Acknowledgments

The World Economic Forum’s System Initiative on Barbados Shaping the Future of Economic Progress is pleased to The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies Don. D. Marshall, Director acknowledge and thank the following organizations as its valued Partner Institutes, without which the realization Belgium Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management of The Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018 would Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Dean and Professor not have been feasible: Soha Saati, Corporate Alliances Manager

Albania Benin Institute for Contemporary Studies (ISB) Institut de Recherche Empirique en Economie Politique Artan Hoxha, President (IREEP) Elira Jorgoni, Senior Expert Horace Gninanfon, Research Assistant Endrit Kapaj, Expert Stéphania Houngan, Research Associate Richard Houessou, Research Associate Algeria Romaric Samson, Research Assistant Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le Léonard Wantchekon, Director Développement (CREAD) Mohamed Yassine Ferfera, Director Bhutan Khaled Menna, Research Fellow Bhutan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) Tshering Lhaden, NTM Desk Officer Argentina Phub Tshering, Secretary General IAE—Universidad Austral Kesang Wangdi, Deputy Secretary General Carlos Marcelo Belloni, Research Analyst Eduardo Fracchia, Director of Academic Department of Bosnia and Herzegovina Economics MIT Center, School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo Armenia Zlatko Lagumdzija, Professor Economy and Values Research Center Zeljko Sain, Executive Director Manuk Hergnyan, Chairman Jasmina Selimovic, Assistant Director Sevak Hovhannisyan, Board Member and Senior Associate Botswana Botswana National Productivity Centre Australian Industry Group Letsogile Batsetswe, Research Consultant and Statistician Colleen Dowling, Senior Research Analyst Baeti Molake, Executive Director Julie Toth, Chief Economist Phumzile Thobokwe, Manager, Information and Research Innes Willox, Chief Executive Services Department Austria Brazil Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Christoph Badelt, Director Center Gerhard Schwarz, Coordinator, Survey Department Carlos Arruda, Professor and Director of the FDC Innovation Azerbaijan and Entrepreneurship Center Azerbaijan Marketing Society Ana Burcharth, Associate Professor Fuad Aliyev, Consultant Arthur Paiva Ramos, Research Assistant Ashraf Hajiyev, Coordinator Brunei Darussalam Bahrain Ease of Doing Business Unit, Energy and Industry Department Bahrain Economic Development Board at the Prime Minister’s Office Khalid Al Rumaihi, Chief Executive University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD) Nada Azmi, Manager, Competitiveness Advocacy Fatema Al Atbi, Junior Officer, Competitiveness Advocacy Bulgaria Center for Economic Development Bangladesh Adriana Daganova, Expert, International Programmes and Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Projects Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Research Director Anelia Damianova, Senior Expert Dr Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Distinguished Fellow Mastura Safayet, Programme Associate

