The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005 CD-Rom
Results of the Executive Opinion Survey 2004
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 18. March 2005
Software
CD-ROM
256 pages
978-1-4039-4966-0 (ISBN)
Description
This CD-ROM provides the results of the World Economic Forum's Executive Opinion Survey 2004 for 104 economies featured in The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005 . The survey, which captures the expert opinions of business leaders and entrepreneurs on their current perceptions of the business environment in which they work, is an integral component of the Growth Competitiveness Index and Business Competitiveness Index of the Report. The user-friendly filtering mechanism allows users to customize their data search by country or region, data variable or category. Results can be displayed by rank or score in a table or graph format.
More details
Edition
2005
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
256 p. CD-ROM with additional online information.
Dimensions
Height: 12.4 cm
Width: 12.4 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-4966-0 (9781403949660)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Preface; K.Schwab Executive Summary; A.Lopez-Claros PART 1: THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEXES The Growth Competitiveness Index: Assessing Countries' Potential for Sustained Economic Growth; J.Blanke & A.Lopez-Claros Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index; M.E.Porter The Global Competitiveness Index; X.Sala-i-Martin & E.V.Artadi PART 2: SELECTED ISSUES OF COMPETITIVENESS Corruption, Governance and Security: Challenges for the Rich Countries and the World; D.Kaufmann The Competitive Edge in Environmental Responsibility; A.Dahl Chile: The Next Stage of Development; A.Lopez-Claros The Future of Competitiveness Enhancing Reforms in Latin America; M.Blejer International Productivity Comparisons: The Importance of Hours of Work; A.M.Warner PART 3: SPECIAL TOPICS A Glimpse of 2020; R.Cooper Confronting Long-Term Fiscal Challenges: Why it Matters for the Global Economy; P.Heller Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: An Agenda for Reform; S.Tangermann Can Foreign Aid Make Poor Countries Competitive? W.Easterly PART 4: COUNTRY PROFILES AND DATA PRESENTATION Capturing the State of Country Competitiveness with the Executive Opinion Survey; J.Blanke & E.Loades Country Profiles How Country Profiles Work Data Tables How Data Tables Work Technical Notes and Sources About the Authors Acknowledgement