The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007
is published by the World EconomicForum within the framework of the GlobalCompetitiveness Network.
Professor Klaus Schwab,
Executive Chairman
EDITORS
Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz,
Senior Economist,World Economic Forum
Sherif El Diwany,
Director, Head of Middle East,World Economic Forum
Tarik Yousef,
Dean, Dubai School of Government
FROM THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM:GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS NETWORK
Fiona Paua,
Senior Adviser
Jennifer Blanke,
Senior Economist
Ciara Browne,
Senior Community Manager
Thierry Geiger,
Economist
Irene Mia,
Senior Economist
Aviva Rajczyk,
Team Coordinator
MIDDLE EAST TEAM
Nadia Boulifa,
Manager, Middle East & North Africa
Daniel Davies,
Associate Director
Sofiane Khatib,
Global Leadership Fellow
Karim Sehnaoui,
Global Leadership Fellow
AFRICA TEAM
Stéphane Oertel,
Global Leadership Fellow
FROM THE DUBAI SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT:
Paul Dyer,
Research AssociateWe thank Hope Steele for her superb editingwork and Ha Nguyen for her excellent graphicdesign and layout.The terms
country
and
nation
as used in thisreport do not in all cases refer to a territorialentity that is a state as understood by inter-national law and practice. The terms coverwell-defined, geographically self-containedeconomic areas that may not be states butfor which statistical data are maintained on aseparate and independent basis.World Economic ForumGenevaCopyright © 2007by the World Economic ForumPublished by World Economic Forumwww.weforum.orgAll rights reserved. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced, stored in a retrievalsystem, or transmitted, in any form or by anymeans, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,or otherwise without the prior permission ofthe World Economic Forum.ISBN-13: 978-92-95044-02-9
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