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The Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009
is published by the WorldEconomic Forum within the framework of theGlobal Competitiveness Network.
AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Professor Klaus Schwab
Executive Chairman
Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Chief Adviser of the Global CompetitivenessNetwork
Fiona Paua
Senior Director, Head of Strategic Insight Teams
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS NETWORK
Jennifer Blanke,
Director, Senior Economist,Head of Global Competitiveness Network
Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz,
Director,Senior Economist
Irene Mia,
Director, Senior Economist
Thierry Geiger,
Economist, GlobalLeadership Fellow
Ciara Browne,
Senior Community Manager
Agustina Ciocia,
Community Manager
Eva Trujillo Herrera,
Research Assistant
Patrick McGee,
Research Assistant
Pearl Samandari,
Coordinator
AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Michael Porter
Bishop William Lawrence UniversityProfessor
INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGY AND COMPETITIVENESS
Christian Ketels,
Principal Associate
Richard Bryden,
Director of InformationProducts
Mercedes Delgado,
Institute Fellow andAssistant Professor at Temple UniversityWe thank Hope Steele for her superb editingwork and Ha Nguyen for her excellent graph-ic design 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.
The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 © 2008 World Economic Forum
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