Africa Competitiveness Report
Goals of The Africa Competitiveness Report
- Focus the attention of investment and business leaders on the region. There are success stories in Africa that are seldom reported
- Depict the strengths and weaknesses of national business environments
- Provide a tool for policy-makers to identify and address obstacles to growth
- Reveal obstacles to African competitiveness in an increasingly integrated and knowledge-based global economy
- Establish a process whereby governments, business leaders and other stakeholders can evaluate progress on a continual basis
Africa Competitiveness Report 2004
 The Africa Competitiveness Report 2004 - the third in the series - highlights the prospects for growth, obstacles to improving competitiveness and the need to accelerate the pace of economic change. Analysis of over 100 indicators reveals regional trends and detailed country profiles show the performance of 25 African economies.
As well as using official economic and social statistics, the indicators used offer unique qualitative data on issues such as corruption, the impact on business of HIV/AIDS, infrastructure and access to financing.
Public Institutions Index 2003
The Public Institutions Index is derived from the results of the Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey (EOS). The Index presents the perceived level of corruption and the rule of contracts and law.
In 2003 a record number of responses were received to the EOS: almost 8,000 responses from 106 countries. Close to 2,000 of these were from Africa.
Contact us
For more information about the report, please contact gcp@weforum.org
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