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Capital city
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Kinshasa |
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General government final consumption expenditure > annual % growth
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16.71 %
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[5th of 147]
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DEFINITION: Annual percentage growth of general government final consumption expenditure based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. General government final consumption expenditure (general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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General government final consumption expenditure > constant 2000 US$
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357,569,100 constant 2000 US$
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[106th of 145]
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DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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General government final consumption expenditure > current US$
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588,976,500 $
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[111st of 169]
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DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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12% |
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[51st of 143]
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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8.4 %
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[135th of 174]
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DEFINITION: Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber occupied by women. |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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Secession attempts
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Katanga |
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DEFINITION: Lists groups or areas that have mounted major unilateral secession attempts in selected nations since 1945. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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13
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[32nd of 171]
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DEFINITION: Start-up procedures are those required to start a business, including interactions to obtain necessary permits and licenses and to complete all inscriptions, verifications, and notifications to start operations. Data are for businesses with specific characteristics of ownership, size, and type of production. |
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SOURCE: "State Practice And International Law In Relation to unilateral Secession" by James Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge, 19 February 1997. Available online via the Department of Justice, Canada |
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Status
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transition |
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DEFINITION: Democracy: state in which democratic structures provide for an alternance of power
Pseudo-Democracy: state in which there are democratic structures but without a real chance for an alternance of power
Transition State: a state with a transitional structure
Absolute Monarchy: a one-party state, or a state governed by an absolute monarchy or dictatorship. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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306 days
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[21st of 168]
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DEFINITION: Time required to build a warehouse is the number of calendar days needed to complete the required procedures for building a warehouse. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen. |
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SOURCE: electionworld.org |
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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685 days
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[38th of 171]
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DEFINITION: Time required to enforce a contract is the number of calendar days from the filing of the lawsuit in court until the final determination and, in appropriate cases, payment. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Time required to register property > days
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57 days
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[71st of 167]
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DEFINITION: Time required to register property is the number of calendar days needed for businesses to secure rights to property. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Time required to start a business > days
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155 days
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[5th of 171]
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DEFINITION: Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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312 hours
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[56th of 169]
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DEFINITION: Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Total businesses registered > number
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5,264
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[66th of 71]
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DEFINITION: Total businesses registered. Because of underreporting of firms that have closed or exited, especially in developing countries, the data on total registered firms may be biased upward. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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397
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[92nd of 99]
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DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Trademarks, residents
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312
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[70th of 98]
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DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledged in 2004 to abate tribal, rebel, and militia fighting in the region, including northeast Congo, where the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), organized in 1999, maintains over 16,500 uniformed peacekeepers; members of Uganda's Lords Resistance Army forces continue to seek refuge in Congo's Garamba National Park as peace talks with the Uganda government evolve; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area; Uganda and DROC dispute Rukwanzi island in Lake Albert and other areas on the Semliki River with hydrocarbon potential; boundary commission continues discussions over Congolese-administered triangle of land on the right bank of the Lunkinda river claimed by Zambia near the DROC village of Pweto |
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DEFINITION: This entry includes a wide variety of situations that range from traditional bilateral boundary disputes to unilateral claims of one sort or another. Information regarding disputes over international terrestrial and maritime boundaries has been reviewed by the US Department of State. References to other situations involving borders or frontiers may also be included, such as resource disputes, geopolitical questions, or irredentist issues; however, inclusion does not necessarily constitute official acceptance or recognition by the US Government. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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UN membership date
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20 Sep. 1960 |
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DEFINITION: Date of United Nations Membership |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
United Nations mission
http://www.un.int/drcongo
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/kongidx.htm |
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DEFINITION: United Missions mission or approximate website |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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