8 October 2008
Tunis — The World Economic Forum's 2008-2009 Global Competitiveness Report ranks Tunisia 36th in the world and 1st country in Africa and the Maghreb region.
With this new ranking, Tunisia precedes European countries such as Portugal (43), Italy (49), the Russian Federation (51) and Greece (67); it also does better than Bahrein, (37), Oman (38), South Africa (45) Jordan (48), Morocco (73), Syria (78) and Egypt (81). It ties Kuwait as number 4 in the Arab world as a whole.
The Report is based on 12 pillars of competitiveness which include: Institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, health and primary education, higher education and training, goods market efficiency, labor market efficiency, financial market sophistication, technological readiness, market size, business sophistication and innovation.
On Tunisia's competitive edge in the Maghreb and in Africa, the Report writes that "Tunisia tops rankings among North African countries. The country's institutions are one of its major competitive advantages. They rest on fairly transparent and trustworthy relations between the government and civil society as expressed in the high public trust of politicians (16 th), a favourable assessment of the efficiency of government spending (2nd), and the transparent policies (15 th), as well as limited favouritism on the part of government officials (14 th). A well functioning health and education system, as well as sound levels of domestic competition (34 th), and a strong innovative capacity (27 th), round out the positive picture."
The Report ranks the United States first, followed by Switzerland and Demark, while Chad is last (134).The results of the report were presented on Wednesday at the Arab Institute of Heads of Enterprises in Tunis.
Full report: http://www.weforum.org/documents/GCR0809/index.html
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