It's a pretty hefty read at 500 and odd pages. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2010-11.pdf If anyone with more patience than me can wade through it and come up with a few gems, it may be interesting :/ Australia's on page 84.
Key indicators, 2009 Population (millions).................................................21.3 GDP (US$ billions)...................................................997.2 GDP per capita (US$) ...........................................45,587 GDP (PPP) as share (%) of world total .................1.17 The most problematic factors for doing business Access to financing......................................................17.1 Restrictive labor regulations.......................................13.1 Tax rates .........................................................................12.0 Inadequate supply of infrastructure ..........................11.7 Inefficient government bureaucracy.........................11.1 Tax regulations ..............................................................10.2 Inadequately educated workforce...............................8.3 Policy instability...............................................................6.2 Inflation .............................................................................3.9 Poor work ethic in national labor force ......................3.5 Foreign currency regulations........................................1.2 Crime and theft ................................................................0.8 Corruption.........................................................................0.5 Poor public health...........................................................0.5 Government instability/coups .......................................0.0 Note: From a list of 15 factors, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between 1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their rankings. that's interesting info actually...
