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The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007
Published 10 April 2007
 United Arab Emirates is the most competitive economy in the Arab world among the countries at the third and most advanced stage of development according to The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007, released today by the World Economic Forum. It is followed by Qatar and Kuwait. Among countries at the second stage of development, Tunisia and Oman are the best performing Arab economies while Egypt is the regional best performer in the third group of countries.
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This year’s report has expanded coverage to 13 Arab economies – Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates. Libya, Oman and Syria are assessed for the first time. Rankings are presented in three country groups according to the stage of development to enable benchmarking against peers in other parts of the world.
Chapters
Competitiveness in the Arab World: Removing Obstacles to Growth
One I Two I Three I Four
Arabic
Enhancing Drivers of Growth in the Arab World
One I Two I Three I Four I Five
Future Competitiveness of the Arab World
Country profiles
Data Tables
Interviews
Tarik Yousef, Co-Author of the Arab World Competitiveness Report
World Economic Forum Senior Economist, Margareta Drzeniek
The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2005
There is growing consensus among prominent leaders in the Arab world
that ambitious and sustained economic and political reforms are the only way to boost the region's growth performance.
The countries of the Arab world vary significantly in their levels of per capita income, the degree of political and economic liberalization
that underpins them, and the structure of the productive apparatus, with
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many being unduly dependent on the energy sector.
However, all must boost job creation and income levels and no one questions the urgent need for all Arab countries to implement policies aimed at enhancing national competitiveness. Helping precipitate a debate on how best this can be done, and in what areas, is the main aim of The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2005.
Failure to act now could have worrisome consequences for the region's economies and for the regimes that sustain them.
Unless countries in the Arab world can ensure gainful employment for their fast-growing populations—particularly the young—the significant political difficulties that are already emerging could worsen, with potentially unfavorable economic and political consequences.
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The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2002-2003
 The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2002-2003 contains an assessment of the conditions, structures and policies that are integral to the region's competitiveness in the global economy.
The Report covers 16 countries, offering country profiles displaying major economic, financial, social and trade data from published sources.
The 16 countries covered are: |
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
The findings of the Report were an instrumental component of discussions at the Global Reconciliation Summit (June 2003, Jordan). Essays in the Report cover issues ranging from structural reforms to demography.
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For more information about the Report please contact gcp@weforum.org.
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