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The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Network is pleased to acknowledge and thank the following organizations as our valued Partner Institutes, without whom the realization of The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008 would not have been feasible:
A-B, C-D, E-F, G-H, I-J, K-L, M-N, O-P, Q-R
S-T, U-V, W-X, Y-Z
Albania
Institute for Contemporary Studies (ISB)
Artan Hoxha, President
Elira Jorgoni, Senior Expert and Project Manager
Denalada Kuzumi, Researcher
Algeria
Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le Développement (CREAD)
Youcef Benabdallah, Assistant Professor
Yassine Ferfera, Director
Argentina
IAE—Universidad Austral
Marcelo Paladino, Vice Dean
Armenia
Economy and Values Research Center
Manuk Hergnyan, Chairman
Sevak Hovhannisyan, Senior Research Associate
Anna Makaryan, Research Associate
Australia
Australian Industry Group
Nicholas James, Economist
Tony Pensabene, Associate Director, Economics & Research
Heather Ridout, Chief Executive
Austria
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
Karl Aiginger, Director
Gerhard Schwarz, Coordinator, Survey Department
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Marketing Society
Fuad Aliyev, Executive Director
Ashraf Hajiyev, Project Coordinator
Saida Talibova, Consultant
Bahrain
Bahrain Competitiveness Council
Mr. Jawad Habib, Member
Bahrain Economic Development Board
Rima Al Kilani, Director,International Marketing
Bangladesh
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Executive Director
Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Research Fellow
Mustafizur Rahman, Research Director
Barbados
Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies, University of West Indies (UWI)
Andrew Downes, Director
Belgium
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
Lutgart Van den Berghe, Professor, Executive Director and Chairman, Competence Centre Entrepreneurship, Governance and Strategy
Harry P. Bowen, Professor of Economics and International Business
Bieke Dewulf, Associate, Competence Centre Entrepreneurship, Governance and Strategy
Benin
Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies (MIMAP) Benin
Epiphane Adjovi, Business Coordinator
Maria-Odile Attanasso, Deputy Coordinator
Fructueux Deguenonvo, Researcher
Bolivia
INCAE Business School
Roberto Artavia, Rector
Arturo Condo, Dean
Marlene de Estrella, Director of External Relations
Bosnia and Herzegovina
MIT Center, School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo
Zlatko Lagumdžija, Professor
Željko Šain, Executive Director
Jasmina Selimovic, Assistant Director
Botswana
Botswana National Productivity Centre
Dabilani Buthali, Manager, Information and Research Services Department
Thembo Lebang, Executive Director
Omphemetse David Matlhape, Research Consultant
Brazil
Fundação Dom Cabral
Marina Araújo, Research Assistant
Carlos Arruda, International Relations Director and Coordinator of the Innovation Center
Movimento Brasil Competitivo (MBC)
Jorge H. S. Lima, Project Coordinator
José Fernando Mattos, President
Claudio Leite Gastal, Director
Bulgaria
Center for Economic Development
Anelia Damianova, Senior Expert
Burkina Faso
Société d'Etudes et de Recherche Formation pour le Développement (SERF)
Abdoulaye Tarnagda, Director General
Burundi
Center of Scientific Research in Economics (CURDES), National University of Burundi
Ferdinand Bararuzunza, Professor of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Cambodia
Economic Institute of Cambodia
Sok Hach, Director
Tuy Chak Riya, Research Associate
Hang Sambopisith, Researcher
Cameroon
Comité de Compétitivité (Competitiveness Committee)
Lucien Sanzouango, Permanent Secretary
Canada
Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity
Roger Martin, Chairman and Dean of the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto,
James Milway, Executive Director
Chad
Groupe de Recherches Alternatives et de Monitoring du Projet Pétrole-Tchad-Cameroun (GRAMP-TC)
Antoine Doudjidingao, Researcher
Gilbert Maoundonodji, Director
Celine Nénodji Mbaipeur, Programme Officer
Chile
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Andres Allamand, Dean, School of Government
Catalina Mertz, Director, Institute of Political Economy
Sergio Selman, Project Coordinator
China
Institute of Economic System and Management National Development and Reform Commission
Zhou Haichun, Deputy Director and Professor
Chen Wei, Research Fellow
Dong Ying, Professor
Colombia
National Planning Department
Orlando Gracia Fajardo, Entrepreneurial Development Director
Víctor Manuel Nieto, Advisor
Carolina Rentería Rodríguez, General Director
Costa Rica
INCAE Business School
Roberto Artavia, Rector
Arturo Condo, Dean
Marlene de Estrella, Director of External Relations
Croatia
National Competitiveness Council
Martina Hatlak, Research Assistant
Mira Lenardic, Secretary General
Cyprus
Cyprus College Research Center
Bambos Papageorgiou, Head of Socioeconomic and Academic Research
The Cyprus Development Bank
