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Finland comes out on top of this years International Property Rights Index (IPRI). Sweden comes in at a close second. Luxembourg shares 6th place with Denmark and New Zealand. The IPRI is an annual study that compares 130 countries in terms of their protection of property rights both physical and intellectual. According to the index, an effective property rights regime strongly impacts the economic performance of a country. In the introduction of this study, the Arab Spring is showcased as a clear example that an emerging class of entrepreneurs will no longer accept being deprived of their property and business rights. The research outlined in the study revealed that in Tunisia 92 per cent of the population holds its real state extra legally - without formal property...
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