The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005 CD-Rom

Preface; K.Schwab Executive Summary; A.Lopez-Claros PART 1: THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEXES The Growth Competitiveness Index: Assessing Countries' Potential for Sustained Economic Growth; J.Blanke & A.Lopez-Claros Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index; M.E.Porter The Global Competitiveness Index; X.Sala-i-Martin & E.V.Artadi PART 2: SELECTED ISSUES OF COMPETITIVENESS Corruption, Governance and Security: Challenges for the Rich Countries and the World; D.Kaufmann The Competitive Edge in Environmental Responsibility; A.Dahl Chile: The Next Stage of Development; A.Lopez-Claros The Future of Competitiveness Enhancing Reforms in Latin America; M.Blejer International Productivity Comparisons: The Importance of Hours of Work; A.M.Warner PART 3: SPECIAL TOPICS A Glimpse of 2020; R.Cooper Confronting Long-Term Fiscal Challenges: Why it Matters for the Global Economy; P.Heller Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: An Agenda for Reform; S.Tangermann Can Foreign Aid Make Poor Countries Competitive? W.Easterly PART 4: COUNTRY PROFILES AND DATA PRESENTATION Capturing the State of Country Competitiveness with the Executive Opinion Survey; J.Blanke & E.Loades Country Profiles How Country Profiles Work Data Tables How Data Tables Work Technical Notes and Sources About the Authors Acknowledgement