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Appendix B: Technical Notes and Sources for the Global Competitiveness Index
Arab World Competitiveness Report 2011-2012
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Infrastructures
2.01 Quality of overall infrastructure
How would you assess general infrastructure
(e.g. transport, telephony, and energy) in your
country? [1 = extremely underdeveloped; 7 =
extensive and efficient by international standards]
| 2010-11 weighted average
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive
Opinion Survey
2.02 Quality of roads
How would you assess roads in your country? [1
= extremely underdeveloped; 7 = extensive and
efficient by international standards] | 2010-11
weighted average
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive
Opinion Survey
2.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure
How would you assess the railroad system in
your country? [1 = extremely underdeveloped;
7 = extensive and efficient by international
standards] | 2010-11 weighted average
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive
Opinion Survey
2.04 Quality of port infrastructure
How would you assess port facilities in your
country? [1 = extremely underdeveloped; 7 =
well developed and efficient by international
standards] For landlocked countries, the
question is as follows: How accessible are
port facilities? [1 = extremely inaccessible; 7
= extremely accessible] | 2010-11 weighted
average
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive
Opinion Survey
2.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure
How would you assess passenger air transport
infrastructure in your country? [1 = extremely
underdeveloped; 7 = extensive and efficient by
international standards] | 2010-11 weighted
average
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive
Opinion Survey
2.06 Available airline seat kilometers
Scheduled available airline seat kilometers per
week originating in country (in millions) | 2011
This variable measures the total passengercarrying
capacity of all scheduled flights,
including domestic flights, originating from a
country. It is computed by taking the number of
seats available on each flight multiplied by the
flight distance in kilometers, summing the result
across all scheduled flights in a week during
January (winter schedule) and July (summer
schedule) 2011, and taking the average capacity
of the two weeks.
Source: International Air Transport Association,
SRS Analyser
2.07 Quality of electricity supply
How would you assess the quality of the
electricity supply in your country (lack of
interruptions and lack of voltage fluctuations)? [1
= insufficient and suffers frequent interruptions;
7 = sufficient and reliable] | 2010-11 weighted
average
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive
Opinion Survey
2.08 Fixed telephone lines
Number of active fixed telephone lines per 100
population | 2010
A fixed telephone line is an active line connecting
the subscriber’s terminal equipment to the
public switched telephone network and having
a dedicated port in the telephone exchange
equipment. Active lines are those that have
registered an activity in the past three months.
Source: International Telecommunication Union,
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators 2011
(June 2011 edition)
2.09 Mobile telephone subscriptions
Number of mobile cellular telephone
subscriptions per 100 population | 2010
This measure refers to subscriptions to a public
mobile telephone service that provides access to
public switched telephone network using cellular
technology, including the number of pre-paid
SIM cards active during the past three months.
This includes both analogue and digital cellular
systems and 4G subscriptions, but excludes
mobile broadband subscriptions via data cards
or USB modems.
Source: International Telecommunication Union,
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators 2011
(June 2011 edition)