NationMaster - Gabonese Government statistics

Capital city	Libreville
Corruption	2.9		[91st of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female	8%		[88th of 143]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number	32	...	[89th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number	8	...	[27th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	9.2 %	...	[128th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	10	...	[58th of 171]
Status	pseudo-democracy
Suffrage 21 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days	268 days	...	[39th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	880 days	...	[19th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	60 days	...	[68th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	60 days	...	[37th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	272 hours	...	[69th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	5 years	...	[22nd of 151]
Total businesses registered > number	934	...	[71st of 71]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International UN urges Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane Island and lesser islands and to establish a maritime boundary in hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay
UN membership date	20 Sep. 1960
United Nations mission http://mirror.undp.org/gabon/
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood	Kalorama Heights

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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; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

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