Doing Business 2020

Uzbekistan
✓ Protecting minority investors
Uzbekistan strengthened minority investor protections by increasing share-
holders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions, clarifying ownership 
and control structures, and requiring greater corporate transparency.
✓ Paying taxes
Uzbekistan made paying taxes easier by merging the infrastructure tax with 
the corporate income tax.
✓ Trading across borders
Uzbekistan made trading across borders easier by introducing risk-based 
inspections and simplifying import documentary compliance.
✓ Enforcing contracts
Uzbekistan made enforcing contracts easier by introducing a consolidated 
law on voluntary mediation, establishing financial incentives for the parties 
to attempt mediation, and publishing performance measurement reports 
on local commercial courts.
Vietnam
✓ Getting credit
Vietnam improved access to credit information by distributing data from 
retailers.

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✓ Paying taxes
Vietnam made paying taxes easier by upgrading the information technol-
ogy infrastructure used by the General Department of Taxation.
Zambia
✓ Protecting minority investors
Zambia strengthened minority investor protections by increasing share-
holders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions as well as clarifying 
ownership and control structures.
✓ Resolving insolvency
Zambia made resolving insolvency easier by introducing a reorganization 
procedure and granting debtors the possibility of obtaining postcommence-
ment finance.
Zimbabwe
✓ Starting a business
Zimbabwe made starting a business easier by improving online name search 
and by reducing the Harare Municipality business licensing fee.
✓ Dealing with construction permits
Zimbabwe made dealing with construction permits faster by streamlining 
plan approvals.
✓ Registering property
Zimbabwe made property registration easier by reducing the time to trans-
fer property and increased transparency by publishing official statistics on 
land disputes for the previous calendar year.
✓ Getting credit
Zimbabwe strengthened access to credit by giving secured creditors abso-
lute priority during insolvency proceedings.
✓ Resolving insolvency
Zimbabwe made resolving insolvency easier by introducing a new reorgani-
zation procedure, allowing creditors to vote on the reorganization plan, and 
granting debtors the possibility of obtaining postcommencement finance.

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