Global Competitiveness Index | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-18

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Competitiveness_Report


00:01:05 1 Description
00:05:50 2 2018–2019 rankings
00:06:06 3 2017–2018 rankings
00:06:22 4 2016–2017 rankings
00:06:38 5 2015–2016 rankings
00:06:54 6 2014–2015 rankings
00:07:10 7 2013–2014 rankings
00:07:25 8 2012–2013 rankings
00:07:41 9 2011–2012 rankings
00:07:56 10 2010–2011 rankings
00:08:12 11 2009–2010 rankings
00:08:27 12 2008–2009 rankings
00:08:56 13 See also



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The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) is a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum. Since 2004, the Global Competitiveness Report ranks countries based on the Global Competitiveness Index, developed by Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Elsa V. Artadi. Before that, the macroeconomic ranks were based on Jeffrey Sachs's Growth Development Index and the microeconomic ranks were based on Michael Porter's Business Competitiveness Index. The Global Competitiveness Index integrates the macroeconomic and the micro/business aspects of competitiveness into a single index.
The report "assesses the ability of countries to provide high levels of prosperity to their citizens. This in turn depends on how productively a country uses available resources. Therefore, the Global Competitiveness Index measures the set of institutions, policies, and factors that set the sustainable current and medium-term levels of economic prosperity."