[D66] Global Competitiveness - World Economic Forum (WEF)

[Henk Elegeert]

Global Competitiveness<http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-competitiveness>

Introduction

The World Economic Forum’s Centre for Global Competitiveness and
Performance through its Global Competitiveness Report and report series,
aims to mirror the business operating environment and competitiveness of
over 140 economies worldwide. The report series identify advantages as well
as impediments to national growth thereby offering a unique benchmarking
tool to the public and private sectors as well as academia and civil
society.The Centre works with a network of Partner Institutes as well as
leading academics worldwide to ensure the latest thinking and research on
global competitiveness are incorporated into its reports.


[image: The Global Competitiveness Report
2010-2012]<http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-2011-2012/>
*The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012*, comes out amid multiple
challenges to the global economy and a continuing shift in the balance of
economic activity away from advanced economies and toward emerging markets.
Policymakers are struggling to find ways to manage the present economic
challenges while preparing their economies to perform well in an
increasingly complex global landscape and the report offers a unique tool
in addressing some key issues.

This year’s report findings show that Switzerland tops the overall
rankings. Singapore overtakes Sweden for second position. Northern and
Western European countries dominate the top 10 with Sweden (3rd), Finland
(4th), Germany (6th), the Netherlands (7th), Denmark (8th) and the United
Kingdom (10th). Japan remains the second-ranked Asian economy at 9th place,
despite falling three places since last year.

[image: The Global Competitiveness Report
2011-2012]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/6052249549/>
*Quick access*

Links

   - Full Report (PDF)<http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GCR_Report_2011-12.pdf>
   - Country Highlights
(PDF)<http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GCR_CountryProfilHighlights_2011-12.pdf>
   - Full Rankings
(PDF)<http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GCR_CompetitivenessIndexRanking_2011-12.pdf>
   - Full Rankings
(Excel)<http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GCR_GCI_Rankings_2011-12.xlsx>
   - Browse the
Report<http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-2011-2012/>
   - Public Data
Explorer<http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z6409butolt8la_&ctype=c&strail=false&nselm=s&met_y=gci&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&idim=country:AUS:BOL:BFA:CHE:TUR:BHR:TTO:CMR&ifdim=country&tunit=Y&pit=1315346400000&hl=en&dl=en&icfg&uniSize=0.007912824202673797&iconSize=0.5>
   - View the Data Analyser <http://gcr.weforum.org/gcr2011/>
   - Partner Institutes<http://www.weforum.org/content/pages/partner-institutes>

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