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Burundi Congo, Republic Democratic of Faculty of Economics and Management, Research Centre Congo-Invest Consulting (CIC) for Economic and Social Development (CURDES), National Teza Bila, Managing Director University of Burundi Alphonse Mande, Project Coordinator Ferdinand Bararuzunza, Director of the Centre Croatia Gilbert Niyongabo, Head of Department National Competitiveness Council Léonidas Ndayizeye, Dean of the Faculty Jadranka Gable, Advisor Cambodia Kresimir Jurlin, Research Fellow Nuppun Institute for Economic Research (NUPPUN) Cyprus Chakriya Heng, Administrative Assistant European University of Cyprus Research Center Pisey Khin, Director Bambos Papageorgiou, Head of Socioeconomic & Academic Chanthan Tha, Senior Research Assistant Research Cameroon Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd Comité de Compétitivité (SELPI) Maria Georgiadou, Consultant for Innovation & Lucien Sanzouango, Permanent Secretary Entrepreneurship Guy Yakana, Expert Junior Charis Pouangare, Director of Corporate Banking and SME Samuel Znoumsi, Expert Senior Czech Republic Canada CMC Graduate School of Business The Conference Board of Canada Tomáš Janča, Executive Director Craig Alexander, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist Jessica Edge, Senior Research Associate Denmark Natalie Verania, Administrative and Meeting Coordinator Danish Technological Institute Hanne Shapiro, Innovation Director, Division for Business and Cape Verde Society Center for Applied Statistics and Econometrics Research – Stig Yding Sørensen, Center Director, Center for Business and INOVE Policy Analysis Júlio Delgado, Director Jerónimo Freire, Project Manager Ecuador Frantz Tavares, Chief Executive Officer ESPAE Graduate School of Management, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) Chad Virginia Lasio, Dean Groupe de Recherches Alternatives et de Monitoring du Projet Andrea Samaniego, Project Coordinator Pétrole-Tchad-Cameroun (GRAMP-TC) Sara Wong, Professor Antoine Doudjidingao, Researcher Gilbert Maoundonodji, Director Egypt Celine Nénodji Mbaipeur, Programme Officer The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) Abla Abdel Latif, Executive Director and Director of Research Chile Khaled Wahid, Head of Statistical Department School of Government, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Ignacio Briones, Dean Estonia Julio Guzman, Assistant Professor Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI) Marje Josing, Director Institute of Economic System and Management Enterprise Estonia (EAS) Chen Wei, Division Director and Professor Tanel Rebane, Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre Li Xiaolin, Research Fellow Ethiopia Li Zhenjing, Deputy Director and Professor African Institute of Management, Development and The China Center for Economic Statistics Research, Tianjin Governance University of Finance and Economics Adugna Girma, Operations Manager Bojuan Zhao, Professor Tegegne Teka, Senior Expert Lu Dong, Professor Jian Wang, Associate Professor Finland Hongye Xiao, Professor ETLA—The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy Huazhang Zheng, Associate Professor Markku Kotilainen, Research Director Petri Rouvinen, Research Director Colombia Vesa Vihriälä, Managing Director National Planning Department Santiago Matallana, Director, Private Sector Development Luis Fernando Mejía, Director HEC Paris, HEC Paris Executive Education Sara Rivera, Project Manager Inge Kerkloh-Devif, Executive Director, Global Business Development Colombian Private Council on Competitiveness Armelle Dufour, Project Director, Global Initiatives Rosario Córdoba, President Chloé Hayreaud, Project Manager, Global Business Rafael Puyana, Vice President Development

Gabon Confédération Patronale Gabonaise Alain Ba Oumar, President Regis Loussou Kiki, General Secretary Gina Eyama Ondo, Assistant General Secretary

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Gambia, The Ireland Gambia Economic and Social Development Research Institute Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, (GESDRI) Competitiveness Unit, Strategic Policy Division Makaireh A. Njie, Director John Maher, Senior Policy Analyst

Georgia Ibec, representing Irish Business Business Initiative for Reforms in Georgia Fergal Obrien, Director of Policy and Public Affairs Tamara Janashia, Executive Director Geraldine Anderson, Head of Research Giga Makharadze, Founding Member of the Board of Directors School of Economics, University College Cork Mamuka Tsereteli, Founding Member of the Board of Directors Stephen Brosnan, Research Assistant Eleanor Doyle, Head of School Germany Sean O’Connor, Research Assistant WHU—Otto Beisheim School of Management Ralf Fendel, Professor, Chair of Monetary Economics Israel Michael Frenkel, Professor, Chair of Macroeconomics and Manufacturers Association of Israel (MAI) International Economics Shraga Brosh, President Dan Catarivas, Foreign Trade & International Relations Director Ghana Ruby Ginel, Managing Director Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) James Asare-Adjei, President Italy John Defor, Deputy Director, Policy & Research SDA Bocconi School of Management Seth Twum-Akwaboah, Chief Executive Officer Paola Dubini, Associate Professor, Bocconi University Francesco A. Saviozzi, SDA Professor, Strategic and Greece Entrepreneurial Management Department SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises Michael Mitsopoulos, Senior Advisor, Macroeconomic Analysis Jamaica and European Policy Mona School of Business & Management (MSBM), The Thanasis Printsipas, Associate Advisor, Macroeconomic University of the West Indies Analysis and European Policy Michael Williams, Executive Director (Acting) William Lawrence, Director, Professional Services Unit Guatemala Patricia Douce, Project Administrator, Professional Services FUNDESA Unit Felipe Bosch G., President of the Board of Directors Juan Carlos Zapata, Chief Executive Officer Keio University Haiti Jiro Tamura, Professor of Law, Keio University Group Croissance S.A. Kesner F. Pharel, Chief Executive Officer In cooperation with Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) Hong Kong SAR Hironori Saito, General Manager, Planning & Co-ordination, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Keizai Doyukai Rocky Tung, Senior Economist Jordan Federation of Hong Kong Industries Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation Alexandra Poon, Director Dr. Saleh Al-Kharabsheh, Secretary General Ministry Hungary H.E Imad Najib Fakhoury, Minister of Planning and KOPINT-TÁRKI Economic Research Ltd. International Cooperation Éva Palócz, Chief Executive Officer Basma Suleiman Arabiyat, National Competitiveness Team Peter Vakhal, Project Manager Coordinator

