{"id":7206,"date":"2010-09-10T00:51:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T04:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=7206"},"modified":"2010-09-10T00:51:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10T04:51:07","slug":"why-does-syria-do-so-badly-in-world-economic-rankings-by-ehsani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/why-does-syria-do-so-badly-in-world-economic-rankings-by-ehsani\/","title":{"rendered":"“Why Does Syria Do So Badly in World Economic Rankings,” by Ehsani"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ehsani provides this interesting analysis of latest world economic rankings<\/strong> provided by the World Economic Forum<\/a>. He writes:<\/p>\n

\"\"The rankings are based on twelve criteria of competitiveness.<\/p>\n

1- institutions , 2-infrastructure, 3- macroeconomic environment, 4- health and primary education, 5- higher education and training, 6- goods market efficiency, 7- labor market efficiency, 8- financial market development, 9- technological readiness, 10- market size, 11- business sophistication, 12- innovation.<\/p>\n

The first 4 criteria are known as the basic requirement
\nThe next 6 criteria are known as efficiency enhancers
\nThe last 2 criteria are the innovation and sophistication factors<\/p>\n

Syria slipped 3 levels to 97 from 94 last year. The study assumed the following key statistics:
\nPopulation 21.9 million, GDP $ 52.5 billion, Gdp per capita $ 2579.<\/p>\n

Most interesting is that the country received a number one ranking when asked about “business costs of crime and violence”. It was also ranked number one in the world in the HIV prevalence category. It also received very high rankings in “lack of organized crime”, “business costs of terrorism”, “national savings rate”, ” interest rate spread”, “rigidity of employment” and “control of international distribution”. The above areas were notable competitive advantages by the study.<\/p>\n

On the negative side, here is what went wrong:<\/p>\n

Syria was dead last (rank 139) in “extent of staff training”, The country was at 137 in “company spending on R&D”, “university-industry collaboration in R&D” and “prevalence of foreign ownership”. Surprisingly perhaps, it got a 136 ranking in “female participation in the labor force”. It was ranked at 133-134 in “transparency of government policy making”, \u201cstrength of auditing and reporting standards\u201d, “reliance on professional management”, \u201cthe legal rights index” and “burden of customs procedures”. Another low ranking was in “internet access to schools” at 131.
\n____<\/p>\n

Switzerland Again Tops Global Competitiveness Rankings, Canada Drops to 10 (Table)<\/a>
\n2010-09-09, By Marco Babic (Bloomberg)<\/p>\n

The following table ranks countries on their competitiveness from the World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Competitiveness Index.<\/p>\n

