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Contributors and Acknowledgements

At the World Economic Forum Centre for the New Economy and Society

Project Team

Kusum Kali Pal
Insight Specialist, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice

Kim Piaget
Insights Lead, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice

Silja Baller
Head of Mission, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice

Vesselina Ratcheva
Head of Insights Product Coordination

Saadia Zahidi
Managing Director

We are extremely grateful to our colleagues in the Centre for the New Economy and Society for their support, especially to the Insights team: Mark Rayner, Ricky Li, Kateryna Karunska, Guillaume Hingel, Philipp Grosskurth, and Andrew Silva.

We are immensely grateful to Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Growth Lab at Harvard University’s Center for International Development; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School; and Professor Laura D’Andrea Tyson, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees at UC Berkeley’s Blum Center for Developing Economies, for their longstanding guidance and support.

A special thank you to Michael Fisher for his excellent copyediting work and to Accurat for their outstanding graphic designing and layout of the report, as well as for its outstanding work to create the report’s Economy Profiles and online Data Explorer, and SMOG, who created the cover.

For more information, or to get involved, please contact cnes@weforum.org.

Collaborations

The Centre for the New Economy and Society aims to empower decision-making among leaders in business and policy by providing fresh, actionable insight through collaboration with leading experts and data-holding companies as part of its New Metrics Co-Lab. We are pleased to have collaborated with LinkedIn, Coursera, Hologic and WTW this year and thank the following contributors:

Coursera

Maria-Nicole Ikonomou, Global Communications Lead, Governments & Higher Ed
Eric Karsten, Data Science Lead, Research and Insights

Hologic

Lisa Hellmann
Fred Walker

Gallup

Benedicte Clouet
Marie Clare Evans
Courtney Hesselbacher

Linkedin

Kristin Keveloh, Senior Lead Manager, Public Policy & Economic Graph Programmes
Silvia Lara, Data Scientist, Economic Graph Team
Maeve Ryan, Senior Data Scientist, Economic Graph Team
Pei Ying Chua, Staff Data Scientist, Economic Graph Team
Séin Ó Muineacháin, Manager, Economic Graph Team

WTW

Manjit Basi, Wealth Equity Team Lead, Integrated & Global Solutions
Mark Mann, Wealth Equity Team, Integrated & Global Solutions
Rowena Agnes, Wealth Equity Team, Integrated & Global Solutions
Valentina Rocchi, Wealth Equity Team, Integrated & Global Solutions

Centre for the New Economy and Society Business Partners

The World Economic Forum would like to thank the Business Partners of the Centre for their guidance and support.

AARP

Accenture

Adecco Group AG

AIG

AlixPartners

Amazon

AMTD Group

APCO Worldwide Inc.

Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP)

Bahrain Economic Development Board

Bain & Company Inc.

Bank of America

Bank of Montreal

Barclays

BC Energy Investments Corp.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bloomberg LP

BNY Mellon

Carlsberg A/S

Centene Corporation

Chegg, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC

Contextere

Coursera Inc.

Crescent Enterprises

Crescent Petroleum

Culture Amp

Dassault Systèmes SE

Degreed Inc

Dell Technologies

Deloitte

Dentsu Inc.

Deutsche Bank AG

Deutsche Post DHL Group

Dogan Şirketler Grubu Holding A.S

DP World Limited

Dubai Cares

DXC Technology

Egon Zehnder International Schweiz AG

Eurasian Resources Group Sàrl

European Investment Bank (EIB)

Fortescue Metals Group Limited

Fortinet Inc.

Google Inc.

HCL Technologies Ltd

Heidrick & Struggles

Henry Schein Inc.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hologic Inc.

Holtzbrinck Publishing Group

HP Inc.

HSBC Holdings Plc

Hubert Burda Media

IBM Corporation

IDEO

Indiavidual Learning Ltd

Indus Group

Infosys Ltd

Ingka Group (IKEA)

Intel Corporation Intermountain Healthcare

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Invesco Ltd

Islamic Development Bank

JBS S/A

Jerónimo Martins SGPS SA

JLL

Johnson & Johnson

Kearney

KIRKBI A/S

LGT Group Foundation

LinkedIn Corporation

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton

ManpowerGroup Inc.

Marsh McLennan

Mayo Clinic

McKinsey & Company

Medtronic Plc

Merck KGaA

Microsoft Corp.

Mohammed Bin Salman Foundation

(MiSK) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Natixis

NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Nestlé

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)

Novartis AG

NYSE Group Inc.

