Doing Business (http://www.doingbusiness.org/) is a publication by the World Bank. It provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 181 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. Reports can downloaded for free. The four key areas are Starting a Business, Dealing with Licenses, Registering Property, and Enforcing Contracts.
Thanks for the reference. Ever increasing labrythine regulatory compliance is a huge burden on business and friction to commerce.