International Reports from The World Economic Forum

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Through its reports and activities the Global Competitiveness Network (GCN) of the World Economic Forum identifies impediments to growth and thereby helps stimulate the development of relevant strategies to achieve sustained economic progress. The GCN team works with leading academics worldwide to ensure latest thinking and research on global competitiveness are incorporated into its reports.

These reports range from global coverage, such as The Global Competitiveness Report, to the regional and topical, such as The Global Information Technology Report and The Arab World Competitiveness Report.

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The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008
Soumitra Dutta and Irene Mia

Covering over 120 economies worldwide, for the seventh consecutive year, The Global Information Technology Report has grown into the world’s most eminent assessment of the impact of information and communication technology on the development and competitiveness of nations.

April 2008 Paperback
978-1-4039-9932-0 £65.00

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The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008
Michael E. Porter , Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Klaus Schwab

"The Global Competitiveness Report is a contribution to enhancing our understanding of the key ingredients of economic growth and prosperity. By highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of an economy, policy-makers and business leaders are provided with a tool to assist them in the formulation of improved economic policies and institutional reforms."
- Professor Klaus Schwab

The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Report evaluates the potential for sustained economic growth of over 130 developed and emerging economies and ranks them accordingly. Since its first release in 1879, the Report has become the most authoritative and comprehensive study of its type. It is produced in collaboration with a distinguished group of international scholars and a global network of over 130 leading national research institutes and business organizations, the Report also showcases the latest thinking and research on issues of immediate relevance for business leaders and policy-makers.

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November 2007 Paperback
978-1-4039-9637-4 £65.00

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International Monetary System, the IMF and the G20
A Great Transformation in the Making?
World Economic Forum

"There could be no better way of remaining abreast of these issues than to ponder these pages."
- John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics

The establishment in 1944 of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank remains one of the most important achievements of international economic cooperation. Over the past six decades, the world has witnessed fundamental political and economic changes which have radically altered the environment in which the world's leading international financial institutions have had to operate. The wave of financial crises during the past decade has contributed to an emerging consensus that the international financial system, and the institutions underpinning it, are in need of reform.

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January 2007 Hardback
978-0-230-52495-8 £55.00

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The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2005
Augusto Lopez-Claros and Klaus Schwab

Through in-depth analysis of regional trends and detailed country profiles, The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2005 assesses the comparative strengths and weaknesses of Arab countries. The Report highlights the prospects for growth in the region and, more importantly, the obstacles to improving competitiveness in the region. It contains essays from prominent academics and development experts on a variety of issues relevant to the Arab world's development agenda. The Report is an indispensable tool for business leaders and investment decision-makers; it is also extensively used as a benchmarking instrument for policy-makers to improve the framework conditions for policy formulation, with a view to improving a country's growth performance.

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March 2005 Paperback

978-1-4039-4801-4 £60.00

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