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The Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018
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The Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018


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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Comprehensive
  • Analytical
  • Innovative

Recommendation

Despite global GDP at well below long-run historical averages, the world’s economies are showing signs of revival, growing faster than in the years since the global financial crisis. Yet populations across countries are questioning free markets as a source of economic progress, amid a confluence of globalization issues, economic distortions from technology, and rising wealth and income inequality. The World Economic Forum’s annual report assesses the shifting competitive stature of 137 economies relative to their peers. getAbstract recommends this robust offering to policy experts and executives for its detailed look at the global economy’s growth prospects.

Summary

For national leaders, achieving stronger economic growth is paramount, but they must translate GDP expansion into “human-centric economic progress” that creates shared prosperity across populations. A competitive environment drives productivity and provides the engine for greater, faster and more sustainable output growth that can deliver improvements in education, health care and labor policies. Yet multiple factors associated with a thriving economic trajectory are lagging. Capital investment in many of the advanced economies has stalled; in the United States alone, net business investment, which averaged...

About the Author

Klaus Schwab is the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.


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