While I can't say whether this is true on a larger scale, you may be interested to learn that Paul Kagame, the ruler of Rwanda, put together a team specifically

While I can't say whether this is true on a larger scale, you may be interested to learn that Paul Kagame, the ruler of Rwanda, put together a team specifically for the purpose of maximizing his country's ranking on the World Bank's ease-of-doing-business index. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/magazine/paul-kagame-rwanda.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/magazine/paul-kagame-rwand...