Old Mutual Limited

Omnicom Group Inc.

Open Society Institute

PayPal

PepsiCo Inc.

Pladis Foods Limited

Procter & Gamble

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI)

Publicis Groupe

PwC

Pymetrics Inc.

QI Group

Randstad N.V.

RBC Financial Group

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd

Reliance Industries Limited

RMZ Corp.

Royal DSM NV

Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.

Salesforce, Sàrl

Sanofi

SAP SE

Saudi Aramco

Sea Limited

SEEK Limited

Sempra

Sequoia Capital Operations LLC

Shell Plc

Siemens AG

Skillsoft

SONAE SGPS SA

Splunk Inc.

Standard Chartered Bank

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

State Street Corporation

Teck Resources Limited

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

The GHR Foundation

The Laudes Foundation

The LEGO Foundation

The Samuel Group

Uber Technologies Inc.

Udacity

Unilever

Verizon Communications

Visa Inc.

VMware Inc.

Volkswagen AG

Wipro Limited

Workday Inc.

WorldQuant LLC

WTW

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Zurich Insurance Group

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Partner Institutes

The World Economic Forum’s Centre for the New Economy and Society is pleased to acknowledge and thank the following organizations as its valued Partner Institutes.

Albania
Institute for Contemporary Studies & Tirana Business University and College

Helton Cevi, Project Coordinator
Artan Hoxha, President of ISB and Administrator of TBU
Oltjon Valisi, Assistant Project Coordinator

Angola
Jobartis

João Freitas, Country Manager
Luis Verdeja, Director

Argentina
IAE Business School—Universidad Austral

Eduardo Luis Fracchia, Director of Academic Department of Economics
Martin Calveira, Research Assistant

Armenia
Economy and Values Research Center

Sevak Hovhannisyan, Board Member and Senior Associate
Lilit Apyan, Analyst

Australia
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group)

Innes Willox, Chief Executive Officer
Julie Toth, Chief Economist
Colleen Dowling, Senior Research Analyst

Austria
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)

Gabriel Felbermayr, Director
Michael Peneder, Senior Researcher, Project Lead
Alexandros Charos, Survey Manager

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Marketing Society

Ashraf Hajiyev, Coordinator
Fuad Aliyev, Consultant
Nigar Huseynzade, Chairman

Bahrain
Bahrain Economic Development Board

Khalid Humaidan, Chief Executive
Nada Azmi, Executive Director of Corporate Strategy & Planning & Competitiveness Advocacy
Fatema Alatbi, Senior Executive of Competitiveness Advocacy Department

Bangladesh
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director
Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Research Director
Salay Mostofa, Programme Associate
Ratia Rehnuma, Programme Associate

Barbados
University of West Indies

Jonathan Lashley, Senior Fellow
Alicia Graham, Administrative Assistant

Belgium
Dynata

Felix Benjamin Bauer, Account Director

Benin
Institut de Recherche Empirique en Economie Politique (IREEP)

Leonard Wantchekon, President
Stéphania Houngan, Research Associate

Bolivia
INCAE Business School

Ronald Arce, Researcher
Enrique Bolaños, President
Octavio Martínez, Director

Bosnia and Herzegovina
School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo

Zlatko Lagumdzija, Professor
Jasmina Selimovic, Dean
Amra Kapo, Assistant Professor

Botswana
Botswana National Productivity Centre

Letsogile Batsetswe, Research Consultant and Statistician
Zelda Okatch, Information and Research Services Manager
Christopher Diswai, Executive Director

Brazil
Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC)

Carlos Arruda, Professor of Innovation and Competitiveness
Ana Burcharth, Associate Professor
Miguel Costa, Intern Researcher

Brunei Darussalam
Universiti Teknologi Brunei

Hajah Noor Maya binti Haji Md. Salleh, Acting Vice Chancellor
Wida Sustanty biniti Haji Suhaili, Assistant Professor

Bulgaria
Center for Economic Development

Maria Prohaska, Director
Ivalina Simeonova, Project Manager

Cape Verde
Center for Applied Statistics and Econometrics Research - INOVE

Frantz Tavares, Chief Executive Officer
Jerónimo Freire, Project Manager
Júlio Delgado, Director

Cambodia
Nuppun Research and Consulting Co., Ltd

Khin Pisey, Managing Director
Pong Vanny, Researcher
Kimhong Sin, Research Assistant

