Romania still lags behind the other two neighbouring states, ranking 51st, between Russia in 50th and Peru in 52nd, in an annual study of competitiveness by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD), quoted by Business-Review.eu.
In the same ranking last year Romania was in 49th position. Regarding Romania’s neighbouring states, Hungary ranked 47th in the competitiveness index this year, whereas Bulgaria is recognized as the 48th most competitive country in the world, both countries maintaining their positions compared to last year.
The study, takes into account 260 criteria in the competitiveness assessment. These include macroeconomic indicators as well as responses to perceptions of corruption, the environment and living standards from over 6,000 respondents in the business environment. Singapore is the most competitive country in the world, according to the Institute.
This year, new criteria were added to reflect the importance of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The criteria provide a perception of where the economy stands with respect to different sustainable goals that need to be satisfied in 10 years, such as education and the environment, inclusion and empowerment, ageing and health.
Factors behind Singapore’s success are its strong economic performance which stems from robust international trade and investment, employment and labor market measures.
Stable performances in both its education system and technological infrastructure – telecommunications, internet bandwidth speed and high-tech exports – also play key roles.
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