Doing Business 2020

Colombia
✓ Starting a business
Colombia made starting a business easier by removing the requirement of 
opening a bank account to obtain the invoice authorization.
✓ Trading across borders
Colombia made trading across borders easier by digitizing the responsibility 
card, one of its required export documents.
✓ Resolving insolvency
Colombia made resolving insolvency easier by increasing the participation 
of creditors in insolvency proceedings.
Congo, Dem. Rep.
✓ Starting a business
The Democratic Republic of Congo made starting a business less expensive 
by reducing the fees for business incorporation.

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✓ Dealing with construction permits
The Democratic Republic of Congo made dealing with construction per-
mits safer by requiring that professionals in charge of plan revisions and 
inspections be members of the newly created National Order of Architects 
and National Order of Engineers, and by introducing legislation enforcing 
inspections during construction.
✓ Paying taxes
The Democratic Republic of Congo made paying taxes less costly by lower-
ing the corporate income tax rate to 30% (from 35%).
Congo, Rep.
✓ Getting credit
The Republic of Congo improved access to credit information by estab-
lishing a framework through the Central African Economic and Monetary 
Community for the licensing and operation of credit bureaus.
Costa Rica
✓ Getting electricity
Costa Rica improved the reliability of electricity supply by repairing the El 
Porvenir substation, installing 1,140 new poles, and implementing a map-
ping program for transformers and meters throughout San José. Costa Rica 
also made getting electricity faster by reducing the time to approve the 
electrical design.
✓ Enforcing contracts
Costa Rica made enforcing contracts easier by adopting a new code of civil 
procedure that introduced pretrial conferences as part of the case manage-
ment techniques in court.