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Caroline Galvan
Caroline Galvan, Senior Manager, Economist, Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Network, World Economic Forum
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Africa
What are the 10 most competitive economies in sub-Saharan Africa?
Despite growth averaging more than 5% a year since the turn of the century, sub-Saharan Africa’s economies remain largely noncompetitive: only three of the region’s countries – Mauritius ...
Africa
Why talent is key to unlocking Africa’s competitiveness
Sub-Saharan Africa continues its solid performance, set to grow at 4.4% in 2014, second to emerging and developing Asia, bearing witness to the region’s economic potential. However, Afric...
Competitiveness
How can Europe raise its competitiveness?
Eight years since the onset of the financial crisis, Europe is still struggling to reignite its growth engine: while growth in the European Union is projected to pick up this year to 1.8%...
The top 10 most competitive economies in Europe
European countries continue to dominate the overall rankings in the Global Competitiveness Index, accounting for six of the top 10 and 10 of the top 20. These economies, all from the nort...
Africa
For which global risks is sub-Saharan Africa least prepared?
For 10 years, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks report series has looked at global risks and their potential manifestation on a global scale. Efforts to respond to global risks, how...
Africa
Top 10 most competitive economies in sub-Saharan Africa
The sub-Saharan African region has provided something of a silver lining in an otherwise broadly felt global economic downturn in recent years, according to the latest edition of the Worl...
Top 10 economías más competitivas de Europa
La edición 2014 del Informe de Competitividad de Europa 2020, publicado esta semana, muestra el progreso de Europa respecto a su agenda de competitividad. El informe incluye un índice que...
Competitiveness
Europe’s top 10 most competitive economies
The 2014 edition of the The Europe 2020 Competitiveness Report, published this week, tracks Europe’s progress on its competitiveness agenda. The report includes an index which ranks the c...