Maria Markidou-Georgiadou, Manager, International Banking Services Unit and Business Development
Czech Republic
CMC Graduate School of Business
Dagmar Glueckaufova, Interim President and Academic Dean
Daniela Sedlackova, Executive Assistant to the President
Veronika Stejskalova, Coordinator and Graphic Designer
Denmark
Copenhagen Business School
Department of International Economics and Management
Lars Håkanson, Head of Department
Anne Sluhan, Administrative Director
Dominican Republic
INCAE Business School
Roberto Artavia, Rector
Arturo Condo, Dean
Marlene de Estrella, Director of External Relations
Ecuador
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL)
Escuela de Postgrado en Administración de Empresas (ESPAE)
Virginia Lasio, Acting Director
Juan Tinoco, Project Assistant
Sara Wong, Professor
INCAE Business School
Roberto Artavia, Rector
Arturo Condo, Dean
Marlene de Estrella, Director of External Relations
Egypt
The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies
Hanaa Kheir-El-Din, Executive Director and Director of Research
El Salvador
INCAE Business School
Roberto Artavia, Rector
Arturo Condo, Dean
Marlene de Estrella, Director of External Relations
Estonia
Estonian Institute of Economic Research
Evelin Ahermaa, Head of Economic Research Sector
Marje Josing, Director
Ethiopia
African Institute of Management, Development and Governance
Tegegne Teka, General Manager
Finland
ETLA—The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
Petri Rouvinen, Research Director
Pasi Sorjonen, Head of the Forecasting Group
Pekka Ylä-Anttila, Managing Director
France
HEC School of Management, Paris
Bertrand Moingeon, Professor, Associate Dean for Executive Education
Bernard Ramanantsoa, Professor, Dean of HEC School of Management
Gambia
The Gambia Economic and Social Development Research Institute (GESDRI)
Makaireh A. Njie, Director
Georgia
Business Initiative for Reforms in Georgia
Giga Makharadze, Founding Member of the Board of Directors
Tamar Tchintcharauli, Executive Director
Mamuka Tsereteli, Founding Member of the Board of Directors
Germany
WHU—Otto Beisheim School of Management
Michael Frenkel, Chair, Macroeconomics and International Economics
Greece
Federation of Greek Industries
Thanasis Printsipas, Economist, Research and Analysis
Antonis Tortopidis, Coordinator, Research and Analysis
Guatemala
FUNDESA
Edgar A. Heinemann, President of the Board of Directors
Humberto Olavarría, Treasurer of the Board of Directors
Pablo Schneider, Director of the Development Initiative Centre (CIDES)
Guyana
Institute of Development Studies, University of Guyana
Karen Pratt, Research Associate
Clive Thomas, Director
Honduras
INCAE Business School
Roberto Artavia, Rector
Arturo Condo, Dean
Marlene de Estrella, Director of External Relations
Hong Kong SAR
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
David O'Rear, Chief Economist
Federation of Hong Kong Industries
Alexandra Poon, Director
Hungary
Kopint-Datorg, Economic Research
Ágnes Nagy, Project Manager
Éva Palócz, Deputy General Director
Iceland
IceTec
Eydís Arnviðardóttir, Information Manager, Innovation Centre
Hallfríður Benediktsdóttir, Information Manager, Innovation Centre
Hallgrímur Jónasson, General Director
India
Confederation of Indian Industry
Tarun Das, Chief Mentor
Ajay Khanna, Deputy Director General
Shamsher S Mehta, Director General
Indonesia
Kadin Indonesia
M.S. Hidayat, Chairman
Tulus Tambunan, Director
Ireland
Competitiveness Survey Group, Department of Economics, University College Cork
Eleanor Doyle
Niall O'Sullivan
Bernadette Power
National Competitiveness Council
Jason Cleary, Researcher
Adrian Devitt, Manager
Ronan Lyons, Economist
Israel
Manufacturers' Association of Israel (MAI)
Shraga Brosh, President
Dan Catarivas, Director, Foreign Trade and International Relations Division
Yehuda Segev, Managing Director
Italy
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Olga E. Annushkina, SDA Professor, Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management Department, SDA Bocconi School of Management
Secchi Carlo, Full Professor of Economic Policy, Bocconi University
Paola Dubini, Associate Professor, Bocconi University
Jamaica
Mona School of Business (MSB), University of the West Indies
Patricia Douce, Survey Coordinator
Michelle Tomlinson, Survey Coordinator
Neville Ying, Executive Director and Professor
Japan
Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) in cooperation with Keizai Doyukai
Yoko Ishikura, Professor
Jordan
Ministry of Planning & International Cooperation
Jordan National Competitiveness Team
Amjad Attar, Director
Kazakhstan
Center for Marketing and Analytical Research (CMAR)
Dias Iskakov, Director of the Competitiveness Analysis Department
Kenya
Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
Paul Kamau, Research Fellow
Dorothy McCormick, Director and Professor
Walter Odhiambo, Research Fellow
Korea, Republic of
Graduate Institute of Management, Seoul School of Integrated Science and Technologies (aSSIST)
