The best and worst places in the world to do business

China advances while UK falls to ninth place in the latest World Bank ease of business ranking

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New Zealand has once again nabbed the top spot in a World Bank report on the ease of doing business around the world.

After being overtaken by Georgia and Norway, the UK is the ninth easiest country in the world to do business, falling from seventh place last year. The US also fell two spots, dropping to eighth this year.

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