The World Bank has published its most recent report on business in 2005. "Doing Business 2005" (160 pages, USD 35, ISN 0-8213-5748-4) is a report that draws up balance sheet on the "investment climate" in the majority of countries in the world. 145 countries are listed according to 7 regulatory criteria: business start-ups, hiring and firing workers, enforcing contracts, getting credit and closing a business, registering a company and protecting investors. According to the report: 1)...