Doing Business sheds light on how easyor difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and runa small to medium-size business when complying with relevantregulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulationsaffecting 10 areas in the life cycle of a business: startinga business, dealing with construction permits, gettingelectricity, registering property, getting credit,protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders,enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. In a series ofannual reports Doing Business presents quantitativeindicators on business regulations and the protection ofproperty rights that can be compared across 183 economies,from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, over time. This economyprofile presents the Doing Business indicators for Congo,Democratic Republic of. To allow useful comparison, it alsoprovides data for other selected economies (comparatoreconomies) for each indicator. The data in this report arecurrent as of June 1, 2011 (except for the paying taxesindicators, which cover the period January- December 2010).The data not only highlight the extent of obstacles to doingbusiness; they also help identify the source of thoseobstacles, supporting policy makers in designing regulatory reform.