Iceland Kazakhstan Innovation Center Iceland Center for Strategic Initiatives Karl Fridriksson, Managing Director of Human Resources and Olzhas Khudaibergenov, Senior Partner Marketing Darmen Sadvakasov, Senior Partner Tinna Jóhannsdóttir, Marketing Manager Abzal Sagatov, Project Manager Snaebjorn Kristjansson, Operational R&D Manager Kenya Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Paul Kamau, Senior Research Fellow Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General Dorothy McCormick, Research Professor Danish A. Hashim, Director, Economic Research Winnie Mitullah, Director and Associate Research Professor Marut Sen Gupta, Deputy Director General Korea, Republic of Korea Development Institute Center for Industry, SME & Business Competition Studies, Joohoon Kim, Executive Director, Economic Information and University of Trisakti Education Center Ida Busnetty, Vice Director Youngho Jung, Chief, Public Opinion Analysis Unit Tulus Tambunan, Director Jayoung Kim, Senior Research Associate, Public Opinion Analysis Unit Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Kuwait Agriculture, Department of Economic Affairs Kuwait National Competitiveness Committee Hamed Nikraftar, Project Manager Adel Al-Husainan, Committee Member Farnaz Safdari, Research Associate Fahed Al-Rashed, Committee Chairman Homa Sharifi, Research Associate Sayer Al-Sayer, Committee Member

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Kyrgyz Republic Mexico Economic Policy Institute Center for Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness Marat Tazabekov, Chairman Erika Ruiz Manzur, Executive Director René Villarreal Arrambide, President and Chief Executive Lao PDR Tania Guiot, Directot Enterprise & Development Consultants Co., Ltd Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad (IMCO) Latvia Juan E. Pardinas, General Director Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Mariana Tapia, Researcher Arnis Sauka, Head of the Centre for Sustainable Development Ministry of the Economy Lebanon María del Rocío Ruiz Chávez, Undersecretary for Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program Competitiveness and Standardization Fadi Bizri, Managing Director Francisco Javier Anaya Rojas, Technical Secretary for Sandrine Hachem, Programs Manager Competitiveness Daniel Zaga Szenker, Deputy General Director InfoPro, Research Department Moldova Lesotho Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (AESM) Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho Grigore Belostecinic, Rector Institute of Economic Research Nthati Mapitsi, Researcher and European Studies (IERES) Thabo Qhesi, Chief Executive Officer Corneliu Gutu, Director Kutloano Sello, President, Researcher Mongolia Lithuania Open Society Forum (OSF), Mongolia Statistics Lithuania Oyunbadam Davaakhuu, Manager of Economic Policy Ona Grigiene, Deputy Head, Knowledge Economy and Program Special Surveys Statistics Division Erdenejargal Perenlei, Executive Director Vilija Lapeniene, Director General Gediminas Samuolis, Head, Knowledge Economy and Special Montenegro Surveys Statistics Division Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognoses (ISSP) Maja Drakic Grgur, Project Manager Luxembourg Jadranka Kaludjerovic, Program Director Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce Veselin Vukotic, President Carlo Thelen, Chief Economist, Director General Lynn Zoenen, Research Analyst Morocco Ricarda Braun, Research Analyst Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) Meriem Bensalah Cheqroun, President Madagascar Si Mohamed Elkhatib, Project Head, Commission Climat des Centre of Economic Studies, University of Antananarivo Affaires et Partenariat Public Privé Ravelomanana Mamy Raoul, Director Ahmed Rahhou, President, Commission Climat des Affaires et Razato Rarijaona Simon, Executive Secretary Partenariat Public Privé Malawi Mozambique Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and EconPolicy Research Group, Lda. Industry Peter Coughlin, Director Hope Chavula, Head, Public Private Dialogue Mwikali Kieti, Project Coordinator Chancellor L. Kaferapanjira, Chief Executive Officer Namibia Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) Ndeshi Fikameni, Research Associate Zainon Bakar, Director Graham Hopwood, Executive Director Mohd Razali Hussain, Director General Salmi Shigwedha, Research Associate Abdul Latif Abu Seman, Deputy Director General Nepal Mali Competitiveness and Development Institute (CODE) Groupe de Recherche en Economie Appliquée et Théorique Ramesh Chandra Chitrakar, Professor, Country Coordinator (GREAT) and Project Director Massa Coulibaly, Executive Director Menaka Shrestha, Team Member Malta Netherlands Competitive Malta Erasmus Centre for Business Innovation, Erasmus University Matthew Castillo, Board Secretary Henk W. Volberda, Director and Professor Margrith Lütschg-Emmenegger, President New Zealand Mauritania BusinessNZ Mauritania Bicom-Service Commercial Kirk Hope, Chief Executive Oumou El Khairy Youssouf, Administrative Financial Director Ousmane Samb, Technical and Marketing Director Nigeria Habib Sy, Analyst Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Olaoye Jaiyeola, Chief Executive Officer Mauritius Olusegun Omisakin, Head of Research and Board of Investment, Mauritius Information Services Ken Poonoosamy, Managing Director Olajiire Onatade-Abati, Research Analyst Manaesha Fowdar, Senior Investment Executive Business Mauritius Raj Makoond, Chief Executive Officer