Cameroon
Compétitivité Cameroon

Hermann Fotie Ii, Permanent Secretary
Oumar Mairou, Head of Operations
Nsoe Nkouli Jean Baptiste, Expert competitiveness observatory
Tanankem Belmondo, Expert investment climate

Canada
Dynata

Felix Benjamin Bauer, Account Director

Chad
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur la Gouvernance, les Industries Extractives et le Développement Durable

Simael Mbairassem, Economist in charge of research and public policies
Maoundonodji Gilbert, Managing Director

Chile
University Adolfo Ibañez, School of Government

Carolina Apablaza, Director
Patricio Aroca, Professor
Isabella Cuneo, Doctoral Student

China
Dataway Horizon

Lingling Qiao, General Manager
Yuming Zhi, Research Director
Zhuyu Yao, Senior Project Manager

Colombia
Ministry of National Planning of Colombia

Alejandra Botero Barco, Director
Camilo Rivera Perez, Director, Innovation and Private Sector Development
Sara Patricia Rivera, Adviser

Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo-Invest Consulting (CIC)

Bertin Muderhwa, Head of Service in charge of Studies and Statistics at the Federation of Businesses of Congo (FEC)
Faila Tabu Ngandi, Administrative Assistant
Teza Bila Minlangu, General Director

Costa Rica
INCAE Business School

Ronald Arce, Researcher
Enrique Bolaños, President
Octavio Martínez, Director

Côte d'Ivoire
Centre for Promotion of Investments In Cote d'Ivoire (CEPICI)

Esmel Emmanuel Essis, Chief Executive Officer
Ramatou Fall, Director of Business Environment
Simon Meledje, Head of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department

Croatia
National Competitiveness Council for Croatia

Jadranka Pepelugoski Gable, Advisor
Iva Tomić, Chief Economist

Cyprus
Cyprus Employers and Industry Confederation (OEB)

Antonis Frangoudis, Director Business Development and Economic Affairs Department

Bank of Cyprus

Kyriacos Antoniou, Governance Officer

Czech Republic
CMC Graduate School of Business

Tomáš Janča, Executive Director

Denmark
Danish Technological Institute

Stig Yding Sørensen, Senior Specialist
Andreas Bjerre Lunkeit, Consultant

Dominican Republic
INCAE Business School

Ronald Arce, Researcher
Enrique Bolaños, President
Octavio Martínez, Director

Ecuador
ESPAE Graduate School of Management, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL)

Sara Wong, Professor
Tania Tenesaca, Project Coordinator
Xavier Ordeñana, Dean
Jack Zambrano, Research Assistant

Egypt
The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)

Abla Abdel Latif, Executive Director and Director of Research
Khaled Wahid, Head of Statistical Analysis Department

El Salvador
INCAE Business School

Ronald Arce, Researcher
Enrique Bolaños, President
Octavio Martínez, Director

Estonia
Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI)

Kiira Martens, Research officer
Marje Josing, Director

Finland
ETLA - The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

Aki Kangasharju, Managing Director
Markku Lehmus, Head of Forecasting
Ville Kaitila, Researcher

France
Business France

Cassagnes Louise, Economist
Marcias Manuel, Head of Service : Economic studies

Georgia
TSU Center for Analysis and Forecasting

Vakhtang Charaia, Director
Otar Anguridze, Head of the Board
Mamuka Tsereteli, Expert
Mariam Lashkhi, Project Manager

Germany
Institute for Innovation and Technology within the VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

Michael Nerger, Project Leader

Ghana
Association of Ghana Industries

Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, President
Seth Twum-Akwaboah, Chief Executive Officer
John Defor, Direcctor, Policy and Research

Greece
SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises

Michael Mitsopoulos, Director - Business Environment and Regulatory Affairs
Athanasios Printsipas, Senior Advisor - SEV Business Council for Sustainable Development

Guatemala
FUNDESA

Juan Carlos Paiz, President of the Board of Directors
Juan Carlos Zapata, Chief Executive Officer
Priscilla González, Corporate Affairs Coordinator

Honduras
INCAE Business School

Ronald Arce, Researcher
Enrique Bolaños, President
Octavio Martínez, Director

Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

Watson Chan, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Policy & Business Development)
Simon Ngan, Director, Business Policy
Wilson Chong, Senior Economist

Hungary
KOPINT-TÁRKI Economic Research Ltd

Peter Vakhal, Senior Research Associate
Éva Palócz, CEO

Iceland
The Icelandic Centre for future studies

Karl Friðriksson, Manager Director

University of Iceland, Center for Strategy and Competitiveness

Runolfur Smari Steinthorsson, Professor

India
LeadCap Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd (LeadCap Ventures)