The rankings are based on twelve criteria of competitiveness.<\/p>\n

=======================================================================\r\n                           2010-11     2009-10        Rank     2011-10\r\nCountry                       Rank        Rank      Change       Score\r\n=======================================================================\r\nSwitzerland                      1           1           0        5.63\r\nSweden                           2           4           2        5.56\r\nSingapore                        3           3           0        5.48\r\nUnited States                    4           2          -2        5.43\r\nGermany                          5           7           2        5.39\r\nJapan                            6           8           2        5.37\r\nFinland                          7           6          -1        5.37\r\nNetherlands                      8          10           2        5.33\r\nDenmark                          9           5          -4        5.32\r\nCanada                          10           9          -1        5.30\r\n=======================================================================\r\n                           2010-11     2009-10        Rank     2011-10\r\nCountry                       Rank        Rank      Change       Score\r\n=======================================================================\r\nHong Kong SAR                   11          11           0        5.27\r\nUnited Kingdom                  12          13           1        5.25\r\nTaiwan, Chna                    13          12          -1        5.21\r\nNorway                          14          14           0        5.14\r\nFrance                          15          16           1        5.13\r\nAustralia                       16          15          -1        5.11\r\nQatar                           17          22           5        5.10\r\nAustria                         18          17          -1        5.09\r\nBelgium                         19          18          -1        5.07\r\nLuxembourg                      20          21           1        5.05\r\nSaudi Arabia                    21          28           7        4.95\r\nKorea, Rep.                     22          19          -3        4.93\r\nNew Zealand                     23          20          -3        4.92\r\nIsrael                          24          27           3        4.91\r\nUAE                             25          23          -2        4.89\r\nMalaysia                        26          24          -2        4.88\r\nChina                           27          29           2        4.84\r\n=======================================================================\r\n                           2010-11     2009-10        Rank     2011-10\r\nCountry                       Rank        Rank      Change       Score\r\n=======================================================================\r\nBrunei Darussalam               28          32           4        4.75\r\nIreland                         29          25          -4        4.74\r\nChile                           30          30           0        4.69\r\nIceland                         31          26          -5        4.68\r\nTunisia                         32          40           8        4.65\r\nEstonia                         33          35           2        4.61\r\nOman                            34          41           7        4.61\r\nKuwait                          35          39           4        4.59\r\nCzech Republic                  36          31          -5        4.57\r\nBahrain                         37          38           1        4.54\r\nThailand                        38          36          -2        4.51\r\nPoland                          39          46           7        4.51\r\nCyprus                          40          34          -6        4.50\r\nPuerto Rico                     41          42           1        4.49\r\nSpain                           42          33          -9        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   52          58           6        4.33\r\nPanama                          53          59           6        4.33\r\nSouth Africa                    54          45          -9        4.32\r\nMauritius                       55          57           2        4.32\r\nCosta Rica                      56          55          -1        4.31\r\nAzerbaijan                      57          51          -6        4.29\r\nBrazil                          58          56          -2        4.28\r\nVietnam                         59          75          16        4.27\r\nSlovak Republic                 60          47         -13        4.25\r\nTurkey                          61          61           0        4.25\r\n=======================================================================\r\n                           2010-11     2009-10        Rank     2011-10\r\nCountry                       Rank        Rank      Change       Score\r\n=======================================================================\r\nSri Lanka                       62          79          17        4.25\r\nRussian Federation              63          63           0        4.24\r\nUruguay                         64          65           1        4.23\r\nJordan                          65          50         -15        4.21\r\nMexico                          66          60          -6        4.19\r\nRomania                         67          64          -3        4.16\r\nColombia                        68          69           1        4.14\r\nIran, Islamic Republic          69         n\/a         n\/a        4.14\r\nLatvia                          70          68          -2        4.14\r\nBulgaria                        71          76           5        4.13\r\nKazakhstan                      72          67          -5        4.12\r\nPeru                            73          78           5        4.11\r\nNamibia                         74          74           0        4.09\r\nMorocco                         75          73          -2        4.08\r\nBotswana                        76          66         -10        4.05\r\nCroatia                         77          72          -5        4.04\r\nGuatemala                       78          80           2        4.04\r\n=======================================================================\r\n                           2010-11     2009-10        Rank     2011-10\r\nCountry                       Rank        Rank      Change       Score\r\n=======================================================================\r\nMacedonia, FYR                  79          84           5        4.02\r\nRwanda                          80         n\/a         n\/a        4.00\r\nEgypt                           81          70         -11        4.00\r\nEl Salvador                     82          77          -5        3.99\r\nGreece                          83          71         -12    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     2010-11     2009-10        Rank     2011-10\r\nCountry                       Rank        Rank      Change       Score\r\n=======================================================================\r\nSerbia                          96          93          -3        3.84\r\nSyria                           97          94          -3        3.79\r\nArmenia                         98          97          -1        3.76\r\nMongolia                        99         117          18        3.75\r\nLibya                          100          88         -12        3.74\r\nDominican Republic             101          95          -6        3.72\r\nBosnia and Herzegovina         102         109           7        3.70\r\nBenin                          103         103           0        3.69\r\nSenegal                        104          92         -12        3.67\r\nEcuador                        105         105           0        3.65\r\nKenya                          106          98          -8        3.65\r\nBangladesh                     107         106          -1        3.64\r\nBolivia                        108         120          12        3.64\r\nCambodia                       109         110           1        3.63\r\nGuyana                         110         104          -6        3.62\r\nCameroon                       111         111           0        3.58\r\nNicaragua                      112         115           3        3.57\r\n=======================================================================\r\n                           2010-11     2009-10        Rank     2011-10\r\nCountry                       Rank        Rank      Change       Score\r\n=======================================================================\r\nTanzania                       113         100         -13        3.56\r\nGhana                          114         114           0        