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Norway Saudi Arabia Menon Economics Alfaisal University Christian Svane Mellbye, Senior Consultant Mohammed Kafaji, Director of Quality Assurance Erik W Jakobsen, Managing Partner in Menon and Accreditation

Oman National Competitiveness Center (NCC) National Competitiveness Office Ayedh Hadi AlOtaibi, President Tahani Bait Koraa, Director Asem Ali Alforih, Manager of Research and Development

Pakistan Senegal Mishal Pakistan Centre de Recherches Economiques Appliquées (CREA), Puruesh Chaudhary, Director Content University of Dakar Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Director Ndiack Fall, Deputy Director Paraguay Youssou Camara, Administrative Staff Centro de Análisis y Difusión de Economia Paraguaya (CADEP) Serbia Dionisio Borda, Research Member Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN) Fernando Masi, Director Aleksandar Radivojevic, Project Coordinator María Belén Servín, Research Member Svetozar Tanaskovic, Researcher Jelena Zarkovic Rakic, Director Peru Centro de Desarrollo Industrial (CDI), Sociedad Nacional de Singapore Industrias Economic Development Board Néstor Asto, Associate Consultant Thien Kwee Eng, Assistant Managing Director, Planning Maria Elena Baraybar, Project Assistant Cheng Wai San, Director, Research & Statistics Unit Luis Tenorio, Executive Director Teo Xinyu, Executive, Research & Statistics Unit

Philippines Slovak Republic Makati Business Club (MBC) Business Alliance of Slovakia (PAS) Elizabeth A. Bautista, Programs Officer Peter Kremsky, Executive Director Edgar O. Chua, Chairman Slovenia Roxanne V. Lu, Programs and Projects Director Institute for Economic Research Peter Angelo V. Perfecto, Executive Director Peter Stanovnik, Professor Poland Sonja Uršic, Senior Research Assistant Department of Financial Stability, National Bank of Poland University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics Piotr Boguszewski, Advisor Mateja Drnovšek, Professor Dorota Mirowska-Wierzbicka, Economist Jacek Osinski, Director Business Leadership South Africa Portugal Jurgens van Zyl, Infrastructure Manager PROFORUM, Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Bonang Mohale, Chief Executive Officer Engenharia Business Unity South Africa Ilídio António de Ayala Serôdio, President of the Board of Tanya Cohen, Chief Executive Officer Directors Olivier Serrao, Director, Economic Policy Fórum de Administradores de Empresas (FAE) Phila Fakude, Deputy Director, Social Policy Paulo Bandeira, General Director Luis Filipe Pereira, President of the Board of Directors Spain Antonio Ramalho, Member of the Board of Directors IESE Business School, International Center for Competitiveness Qatar Pascual Berrone, Professor Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) María Luisa Blázquez, Research Associate Sarah Abdallah, Deputy General Manager Issa Abdul Salam Abu Issa, Secretary-General Sri Lanka Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) Saman Kelegama, Executive Director Hanan Abdul Rahim, Associate Director Kithmina Hewage, Research Officer Darwish Al-Emadi, Director Vishvanathan Subramaniam, Research Assistant Raymond Carasig, Contracts and Grants Administrator Sweden Romania International University of Entrepreneurship and Technology The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania Association (IUET) Traian Caramanian, Secretary General Thomas Andersson, President Irina Ion, Collaborator In partnership with Deloitte Sweden Daniela Paul, World Economic Forum Project Country Coordinator Switzerland University of St. Gallen, Executive School of Management, Russian Federation Technology and Law (ES-HSG) Eurasia Competitiveness Institute (ECI) Tobias Trütsch, Communications Manager Katerina Marandi, Programme Manager Alexey Prazdnichnykh, Managing Director Taiwan, China National Development Council Rwanda Shien-Quey Kao, Deputy Minister Private Sector Federation (PSF) Chung-Chung Shieh, Researcher, Economic Research Benjamin Gasamagera, Chairman Department Fiona Uwera, Head of Research and Policy Analysis Minghuei Wu, Director, Economic Research Department

