Global Competetiveness Report
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Country Rankings<br />
Social Cohesion<br />
Turning the tide on social cohesion requires<br />
efforts and policies and several fronts. Some<br />
of the available policies include:<br />
• Increasing access to adequate health<br />
care in geographical terms (i.e. in rural<br />
areas), using modern technology and<br />
communication coupled with innovative<br />
business models<br />
• Increase the affordability of health care<br />
systems in order to include wider segments<br />
of the population and marginalised groups<br />
for the benefit of the whole society.<br />
However, adequate checks & balances<br />
have to be incorporated<br />
• Designing intelligent policies that limit<br />
income and asset ownership gaps.<br />
However, such policies have to be<br />
designed to allow sufficient room for<br />
awarding individual performance and<br />
accomplishments that serve as drivers for<br />
the overall economy and development<br />
• Increasing community development<br />
programs with a focus on fostering<br />
alternatives to criminal career paths<br />
• Adapt legislation to reduce criminality and<br />
incentives for criminal behaviour (for<br />
example treating drug addiction as a<br />
sickness rather than a crime)<br />
• Introducing incentives to increase birth<br />
rate in aging societies resp. incentives to<br />
decrease birth rate in countries with high<br />
birth rates<br />
• Avoiding unnecessary confrontations in<br />
terms of geo-political engagement and<br />
foreign relations<br />
Social Cohesion<br />
Country Rank Score<br />
West Bank and Gaza 133 29.5<br />
Tanzania 134 29.3<br />
Burma 135 29.3<br />
Nigeria 136 29.1<br />
Benin 137 29.1<br />
Chad 138 29.0<br />
Guinea 139 28.9<br />
Togo 140 28.9<br />
Nicaragua 141 28.8<br />
Burundi 142 28.8<br />
Yemen 143 28.7<br />
Macao 144 28.6<br />
Swaziland 145 28.2<br />
South Sudan 146 28.1<br />
Thailand 147 28.1<br />
Mozambique 148 27.8<br />
Eritrea 149 27.8<br />
Uganda 150 27.7<br />
Sierra Leone 151 27.7<br />
Liberia 152 27.5<br />
Belize 153 27.4<br />
Niger 154 27.1<br />
Cameroon 155 27.1<br />
Republic of Congo 156 27.0<br />
Comoros 157 26.8<br />
South Africa 158 26.8<br />
Botswana 159 26.6<br />
Bolivia 160 26.3<br />
Honduras 161 25.4<br />
Equatorial Guinea 162 25.0<br />
Madagascar 163 24.9<br />
Cote d'Ivoire 164 24.8<br />
Sudan 165 24.6<br />
Central African Republic 166 23.9<br />
Kenya 167 23.9<br />
Somalia 168 23.6<br />
Fiji 169 21.8<br />
Democratic Republic of Congo 170 21.4<br />
Zimbabwe 171 21.0<br />
Angola 172 20.9<br />
Zambia 173 20.8<br />
Haiti 174 20.2<br />
Lesotho 175 19.3<br />
Rwanda 176 16.7<br />
The <strong>Global</strong> Sustainable Competitiveness Index<br />
61
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