29 Realising Australias uranium potential would not only be good for Australia it would be good for Australias major trading partners too Deepening trade relationships would stimulate additional trade in other areas and promote greater economic cooperation and cultural understanding between nations Increased trade stimulates economic prosperity and reduces poverty The provision of an affordable reliable lowemission energy source contributes to improved living standards in those economies that wish to industrialise rapidly The frst column of table 11 shows the latest Economic F reedom of the W orld Index scores calculated by the F raser Institute This index purports to measure personal choice protection of private property and freedom of exchange and ranges from zero lowest to 10 highest Australia scores very highly behind Canada and the United States Kazakhstan also scores highly on this measure while the other top 10 uranium producers score well behind Australia The second and third and columns show P olitical Rights and Civil Rights scores calculated by F reedom House and reported in their F reedom in the W orld report The scores are from 1 most free to 7 least free Here A u s t r a l i a Canada and the United States perform very well compared to say Kazakhstan The fourth column shows the Doing Business summary score calculated by the W orld Bank This index measures objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement ranging from zero low to 100 high Again Australia Canada and the United States score very highly on this measure compared to the other top 10 uranium producers Columns 5 6 and 7 show measures taken from the F raser Institutes Annual Survey of Mining Companies Data for Australia are shown frst for the Northern T erritory and then South Australia Canadian data are for Saskatchewan and US data are for Utah Economic freedom 2012 P olitical rights Civil rights Doing business Investment attractiveness P olicy perception Best practices mineral potential Kazakhstan 700 6 5 6459 494 4239 054 Canada 800 1 1 7909 836 8965 080 Australia 772 1 1 8066 685751 69217609 068075 Niger 570 3 4 4763 365 4179 033 Namibia 650 2 2 6281 724 7525 071 Russian F ed 665 6 6 6666 530 3049 068 Uzbekistan na 7 7 5426 na na na United States 781 1 1 8198 764 8000 074 China 639 7 6 6258 398 2073 053 Malawi 601 3 4 4920 na na na T able 11 Institutional features of top 10 uranium producers Source Economic Freedom Report Freedom in the World Report Doing Business Repo rt Fraser Institiute F or Australia NTSA