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Tajikistan Viet Nam Center of Sociological Research “Zerkalo” Ho Chi Minh Institute for Development Studies (HIDS) Qahramon Baqozoda, Director Tran Anh Tuan, Acting Director Du Phuoc Tan, Head of Urban Management Studies Tanzania Department Policy Research for Development, REPOA Trieu Thanh Son, Deputy Head of Research Management and Cornel Jahari, Assistant Researcher Cooperation Department Blandina Kilama, Senior Researcher Donald Mmari, Executive Director Yemen Yemeni Business Club (YBC) Thailand Fathi Abdulwasa Hayel Saeed, Chairman Chulalongkorn Business School, Chulalongkorn University Ghadeer Ahmed Almaqhafi, Acting Executive Director Pasu Decharin, Dean Siri-on Setamanit, Assistant Dean Zambia Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR), Trinidad and Tobago University of Zambia Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business Patricia Funjika, Research Fellow and Project Coordinator Dr. Balraj Kistow, Lecturer and Programme Director Jolly Kamwanga, Senior Research Fellow and Director Nirmala Maharaj, Director, Internationalisation and Institutional Grayson Koyi, Research Fellow Relations Zimbabwe The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Fulham Economics, Harare Rolph Balgobin, NGC Distinguished Fellow, Department of A. M. Hawkins, Chairman Management Studies Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Tunisia Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprises INCAE Business School, Latin American Center for Ahmed Bouzguenda, President Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS) Majdi Hassen, Executive Counsellor Ronald Arce, Researcher Turkey Enrique Bolaños, President TUSIAD Sabanci University Competitiveness Forum Víctor Umaña, Director Izak Atiyas, Director Liberia and Sierra Leone Sezen Ugurlu, Project Specialist FJP Development and Management Consultants Uganda Omodele R. N. Jones, Chief Executive Officer Kabano Research and Development Centre Robert Apunyo, Program Manager Delius Asiimwe, Executive Director Anna Namboonze, Research Associate

Ukraine CASE Ukraine, Center for Social and Economic Research Dmytro Boyarchuk, Executive Director Vladimir Dubrovskiy, Leading Economist

United Arab Emirates Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority H.E. Abdulla Nasser Lootah, Director General Department of Economic Development—Abu Dhabi, Competitiveness Office of Abu Dhabi H.E. Khaleefa Salem Al Mansouri, Undersecretary Department of Economic Development—Dubai, Competitiveness Office H.E. Khaled Ibrahim Al Kassim, Director of Dubai

Zayed University Mouawiya Al Awad, Director of Institute of Social and Economic Research

United Kingdom LSE Enterprise Ltd Elitsa Garnizova, Project Manager and Researcher Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Senior Researcher

Uruguay Universidad ORT Uruguay Bruno Gili, Professor Isidoro Hodara, Professor

Venezuela CONAPRI—The Venezuelan Council for Investment Promotion Litsay Guerrero, Economic Affairs and Investor Services Manager Eduardo Porcarelli, Executive Director

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