Doing Business 2020

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Summaries of 
Doing Business
reforms in 2018/19
Kosovo
✓
 Dealing with construction permits
Kosovo made dealing with construction permits easier by eliminating the 
requirement to notify the municipal authority
 of the start of construction 
and receive a location inspection.
✓
 Getting electricity
Kosovo improved the reliability of power supply by investing in grid infra-
structure and by implementing a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition 
(SCADA) automatic energy management system for outage monitoring 
and the restoration of service.
✓
 Protecting minority investors
Kosovo strengthened minority investor protections by requiring greater 
disclosure of transactions with interested parties, extending access to cor-
porate information before trial, clarifying ownership and control structures, 
and requiring greater corporate transparency.
✓
 Enforcing contracts
Kosovo made enforcing contracts easier by introducing a consolidated law 
on voluntary mediation.
Kuwait
✓
 Starting a business
Kuwait made starting a business easier by merging procedures to obtain a 
commercial license and streamlining online company registration.
✓
 Dealing with construction permits
Kuwait made dealing with construction permits easier by streamlining its 
permitting process, integrating additional authorities to its electronic per-
mitting platform, enhancing interagency communication, and reducing the 
time to obtain a construction permit.
✓
 Getting electricity
Kuwait made getting electricity easier by digitizing the application process, 
streamlining connection works and meter installations, and using a geo-
graphic information system to review connection requests.
✓