Congolese Labor Party or PCT, Liberal Republican Party, National Union for Democracy and Progress, Patriotic Union for the National Reconstruction, and Union for the National Renewal); Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development or MCDDI [Michel MAMPOUYA]; Pan-African Union for Social Development or UPADS [Martin MBERI]; Rally for Democracy and Social Progress or RDPS [Jean-Pierre Thystere TCHICAYA, president]; Rally for Democracy and the Republic or RDR [Raymond Damasge NGOLLO]; Union for Democracy and Republic or UDR; Union of Democratic Forces or UFD [Sebastian EBAO]; many less important parties |
Political pressure groups and leaders
Congolese Trade Union Congress or CSC; General Union of Congolese Pupils and Students or UGEEC; Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women or URFC; Union of Congolese Socialist Youth or UJSC |
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Prime minister
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Isidore Mvouba |
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Procedures to build a warehouse > number
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15
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[106th of 168]
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Procedures to enforce a contract > number
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47
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[27th of 170]
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Procedures to register property > number
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7
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[50th of 167]
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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8.5 %
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[133rd of 174]
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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8
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[108th of 171]
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Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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175 days
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[92nd of 168]
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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560 days
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[67th of 171]
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Time required to register property > days
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137 days
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[29th of 167]
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Time required to start a business > days
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71 days
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[28th of 171]
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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576 hours
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[21st of 169]
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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3 years
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[71st of 151]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Congo hosts about 63,000 refugees from neighboring states, primarily from the Pool border area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Democratic Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area |
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
Crestwood |
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