Vidyadhar Prabhudesai, Director & COO
Sangeeth Varghese, Managing Director & CEO

Indonesia
Dynata

Felix Benjamin Bauer, Account Director

Center for Industry, SME and Business Competition Studies, University of Trisakti

Prof. Tulus Tambunan, Director
Ida Busnetti, Vice Director

Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, Deputy of Economic Affairs

Mohamadreza Doostmohamadi, Director of Statistics & Economical information center
Hanie Ziadlou, Senior Research Analyst
Zahra Naseri, Senior Research Analyst

Ireland

Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC)

Geraldine Anderson, Head of Research

Israel
Manufacturers' Association of Israel (MAI)

Ron Tomer, President, Manufacturers' Association of Israel (MAI)
Ruby Ginel, CEO, Manufacturers' Association of Israel (MAI)
Dan Catarivas, General Manager, Foreign Trade and International Relations Division, MAI
Itai Nakash, Deputy General Manager, Foreign Trade and International Relations Division, MAI

Italy
Italian Trade Agency (ITA)

Stefano Nigro, Director FDI Coordination Office
Giuseppe Credendino, Officer FDI Coordination Office
Ludovico Augello, Officer FDI Coordination Office

Japan
Waseda University

Jusuke Ikegami, Professor
Mitsuyo Tsubayama, Coordinator
Shoko Miya, Coordinator

Jordan
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation of Jordan

Hadram Al Fayes, Director
Ghada Issa, Head of Competitiveness Division
Thamer Masarweh, Researcher

Kazakhstan
Center for Strategic Initiatives LPP

Olzhas Khudaibergenov, Senior Partner
Yerbol Tulegenov, Associate Partner

Kenya
University of Nairobi

Karuti Kanyinga, Research Professor and Director, IDS
Vincent Mugo, Project Assistant IDS
Paul Kamau, Associate Research Professor, IDS

Korea, Rep.
Korea Development Institute

Joonghae Suh, Executive Director, Economic Information and Education Center
Youngho Jung, Head, Public Opinion Analysis Unit
Sohee Kim, Senior Reseach Associate, Public Opinion Analysis Unit

Kuwait
Kuwait University

Adel Al-Husainan, Committee Member
Fahad Al-Rashid, Committee Chairman
Sayer Al-Sayer, Committee Member

Kyrgyz Republic
Economic Policy Institute

Lola Abduhametova, Project Coordinator
Marat Tazabekov, Chairman

Lao PDR
Enterprise & Development Consultants Co. Ltd (EDC)

Buakhai Phimmavong, Managing Partner
Thipphasone Inthachack, Office administrator

Latvia
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

Arnis Sauka, Head of the Centre for Sustainable Development

Lebanon
Infopro

Rramzi El Hafez, General Manager
Simone Matar, Deputy General Manager
Barrak Dbeiss, Project Manager

Lesotho
Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho (PSFL)

Thabo Qhesi, CEO
Khotsofalang Molieleng, Project Officer
Qothoase Khofane, Project Officer

Lithuania
Enterprise Lithuania

Vytautas Adomaitis, Regulatory affairs officer
Irena Karelina, Analyst

Luxembourg
Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce

Christel Chatelain, Head of Economic Affairs Assistant
Jean-Baptiste Nivet, Sr Economist
Sidonie Paris, Economist

Malawi
Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Chancellor Kaferapanjira, Chief Executive
Madalitso Kazembe, Director, Business Environment & Policy Advocacy
Manfred Maguru, Economic Analyst

Malaysia
Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)

Dato' Abdul Latif Abu Seman, Director General
Wan Fazlin Nadia Wan Osman, Director Productivity & Competitiveness Development Division
Zahid Ismail, Deputy Director General

Mali
Mali Applied and Theoretical Economics Research Group (GREAT)

Massa Coulibaly, Executive Director
Wélé Fatoumata Binta Sow, Researcher
Badiégué Diallo, Administrative and Financial Assistant

Malta
Competitive Malta - Foundation for National Competitiveness

Adrian Said, Associate
Matthew Castillo, Associate

Mauritius
Economic Development Board

Ken Poonoosamy, CEO
Sanroy Seechurn, Manager
Dooshala Ramjutun-Ramlaul, Lead Professional

