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Summary<br />

<strong>Sustainable</strong><br />

Competitive<br />

Natural<br />

Capital<br />

Resource<br />

Management<br />

Social<br />

Capital<br />

Intellectual<br />

Capital<br />

Governance<br />

Spotlight<br />

Data<br />

Table of Contents<br />

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7<br />

1.1 MEASURING DEVELOPMENT, WEALTH, AND PROSPERITY 7<br />

1.2 INDEX <strong>2015</strong>: KEY TAKEAWAYS 8<br />

1.3 HIGHER SUSTAINABILITY EQUALS HIGHER WEALTH 10<br />

1.4 DO CREDIT RATINGS FULLY REFLECT COUNTRY RISKS? 12<br />

2 SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS 15<br />

2.1 THE SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS MODEL 15<br />

2.2 COMPETITIVENESS INDICATORS 18<br />

2.3 INDEX CALCULATION 20<br />

3 NATURAL CAPITAL 23<br />

4 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 27<br />

5 SOCIAL CAPITAL 31<br />

6 INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 35<br />

7 GOVERNANCE 39<br />

8 SPOTLIGHT: AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS 43<br />

9 RANKINGS AT A GLANCE 51<br />

the sustainable competitiveness index <strong>2015</strong><br />

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