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The Global Competitiveness Reportand
Evaluation of Mongolia’s Position
Kerry Jaggi and Emma Loades World Economic Forum
13 October 2005
Copyright 2004. All rights reserved
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1. Overview of the Global Competitiveness Programme
2. The Global Competitiveness Report
3. Definition of Competitiveness
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
5. Business Competitiveness Index
6. Global Competitiveness Index
7. Conclusions
Outline
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Flagship product: Global Competitiveness Report
Launched in 1979 covering 16 countries
The Report has since expanded its coverage from 104 economies in 2004 to 117 in 2005
2005 marks our 26th anniversary of measuring competitiveness
1. Global Competitiveness Programme
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Regional and special topic reports in the past year
This year:Gender Gap StudyGlobal Information Technology Report 2005-2006South-East Europe Competitiveness Report 2005-2006
1. Global Competitiveness Programme
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2. The Global Competitiveness Report
Evaluates the potential for sustained economic growth of 117
economies worldwide and ranks them accordingly
Assesses the comparative strengths and weaknesses of the
major economies of the world
Is the world’s leading global monitor of the competitive condition
of economies
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2. The Global Competitiveness Report
Launched by Professor Klaus Schwab in 1979,
covering 16 economies
In collaboration with Professor Michael E. Porter and the
Harvard Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness
122 national academic/research institutes and business
organizations worldwide
Geographic coverage of 117 economies in 2005
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2. The Global Competitiveness Report
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3. Definition of Competitiveness
In the Global Competitiveness Report:
Competitiveness is defined as
An economy’s propensity to attain sustained economic
growth in the medium to long term (over the coming 5 to 8
years)
Competitiveness is not
A country’s share of the world market for its products
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Why is it important?
Competitiveness leads to growth
Few things matter more for the welfare of a country’s citizens
than the aggregate growth rate of the economy
The challenge is to create the conditions for rapid and
sustained economic growth
3. Definition of Competitiveness
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The three determinants of competitiveness are:
1. Technology
2. Quality of Public Institutions
3. Macroeconomic Environment
The Growth Competitiveness Index measures the current
condition of these three determinants
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
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The two sources:
Annual Executive Opinion Survey data
Publicly available data
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
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Executive Opinion Survey
Captures perceptions of the current operating environment
from a representative sample of business leaders in each
country
Respondents compare their own operating environments with
global standards on a wide range of dimensions
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
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Growth
Competitiveness
Index
Technology
Index
Public
Institutions
Index
Macroeconomic
Environment
Index
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
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Non-core technology innovators
Growth
Competitiveness
Index
Technology Index
1/8 Innovation Subindex
Technology Transfer Subindex
3/8
ICT Subindex4/8
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
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Growth
Competitiveness
Index
Public Institutions
Index
Corruption Subindex
Contracts and Law Subindex1/2
1/2
Core and non-core technology innovators
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
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Growth
Competitiveness
Index
Macroeconomic
Environment Index
2/4 Macroeconomic Stability Subindex
Country Credit Rating1/4
Government Waste1/4
Core and non-core technology innovators
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
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Growth
Competitiveness
Index
Technology
Index1/3
Public
Institutions
Index
1/3
Macroeconomic
Environment
Index
1/3
Technology
Index2/4
Public
Institutions
Index
1/4
Macroeconomic
Environment
Index
1/4
Core Innovators Non-Core Innovators
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
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The goal is not to predict economic growth in
117 miscellaneous economies
The goal is to identify and analyze the strengths and
weaknesses of the economies included in our sample
4. Growth Competitiveness Index
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3. Growth Competitiveness Index: Mongolia
Finland 1United States 2Sweden 3Denmark 4Taiwan 5Singapore 6Iceland 7Switzerland 8Norway 9Australia 10
Mongolia 96
Top 10 rankings (out of 117)
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Growth Competitiveness Index 96 Macroeconomic Environment 105 Macroeconomic stability subindex 94 Government waste subindex 109 Country credit rating subindex 97 Public Institutions 93 Contracts and law subindex 81 Corruption subindex 96 Technology 81 Innovation subindex 53 ICT subindex 81 Technology transfer subindex 55 (out of 92 non-core innovators)
4. Growth Competitiveness Index: Mongolia
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Real effective exchange rate, 2004 31Access to credit 35
Advantages
4. Growth Competitiveness Index: Mongolia
Wastefulness of government spending 109Government deficit, 2004 100Government debt, 2004 98Country credit rating, 2004 97Interest rate spread, 2004 71Recession expectations 67
Disadvantages
Macroeconomic Environment 105
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4. Growth Competitiveness Index: Mongolia
Favoritism in decisions of government officials 107Irregular payments in exports and imports 107Judicial independence 99Irregular payments in tax collection 90Irregular payments in public utilities 84Property rights 83
Public Institutions 93
Disadvantages
