Partner Institutes v
Preface xi
by Klaus Schwab
Part 1: The Competitiveness Indexes 1
1.1 The Global Competitiveness Index: 3
Prioritizing the Economic Policy Agenda
by Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Jennifer Blanke, Margareta Drzeniek
Hanouz, Thierry Geiger, Irene Mia, and Fiona Paua
1.2 Moving to a New Global Competitiveness Index 43
by Michael E. Porter, Mercedes Delgado, Christian Ketels,
and Scott Stern
Part 2: Country/Economy Profiles and 65
Data Presentation
2.1 The Executive Opinion Survey: 67
The Voice of the Business Community
by Ciara Browne, Richard Bryden, Mercedes Delgado,
and Thierry Geiger
2.2 Country/Economy Profiles 79
How to Read the Country/Economy Profiles ................................81
List of Countries/Economies .........................................................83
Country/Economy Profiles .............................................................84
2.3 Data Tables 353
How to Read the Data Tables......................................................355
Index of Data Tables ....................................................................357
Data Tables ..................................................................................359
Technical Notes and Sources 493
About the Authors 497
Acknowledgments 500
The Global