It ranks 45th in the World Bank's index of the ease of doing business, above any African nation bar South Africa and Mauritius.

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He made his name as a basher of burdensome bureaucracy, an issue on which Mr Tusk's government has made only slow progress: Poland is a mid-table laggard in the World Bank's index of business-friendliness.

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Brazil ranks 127 out of 183 countries in the ranking Ease of Doing Business Index by the World Bank.

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In the World Bank's 2010 Logistics Performance Index, it ranks a lowly 75th, well below Thailand, Malaysia and even the Philippines.

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According to Moody's, the average increase in the World Bank's commodity food price index for emerging countries was 3% year-over-year in the past 12 months, when India's index of wholesale food prices rose 10%.

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Similarly, consider the annual Political Corruption Index compiled by the World Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit and World Economic Forum: Egypt is ranked 98th, once again about half-way down a long list of 179 countries, which means it is far less corrupt than such countries as Argentina (105th), Indonesia (110th), Syria (127th), the Philippines (134th), Iran (146th), Russia (154th) and the supposed U.S. role model, Iraq (175th).

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The Global Adaptation Institute, led by former World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub, publishes the Global Adaptation Index, which shows how vulnerable countries are to global warming and how prepared they are to tackle it.

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