Mexico
Ministry of the Economy

Jesús Cantú Escalante, Head of the Unit of Business Regulation, Competitiveness and Competition
Jorge Eduardo Arreola Cavazos, General Director for Competitiveness and Competition

Moldova
Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (AESM)

Grigore Belostecinic, Rector

Institute for Economic Research and European Studies (IERES)

Corneliu Gutu, Director

Mongolia
Open Society Forum (OSF)

Erdenejargal Perenlei, Executive Director
Oyunbadam Davaakhuu, Program Manager

Montenegro
The Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognoses (ISSP)

Maja Drakic Grgur, Project Coordinator
Veselin Vukotic, President

Morocco
The Policy Centre for the New South (PCNS)

Asma Tahraoui, Senior Knoweldge Manager
Abdelaaziz Ait Ali, Head Economics Reserach Department
Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President

African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET)

John Asafu Adjaye, Senior Fellow - Economic Management and Governance Program
Edward Brown, Senior Director, Research & Policy Engagements

Mozambique
African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET)

John Asafu Adjaye, Senior Fellow - Economic Management and Governance Program
Edward Brown, Senior Director, Research & Policy Engagements

Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique

Roque Magaia, Economist

Namibia
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

Ndapunikwa Fikameni, Research Associate
Salmi Shigwedha, Research Associate
Graham Hopwood, Director

Nepal
Competitiveness and Development Institute (CODE)

Ramesh C. Chitrakar, Project Director/ Country Coordinator
Menaka Shrestha, Team Member
Abhinandan Baniya, Associate Team Member

Netherlands
Amsterdam Centre for Business Innovation, University of Amsterdam

Henk Volberda, Director and Professor of Strategy & Innovation
Kevin Heij, Project Manager
Egbert Peppelman, Research Assistant

New Zealand
BusinessNZ

Kirk Hope, CEO
Kathryn Asare, Manager Communications

Nicaragua
INCAE Business School

Ronald Arce, Researcher
Enrique Bolaños, President
Octavio Martínez, Director

Nigeria
Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)

Laoye Jaiyeola, Chief Executive Officer
Olusegun Omisakin, Director of Research
Sodik Olofin, Research Analyst
Wilson Erumebor, Senior Economist

North Macedonia
Economic Chamber of North-West Macedonia

Drilon Iseni, Executive Director
Miranda Ajdini, Legal associate
Durim Zekiri, Research and development

Pakistan
Mishal Pakistan

Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer
Puruesh Chaudhary, Director
Amna Sabahat Bhutta, Director

Panama
INCAE Business School

Ronald Arce, Researcher
Enrique Bolaños, President
Octavio Martínez, Director

Paraguay
Paraguayan Foundation for Cooperation and Development

Martin Burt, CEO
Luis Fernando Sanabria, CEO
Sol Urbieta, Management Assistant

Peru
Industrial Development Center of the National Society of Industries

Luis Tenorio, Executive Director
Maria Elena Baraybar, Project Assistant
Benoni Sanchez, Head of Systems

Philippines
Makati Business Club (MBC)

Roxanne Lu, Programs Director
Trisha Teope, Foreign Programs Officer

Poland
National Bank of Poland

Piotr Boguszewski, Economic Advisor
Piotr Szpunar, Director

Portugal
PROFORUM Association for the Development of Engineering

Ilidio De Ayala Serôdio, Vice-President
Helena Roquette, Secretary of the President

Business Administrators Forum (FAE)

Paulo Carmona, President
David Braga Malta, Member
Susana Lourenco, Executive Assistant

Qatar
Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) / Social & Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) - Qatar University

Issa Abdull Salam Abu Issa, Secretary General
Sarah Abdallah, Deputy General Manager
Kaltham Ali Al-Ghanim, Director, Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI)
Raymond Carasig, Senior Survey Support Specialist
Maria Jusay, Executive Secretary

Romania
ADAF (Association of Women Entrepreneurship Development)

Rotaru Cornelia, President
Rotaru Gela, Business Analyst

Russian Federation
Eurasia Competitiveness Institute

Alexey Prazdnichnykh, Managing Director
Nikita Popov, Project Associate

Rwanda
Rwanda Development Board

Kennedy Kalisa, Strategy Analyst
Diogene Dusabiyaremye, Strategy Analyst
Louise Kanyonga, Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer

Saudi Arabia
Alfaisal University

Eiman Habbas Al-Mutairi, CEO of the National Competitiveness Centre
Salman Al-Tukhaifi, Analytical Director
Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi, Specialist Research and Reporting
Mohammed Kafaji, Associate Dean for Quality Assurance and accreditation

