Doing Business 2020

Equatorial Guinea
✓ Starting a business
Equatorial Guinea made starting a business less expensive by reducing reg-
istration fees.
✓ Getting credit
Equatorial Guinea improved access to credit information by establish-
ing a framework through the Central African Economic and Monetary 
Community for the licensing and operation of credit bureaus.
Eswatini
✓ Starting a business
Eswatini made starting a business easier by introducing free online services 
for name reservation and business registration.
✓ Dealing with construction permits
Eswatini increased the transparency of dealing with construction per-
mits by publishing—online and free of charge—regulations related to 
construction.
✓ Getting electricity
Eswatini made getting electricity faster by increasing the availability of 
materials for external connections works.
✓ Registering property
Eswatini improved the quality of its land administration system by pub-
lishing the fee schedule, official service standards, and court statistics on 
land disputes for the previous calendar year. Eswatini also made property 
registration more expensive by increasing the stamp duty for property 
transfers.
Ethiopia
✓ Dealing with construction permits
Ethiopia improved building quality control by mandating a final inspection 
once construction is completed and strengthening qualification require-
ments for construction professionals.

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✓ Registering property
Ethiopia improved the quality of its land administration system by publish-
ing the official list of documents required for property registration as well 
as statistics on the number of transactions for the previous calendar year 
and the service standard for delivering a legally binding document.