INSEAD Library

Electronic version available at http://www.weforum.org/issues/regional-competitiveness

Includes chapter by Soumitra Dutta, Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub and Geoffrey Samuels "Promoting technology and innovation: recommendations to improve Arab ICT competitiveness", p. 81-96

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The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007 Sustaining the Growth Momentum Contents Preface............................................................................................. v Klaus Schwab (World Economic Forum) 2.4 Promoting the Growth and Competitiveness of the Insurance Sector in the Arab World........................97 Peter Vayanos and Maher Hammoud (Booz Allen Hamilton) Executive Summary.......................................................................vii Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz (World Economic Forum), Sherif El Diwany (World Economic Forum), and Tarik Yousef (Dubai School of Government) 2.5 Middle East Transport and Logistics at a Crossroads........ 119 Fadi Majdalani, Ulrich Koegler, and Simon Kuge ( Booz Allen Hamilton) Part 1: Competitiveness in the Arab World: Removing Obstacles to Growth 1.1 Assessing Competitiveness in the Arab World: Strategies for Sustaining the Growth Momentum....................................... 3 Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz (World Economic Forum) and Tarik Yousef (Dubai School of Government) Part 3: Future Competitiveness of the Arab World 3.1 The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries and the World: Scenarios to 2025: Implications for Competitiveness....................................... 129 Nicholas Davis and Chiemi Hayashi (World Economic Forum) 1.2 Recent US Free Trade Initiatives in the Middle East: Opportunities but No Guarantees............................... 21 Robert Z. Lawrence (Harvard University and Peterson Institute for International Economics) Part 4: Country Profiles How to Read the Country Profiles............................................... 145 List of Countries............................................................................149 Country Profiles............................................................................ 150 1.3 Will the Current Oil Boom Solve the Employment Crisis in the Middle East?............................... 31 Paul Dyer and Tarik Yousef (Dubai School of Government) 1.4 The Gulf Cooperation Council Region: Financial Market Development, Competitiveness, and Economic Growth........................... 41 Simon Gray and Mario I. Blejer (Bank of England) Part 5: Data Tables How to Read the Data Tables...................................................... 205 List of Data Tables........................................................................ 207 Data Tables................................................................................... 209 Technical Notes and Sources..................................................... 271 Part 2: Enhancing Drivers of Growth in the Arab World 2.1 Gulf Cooperation Council Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities............................................. 55 Mona Mourshed, Viktor Hediger, and Toby Lambert (McKinsey and Company) About the Authors........................................................................273 Partner Institutes...........................................................................279 Acknowledgments....................................................................... 280 2.2 Assessing Travel and Tourism Competitiveness in the Arab World.................................................................. 65 Jennifer Blanke and Irene Mia (World Economic Forum) 2.3 Promoting Technology and Innovation: Recommendations to Improve Arab ICT Competitiveness................................................................... 81 Soumitra Dutta (INSEAD), Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub (American University in Sharjah) and Geoffrey Samuels (INSEAD)