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The Global Competitiveness Report 2009–2010
is published by the WorldEconomic Forum within the framework of theGlobal Competitiveness Network.
Professor Klaus Schwab
Executive Chairman
Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Chief Advisor of the Global CompetitivenessNetwork
Robert Greenhill
Chief Business Officer
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,
Associate Director,Economist, Global Leadership Fellow
Ciara Browne,
Associate Director
Pearl Samandari,
Community Manager
Eva Trujillo Herrera,
Research Assistant
Carissa Sahli,
CoordinatorWe thank Hope Steele for her superb editingwork and Neil Weinberg for his excellentgraphic design and layout. We are grateful toJoelle Latina for her invaluable researchassistance.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 ona separate and independent basis.
The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 © 2009 World Economic Forum
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