Some conclusions can be drawn from this matrix. First, it is pos-sible to observe that the richest countries are the ones that have the most transparent business environment. Second, the countries that proportionally, as a share of GDP, have less trade internationally are those with the highest level of briberies and the greatest difficulty of doing business. High income and OECD high income countries are the most welcoming and transparent regions to do business, fol-lowed by Eastern Europe and Central Asia (the world’s second best region for doing business) and Latin America and Caribbean (the world’s second non-corruptive environment for doing business). Although there is a clear linear negative relation between ease of doing business and bribery, only when we do an analysis at the country level can we see that the averages obscure big differences among countries within the same economic area