Senegal
Centre de Recherches Economiques Appliquées (CREA), Université Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar

Babacar Sène, Director of the Center for Applied Economic Research, Coordinator of the survey
Mamadou Marone, Supervisor of investigators, Researcher at CREA

Serbia
Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN)

Aleksandar Radivojević, Project Coordinator
Dejan Molnar, Director
Svetozar Tanasković, Researcher

Sierra Leone
GQRDOTCOM Limited (GQR)

Omodele Jones, Chief Executive Officer

Singapore
Singapore Economic Development Board

Cheng Wai San, Director and Head, Research and Statistics Unit
Teo Xinyu, Executive Officer (Senior), Research and Statistics Unit

Slovak Republic
Business Alliance of Slovakia (PAS) (Slovak Republic)

Peter Serina, Executive Director
Robert Kičina, Member of the Board

Slovenia
Institute for Economic Research

Peter Stanovnik, Professor
Sonja Uršič, Senior Research Assistant

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

Mateja Drnovšek, Full Professor

South Africa
Business Unity South Africa

Tyson Thamsanqa Sibanda, Economic Policy Manager
Olivier Serrao, Economic Policy Executive Director
Cas Coovadia, Chief Executive Officer

Spain
IESE Business School, International Center for Competitiveness

Pascual Berrone, Professor
María Luisa Blázquez, Research Associate

Sri Lanka
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS)

Kithmina Hewage, Research Economist
Tharindu Udayanga, Research Assistant

Sweden
Ratio Institute

Dennis Jernkrook, Communications employee
Nils Karlson, Former CEO

Dynata

Felix Benjamin Bauer, Account Director

Switzerland
University of St. Gallen

Tobias Trütsch, Head of Economics Division

Taiwan, China
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

Chen, Yi-Man, Associate Research Fellow
Tsuo, I-Chun, Assistant Research Fellow

Tajikistan
The Center of Sociological Research "Zerkalo"

Kahramon Bakoev,, Director
Gulnora Beknazarova, Director LLC "Tahlil va Mashvarat"
Firdavs Kuliev, Project Manager

Tanzania
REPOA Ltd

Donald Mmari, Executive Director
Lucas Katera, Director of Collaborations and Capacity Building
Cornel Jahari, Researcher & Field Manager

Thailand
Chulalongkorn Business School, Chulalongkorn University

Wilert Puriwat, Dean
Kanyarat Sanoran, Assistant Dean

Trinidad and Tobago
Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business (ALJGSB)

Raynardo Hassanally, Alumni Relations Coordinator
Balraj Kistow, Programme Director
Ron Sookram, Academic Coordinator

Tunisia
Institut Arabe des Chefs d'Entreprises

Majdi Hassen, Executive Director
Safa Benmabrouk, Economic researcher

Turkey
TÜSIAD - Sabanci University Competitivness Forum (REF)

Esra Durceylan Kaygusuz, Director
Sezen Uğurlu Sum, Specialist

Ukraine
CASE Ukraine, Center for Social and Economic Research

Dmytro Boyarchuk, Executive Director
Vladimir Dubrovskiy, Leading Economist
Oksana Kuziakiv, Senior Adviser

United Arab Emirates
Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre

Hanan Ahli, Acting Director of Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre
Rashed Abdulkarim Al Blooshi, Undersecretary of Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom
Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

Nicola Grimwood, Survey Team Manager
Lois Braney, Senior Survey Analyst
Andreas Belegratis, Data Scientist

United States
Dynata

Felix Benjamin Bauer, Account Director

Uruguay
Universidad ORT Uruguay

Isidoro Hodara, Professor
Bruno Gili, Professor
Federico Monetti, Professor

Venezuela
Venezuelan Council for Investment Promotion (Venezuela)

Jennyn Osorio, Economics Affairs Manager

Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies (HIDS)

Tran Hoang Ngan, Director
Trieu Thanh Son, Head of Rereach Management
Nguyen Manh Quan, Researcher

Yemen, Rep.
Yemeni Business Club (YBC)

Fathi Abdulwase Hayel Saeed, Chairman
Ghadeer Ahmed Almaqhafi, Executive Director
Safa Abdullah Alsayaghi, Projects Manager

Zambia
University of Zambia

Patricia Funjika, Research Fellow, Institute of Economic and Social Research
Joseph Simbaya, Director, Institute of Economic and Social Research
Chitalu Chama Chiliba, Assistant Director, Institute of Economic and Social Research