Doing Business 2008 report comes out in two weeks, in the meantime have a look at these

Allianz's competitiveness report ranks 17 countries + the Euro area for competitiveness. The publication measures economic performance, growth, and the rigidity of labor and product market regulations and includes selected emerging markets.  Interestingly, Russia placed above India.

From the Cato Institute comes the annual Economic Freedom Report. It uses 42 measures such as voluntary exchange of goods and services, freedom to compete, and security of privately owned property and ranks countries on how well their policies encourage - yes you guessed it - economic freedom. This year's index comes with an interactive map and includes elements based on our Doing Business database.