Sixteen of the twenty nations at the bottom of the Doing Business index are African.

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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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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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EIU's index measures the relative costs of doing business in 27 economies by compiling statistics relating to wages, costs for expatriate staff, air travel and subsistence, corporation taxes, perceived corruption levels, office and industrial rents, and road transport.

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Doing business in Hawaii is 16% more costly than in the next most expensive state in Milken's index, New York.

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