Arab World Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 - World Economic ...

1. A Time of Opportunities: The Competitiveness Performance of the Arab World
Arab World Competitiveness Report 2011-2012
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Basic Requirements
Weight (%) within immediate
parent category
Pillar 1: Institutions .............................................. 25%
A. Public institutions ........................................... 75%
1. Property rights ............................................ 20%
1.01 Property rights
1.02 Intellectual property protection 1/2
2. Ethics and corruption .................................. 20%
1.03 Diversion of public funds
1.04 Public trust of politicians
1.05 Irregular payments and bribes
3. Undue influence .......................................... 20%
1.06 Judicial independence
1.07 Favoritism in decisions of government officials
4. Government inefficiency .............................. 20%
1.08 Wastefulness of government spending
1.09 Burden of government regulation
1.10 Efficiency of legal framework in settling
disputes
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging
regulations
1.12 Transparency of government policy-making
5. Security ....................................................... 20%
1.13 Business costs of terrorism
1.14 Business costs of crime and violence
1.15 Organized crime
1.16 Reliability of police services
B. Private institutions .......................................... 25%
1. Corporate ethics ......................................... 50%
1.17 Ethical behavior of firms
2. Accountability .............................................. 50%
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards
1.19 Efficacy of corporate boards
1.20 Protection of minority shareholders’ interests
1.21 Strength of investor protection*
Pillar 2: Infrastructure .......................................... 25%
A. Transport infrastructure .................................. 50%
2.01 Quality of overall infrastructure
2.02 Quality of roads
2.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure
2.04 Quality of port infrastructure
2.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure
2.06 Available seat kilometers*
B. Energy and telephony infrastructure ............... 50%
2.07 Quality of electricity supply
2.08 Fixed telephone lines* 1/2
2.09 Mobile telephone subscriptions* 1/2
Pillar 3: Macroeconomic environment ................ 25%
3.01 Government budget balance*
3.02 National savings rate*
3.03 Inflation* e
3.04 Interest rate spread*
3.05 Government debt*
3.06 Country credit rating*
Pillar 4: Health and primary education ............... 25%
A. Health ............................................................ 50%
4.01 Business impact of malaria f
4.02 Malaria incidence* f
4.03 Business impact of tuberculosis f
4.04 Tuberculosis incidence* f
4.05 Business impact of HIV/AIDS f
4.06 HIV prevalence* f
4.07 Infant mortality*
4.08 Life expectancy*
B. Primary education .......................................... 50%
4.09 Quality of primary education
4.10 Primary education enrolment rate* g