The Global Competitiveness Report series has since its first edition aimed to prompt policy-makers beyond short term growth and to aim for long-run prosperity. The 2020 special edition is dedicated to elaborating on the priorities for recovery and revival, and considering the building blocks of a transformation towards new economic systems that ...
Economic migration often has considerable benefits for both origin and destination countries. It is “the most effective way to reduce poverty and share prosperity”, according to a World Bank report, 3 and can support economic growth by helping address labour shortages in destination countries. While most cross-border migration takes place between low- and middle-income countries, 83% of ...
At a Glance: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2019 Rankings. Chapter 1: Global Findings. Chapter 2: Regional and Country Analysis. Chapter 3: Competitiveness, Equality and Sustainability—The Way Forward. Appendix A: The Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 Methodology and Technical Notes. Appendix B: The Executive Opinion Survey: The Voice of ...
The Global Competitiveness Report Special Edition 2020 series has, since its first edition, aimed to move focus beyond the growth-only paradigm and has been central at pointing out the need for public-private collaboration.The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) contained in the report has continued to evolve along with the latest economic thinking, the needs of society and technological ...
Therefore, in 2020 the long-standing Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) rankings have been paused. Instead, this special edition is dedicated to elaborating on the priorities for recovery and revival, and considering the building blocks of a transformation towards new economic systems that combine “productivity”, “people” and “planet ...
We want to express our gratitude to the core project team involved in the production of this report: Roberto Crotti and Kusum Kali Pal, as well as their colleagues who supported the development of the new concepts for future transformation: Silja Baller, Sophie Brown, Attilio di Battista, Guillaume Hingel, and Vesselina Stefanova Ratcheva.
Although six economies (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Mauritius and Eswatini) have closed 99% of this gap, 8 economies have yet to close more than 20% of this gap, and gender disparities in education of over 30% remain in Guinea (68%), Congo, Dep Rep. (65.8%) and Chad (58.9%).
On the other side of the spectrum, three countries have already achieved parity in education (Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia), and four have closed more than 98% of their gaps. Gender differences in education remain particularly large beyond elementary school.
The World Economic Forum’s Centre for the New Economy and Society is pleased to acknowledge and thank the following organizations as its valued Partner Institutes, without which the realization of The Global Competitiveness Report Special Edition 2020 would not have been feasible:
41. This can be achieved either in a more direct way, banning open market repurchases altogether (as proposed by the recent “Reward Work Act”) or more mildly, by introducing closer supervision by stock market authorities (e.g. S.E.C.) with the possibility of charging companies that are found to manipulate the stock’s price (for more details on this, see for instance https://www.nytimes ...
This results in a subindex ranking where Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia are the highest-ranked countries, with Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chad at the bottom. In terms of Health and Survival, Sub-Saharan Africa has closed 97.1% of its gender gap, the third-highest regional score, just behind Latin America and the Caribbean and ...
MTN is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, and listed on the JSE Securities Exchange under share code MTN. MTN has 232 million mobile subscribers and 20 million mobile money subscribers throughout operations in Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, the Republic of Guinea, Iran, Liberia, ...