NationMaster - Gambian Government statistics

Capital city	Banjul
Corruption	2.7		[103rd of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female	2%		[133rd of 143]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number	26	...	[122nd of 170]
Procedures to register property > number	5	...	[114th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	13.2 %	...	[94th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	8	...	[112nd of 171]
Status	pseudo-democracy
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days	145 days	...	[117th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	247 days	...	[150th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	371 days	...	[7th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	27 days	...	[111st of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	376 hours	...	[44th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	3 years	...	[68th of 151]
Trademarks, nonresidents	205	...	[74th of 99]
Trademarks, residents	2	...	[75th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International attempts to stem refugees, cross-border raids, arms smuggling, and other illegal activities by separatists from southern Senegal's Casamance region, as well as from conflicts in other west African states
UN membership date	21 Sep. 1965
United Nations mission http://www.gambia.com/

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gambia, The, Republic of The Gambia, The Gambia, gambia

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