-10 SINGAPORE NEW ZEALAND IRELAND UNITED STATES HONG KONG SAR, CHINA UNITED KINGDOM CANADA NORWAY DENMARK FINLAND AUSTRALIA SWEDEN ICELAND JAPAN KOREA, REP. GERMANY AUSTRIA NETHERLANDS BELGIUM ESTONIA SWITZERLAND MALAYSIA LITHUANIA SOUTH AFRICA ISRAEL SPAIN LATVIA PUERTO RICO (U.S.) TAIWAN, CHINA SLOVAK REPUBLIC THAILAND PORTUGAL ST. LUCIA CHILE FIJI TONGA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA MAURITIUS ITALY NAMIBIA DOMINICA FRANCE HUNGARY MEXICO BOTSWANA BELIZE GRENADA PANAMA BULGARIA JAMAICA OMAN MONGOLIA ROMANIA PERU ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SAUDI ARABIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SLOVENIA KUWAIT TUNISIA SAMOA VANUATU TURKEY ARMENIA POLAND CZECH REPUBLIC ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO PAKISTAN MALDIVES MACEDONIA, FYR KENYA KIRIBATI MOLDOVA GUYANA SEYCHELLES GHANA NEPAL VIETNAM COLOMBIA SRI LANKA PAPUA NEW GUINEA LEBANON ZAMBIA GREECE SOLOMON ISLANDS EL SALVADOR SWAZILAND PALAU
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GEORGIA RWANDA BELARUS BURKINA FASO MACEDONIA, FYR EGYPT, ARAB REP. COLOMBIA KYRGYZ REPUBLIC SAUDI ARABIA MALI CHINA SIERRA LEONE AZERBAIJAN GUINEA-BISSAU SENEGAL CROATIA TAJIKISTAN YEMEN, REP. KAZAKHSTAN MADAGASCAR ANGOLA INDIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION MOROCCO NIGER GUATEMALA GHANA CÔTE D’IVOIRE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC PERU MOZAMBIQUE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BURUNDI MEXICO FRANCE EQUATORIAL GUINEA NIGERIA MAURITIUS CZECH REPUBLIC SOLOMON ISLANDS TIMOR-LESTE ALBANIA CAMBODIA ARMENIA SLOVENIA INDONESIA JORDAN LATVIA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE LAO PDR MAURITANIA THAILAND SERBIA TOGO PORTUGAL CAMEROON URUGUAY TUNISIA UKRAINE BENIN AFGHANISTAN CAPE VERDE BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA KOREA, REP. VANUATU ZAMBIA ETHIOPIA PARAGUAY BHUTAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES HONDURAS MALAYSIA MOLDOVA UZBEKISTAN POLAND NICARAGUA UGANDA BULGARIA MALAWI HONG KONG SAR, CHINA VIETNAM ROMANIA MALDIVES TAIWAN, CHINA BANGLADESH CONGO, DEM. REP. LEBANON CHAD
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FIGURE 1.9 In the past 6 years 163 economies moved closer to the frontier in regulatory practice Distance to frontier, 2005 and 2011
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