3.56\r\nZambia                         115         112          -3        3.55\r\nTajikistan                     116         122           6        3.53\r\nCape Verde                     117         n\/a         n\/a        3.51\r\nUganda                         118         108         -10        3.51\r\nEthiopia                       119         118          -1        3.51\r\nParaguay                       120         124           4        3.49\r\nKyrgyz Republic                121         123           2        3.49\r\nVenezuela                      122         113          -9        3.48\r\nPakistan                       123         101         -22        3.48\r\nMadagascar                     124         121          -3        3.46\r\nMalawi                         125         119          -6        3.45\r\nSwaziland                      126         n\/a         n\/a        3.40\r\nNigeria                        127          99         -28        3.38\r\nLesotho                        128         107         -21        3.36\r\nCote d\u2019Ivoire                  129         116         -13        3.35\r\n=======================================================================\r\n                           2010-11     2009-10        Rank     2011-10\r\nCountry                       Rank        Rank      Change       Score\r\n=======================================================================\r\nNepal                          130         125          -5        3.34\r\nMozambique                     131         129          -2        3.32\r\nMali                           132         130          -2        3.28\r\nTimor-Leste                    133         126          -7        3.23\r\nBurkina Faso                   134         128          -6        3.20\r\nMauritania                     135         127          -8        3.14\r\nZimbabwe                       136         132          -4        3.03\r\nBurundi                        137         133          -4        2.96\r\nAngola                         138         n\/a         n\/a        2.93\r\nChad                           139         131          -8        2.73\r\n=====================================================================<\/strong><\/pre>\n
A Ukrainian website has printed an interview with me here<\/a> about Syria’s role in the Middle East and its relations with the US. If you read Ukrainian read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
WSJ [Reg]: Marking Ramadan’s End in a Big Way<\/a><\/p>\n
DAMASCUS\u2014As Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, many restaurants across the Arab world boost their meat orders by a few crates. But every year, Damascus Gate restaurant\u2014officially …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Arab regimes’ autocratic nature masks their vulnerability<\/a>
\nLack of public debate makes Arab societies less compliant to new laws \u2013 and explains the heavy-handed state enforcement
\nBrian Whitaker,\u00a0 guardian, Thursday 9 September 2010<\/p>\n
There is a popular assumption \u2013 especially in the west \u2013 that because Arab regimes tend to be autocratic and authoritarian, the state in Arab countries is also strong.<\/p>\n
Yesterday on Cif, Ahmed Moor wrote about the problem of disbanding Palestinian militias in Lebanon. Why, you might wonder, doesn’t the Lebanese government just pull its finger out and disarm them? The short answer is that it can’t because it’s too weak.<\/p>\n
Similarly, as I pointed out myself in an article a couple of weeks ago, most Arab governments are incapable of collecting taxes effectively.<\/p>\n
There is a paradox here, because Arab regimes have an almost insatiable urge to control. They legislate and regulate endlessly, they establish large armies and security forces and employ vast bureaucracies \u2013 and yet their ability to exercise power and influence the behaviour of their citizens is far more limited than it looks.<\/p>\n
Regime survival is of course the top priority, so it’s hardly surprising that the power of the state should be directed towards controlling dissent, and that this is the area where its might is deployed most forcefully and effectively. But exercising power in this way is often mistaken for a sign of strength when in reality it is an acknowledgment of vulnerability. As the late Nazih Ayubi noted in his book, Over-stating the Arab State: “The Arab state is therefore often violent because it is weak.”<\/p>\n
The Egyptian state, for example, may be perfectly capable of arresting demonstrators by the lorry-load, but it has also been trying for 10 years to persuade its citizens to wear seatbelts in their cars, with little success. For more than half a century, off and on, it has also been trying to stamp out female genital mutilation \u2013 again, without making much of a dent in traditional attitudes<\/p>\n
In his groundbreaking book, Ayubi drew an important distinction between strong states and hard states. Unlike a strong state, a state that is hard may also be weak. A hard state tends to be highly centralised and interventionist, seeking (though not necessarily successfully) “to enforce a detailed, standardised regulation of the economy and the society”….<\/p>\n
This is not to suggest that western systems are perfect, but to show why, by comparison, Arab countries have such problems with compliance. In line with the generally patriarchal approach to government, Arab laws tend to be handed down from on high by diktat and the lack of critical scrutiny before they are approved often results in vague or ambiguous language that makes them more difficult to implement…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Fears for Turkey Roil Vote on Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n
\"\"Capital Intelligence assigns sovereign ratings to Syria for the first time<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cSyria\u2019s credit prospects depend upon the success of policy initiatives aimed at improving the investment climate, as well as on the implementation of further measures to strengthen the public finances and financial management. Substantial economic reform has taken place over the past decade and an accelerated pace of reform could lead to higher ratings over the medium term,\u201d CI says.<\/p>\n
Capital Intelligence (CI) said that it has assigned Syria a long-term foreign currency rating of \u2018BB-\u2019 (BB minus) and a short-term foreign currency rating of \u2018B\u2019. CI has also assigned Syria a long-term local currency rating of \u2018BB\u2019 and a short-term local currency rating of \u2018B\u2019. The outlook on all ratings is Stable.<\/p>\n
CI notes that Syria\u2019s sovereign credit profile is characterised by comparatively strong solvency and liquidity indicators and a demonstrable commitment to gradual economic reform. Less favourably, political risk is a more material concern compared to many higher rated sovereigns, the economic structure and institutional frameworks are relatively weak, and the financial system underdeveloped. In addition, the government is exposed to potentially significant contingent liabilities because of the dominant role of the state in the economy. Syria also faces major longer-term risks associated with declining oil production and a fast growing workforce.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe overarching strategy for overcoming these challenges is focused on completing the transition to a market-based and more open economy. But this will require many more years of sometimes difficult and politically-sensitive changes and hence there is a risk that the reform process might falter,\u201d CI said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSyria\u2019s economy has been only moderately affected by the global economic downturn, mainly because of its limited linkages with the international financial system, and is well-placed to return to trend real output growth of about 5 per cent in 2010-11 as its main trading partners recover,\u201d it added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
New Syrian Brotherhood Leader: Continuity or Change?<\/a>
\nNajib Ghadbian September 8, 2010
\nArab Reform Bulletin<\/p>\n
The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood\u2019s recent selection of a new General Guide is generating speculation about the group\u2019s trajectory after a period in which it gave up most opposition activities. Muhammad Riyadh al-Shaqfih, elected in July after former Guide Ali al-Bayanouni\u2019s third term, served as a Brotherhood military leader in the 1980s and was unknown outside its ranks. While al-Shaqfih and his predecessor assert that there will be continuity in organization policies, a change at the top inevitably raises questions about a possible shift in the group\u2019s strategies toward the Syrian regime…..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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