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Internet hosts, 2003 110Laws relating to ICT 107Quality of competition in the ISP sector 103Technological readiness 98Telephone lines, 2003 88Firm-level technology absorption 87Internet access in schools 87
4. Growth Competitiveness Index: Mongolia
Government prioritization of ICT 22Tertiary enrollment, 2003 47
Technology 81
Advantages
Disadvantages
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Flexibility of wage determination 14Business costs of terrorism 15Hiring and firing practices 22
Advantages
4. Growth Competitiveness Index: Mongolia
Disadvantages
Effects of compliance on business 117Protection of ecosystems by business 116Extent of government mandated environmental reporting 115
Other indicators
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East Asia: Overall Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI)
Cou
ntry
(ra
nk)
Score on a scale of 1 to 7
Comparative Assessment
2.82
2.93
3.16
3.37
3.47
3.53
4.07
4.50
4.90
5.07
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Cambodia (112)
East Timor (108)
Mongolia (96)
Vietnam (81)
Philippines (77)
Indonesia (74)
China (49)
Thailand (36)
Malaysia (24)
Korea, Rep. (17)
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The productivity of a country is ultimately set by the
productivity of its companies
The microeconomic foundations of productivity rest on two interrelated areas:
1. Sophistication of company operations and strategy
2. Quality of the microeconomic business environment
4. Business Competitiveness Index
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4. Business Competitiveness Index
Quality of the National
Business Environment
Business
Competitiveness
Index
Company Operations
and Strategy34%
66%
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Context for Firm Strategy and
Rivalry
Factor (Input) Conditions
Related and Supporting Industries
Demand Conditions
The Microeconomic Business Environment
4. Business Competitiveness Index
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United States 1Finland 2Germany 3Denmark 4Singapore 5United Kingdom 6Switzerland 7Japan 8Netherlands 9Austria 10
Mongolia 100
Top 10 rankings (out of 110)
5. Business Competitiveness Index: Mongolia
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Business Competitiveness Index 100
Sophistication of Company Operations and Strategy 96
Quality of the National Business Environment 98
4. Business Competitiveness Index: Mongolia
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Advantages
Capacity for innovation 66Nature of competitive advantage 78
Disadvantages
Value chain presence 109Breadth of international markets 107Degree of customer orientation 106
Sophistication of Company Operations and Strategy 96
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Local supplier quality 110Air transport infrastructure 108
Centralization of economic policymaking 48Railroad infrastructure development 56Quality of math and science education 62
Advantages
Disadvantages
Quality of National Business Environment 98
5. Business Competitiveness Index: Mongolia
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The nine pillars of competitiveness:
1. Institutions
2. Infrastructure
3. Macroeconomy
4. Health and Primary Education
5. Higher Education and Training
6. Market Efficiency (goods, labour, financial)
7. Technological Readiness
8. Business Sophistication
9. Innovation
6. The Global Competitiveness Index
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Three stages of development:
The process of economic development evolves in three
stages captured by the model:
1. “Factor-driven stage”
Firms compete in prices, taking advantage of cheap factors
2. “Efficiency-driven stage”
Efficient production practices to increase productivity
3. “Innovation-driven stage”
Economies need to produce innovative products using
sophisticated production methods
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All pillars matter to a certain extent for all countries
However, the importance of each pillar depends on a
country’s particular stage of development
The pillars are organized into 3 subindexes, each critical to
one particular stage:
1. Basic requirements factor-driven stage
2. Efficiency enhancers efficiency-driven stage
3. Innovation and sophistication factors innovation-
driven stage
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Different weights given for the pillars depending on which
stage a country is in
The index places more weight on those pillars that are
more important given a country’s stage of development.
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Weights given to the groups of pillars (subindexes):
Stage Basic Requirements
Efficiency enhancers
Innovation and sophistication
factors
Factor-driven 50% 40% 10%
Efficiency-driven 40% 50% 10%
Innovation-driven 30% 40% 30%
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Mongolia ranks 90 out of 117 countries in the Global
Competitiveness Index:
Mongolia is in the factor-driven stage
This means that basic requirements as well as efficiency
enhancers are critical to driving the country’s competitiveness
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Mongolia is ranked 98 overall in basic requirements:
Particular strength is in health and primary education
(ranked 76).
The country’s greatest weaknesses in this area are
infrastructure (ranked 107), the macroeconomy (ranked
102), and the quality of institutions (ranked 96).
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Mongolia is ranked 80 overall in efficiency enhancers:
Mongolia does particularly well in higher education and
training (ranked 65).
However, there is room for improvement in terms of
technological readiness (ranked 90) and market
efficiency (ranked 88).
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Mongolia is ranked 105 in innovation factors:
The country shows a particular strength in terms of innovation
(ranked 89).
Whereas, business sophistication (ranked 112) is an area
in which Mongolia could improve.
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7. Summary
Depicts the strengths and weaknesses of the national business
environment in each country
Serves as a tool for policy-makers in identifying and addressing
the obstacles to economic growth
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7. Summary
Stimulates public debate on economic development and global
stewardship; and helps investors to develop business strategies
by monitoring and benchmarking national economies
Seeks to establish a process whereby governments, business
leaders and other stakeholders can evaluate progress on a
continual basis