Dean Cheol Ho Shin, Professor of Strategy and International Business
Shin Hyo Kim, Senior Researcher
So Young Lee, Researcher
Kuwait
Economics Department, Kuwait University
Mohammad Ali Alomar, Assistant Professor
Reyadh Faras, Assistant Professor
Mohammed El-Sakka, Professor
Kyrgyz Republic
Economic Policy Institute "Bishkek Consensus"
Lola Abduhametova, Program Coordinator
Marat Tazabekov, Chairman
Latvia
Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga
Raita Karnite, Director
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
Karlis Kreslins, Associate Professor
Anders Paalzow, Rector
Lesotho
Mohloli Chamber of Business
Refiloe Kepa, General Manager
Libya
National Economic Strategy
Omran Bukhres, Director and Professor
Monitor Group
Rajeev Singh-Molares, Director
Lithuania
Statistics Lithuania
Ona Grigiene, Head, Economical Survey Division
Algirdas Šemeta, Director General
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
Karlis Kreslins, Associate Professor
Anders Paalzow, Rector
Luxembourg
Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg
Jean-Christophe Burkel, Attaché, Economic Department
Carlo Thelen, Member of the Managing Board
Macedonia, FYR
National Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Council (NECC)
Dejan Janevski, Project Coordinator
Zoran Stavreski, President of the Managing Board
Saso Trajkoski, Executive Director
Madagascar
Centre of Economic Studies, University of Antananarivo
Pépé Andrianomanana, Director
Razato Raharijaona Simo, Executive Secretary
Malaysia
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)
Mahani Zainal Abidin, Director-General
Dato’ Mohamed Jawhar Hassan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Steven C.M. Wong, Assistant Director-General
National Productivity Corporation (NPC)
Dato' Nik Zainiah Nik Abdul Rahman, Director General
Chan Kum Siew, Senior Manager
Mali
Groupe de Recherche en Economie Appliquée et Théorique (GREAT)
Massa Coulibaly, Coordinator
Malta
Competitive Malta—Foundation for National Competitiveness
John C. Grech, President
Margrith Lutschg-Emmenegger, Vice President
Adrian Said, Chief Coordinator
Mauritania
Centre d'Information Mauritanien pour le Développement Economique et Technique (CIMDET/CCIAM)
Chekroud Ould Bouhake
Aminata Niang
Mauritius
Joint Economic Council of Mauritius
Raj Makoond, Director
Board of Investment, Investmauritius
Dev Chamroo, Director, Investment Promotion
Kevin Ramkaloan, Manager Investment Promotion
Mexico
Center for Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness
René Villarreal Arrambide, President
René Alejandro Villarreal Ramos, General Director
Instituto Mexicano Para la Competitividad (IMCO)
Roberto Newell Garcia, General Director
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Ibarguen, Analyst
Manuel J. Molano Ruiz, Consultant
Ministry of the Economy
Veronica Orendain De Los Santos, Director of Promotion, Office for Investment Promotion
Eduardo J. Solis Sanchez, Chief of the Office for Investment promotion
Moldova
Center for Strategic Territorial Development
Ruslan Codreanu, Executive Director
Andrei Smic, Program Coordinator
Mongolia
Open Society Forum (OSF)
Munkhsoyol Baatarjav, Manager of Economic Policy
Erdenejargal Perenlei, Executive Director
Montenegro
Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognosis (ISSP)
Maja Drakic, Senior Analyst
Jadranka Kaludjerovic, Program Director
Veselin Vukotic, President
Morocco
Université Hassan II
Fouzi Mourji, Professor of Economics
Mozambique
EconPolicy Research Group, Lda.
Peter Coughlin, Director
Namibia
Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU)
Jonathan Adongo, Researcher
Mariama Deen-Swarray, Researcher
Klaus Schade, Acting Director
Nepal
Centre for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA)
Ramesh Chandra Chitrakar, Executive Director
Menaka Rajbhandari Shrestha, Researcher
Santosh Kumar Upadhyaya, Researcher
Netherlands
Erasmus Strategic Renewal Center, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Frans A. J. Van den Bosch, Professor
Henk W. Volberda, Professor
New Zealand
Business New Zealand
Marcia Dunnett, Manager, Business Services
Phil O'Reilly, Chief Executive
The New Zealand Institute
David Skilling, Chief Executive
Nicaragua
INCAE Business School
Roberto Artavia, Rector
Arturo Condo, Dean
Marlene de Estrella, Director of External Relations
Nigeria
Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)
Felix Ogbera, Associate Director, Research
Chris Okpoko, Senior Consultant, Research
Norway
BI Norwegian School of Management
Eskil Goldeng, Researcher
Torger Reve, Professor
Oman
The International Research Foundation
Azzan Al Busaidi, Chief Executive Officer
Salem Ben Nasser Al-Ismaily, Chairman
Pakistan
Competitiveness Support Fund
Arthur Bayhan, Chief Executive Officer
Amir Jahangir, Manager, Communications
Panama
INCAE Business School Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development
Roberto Artavia, Rector
Arturo Condo, Dean
Marlene de Estrella, Director of External Relations
Paraguay
Centro de Análisis y Difusión de Economia Paraguaya (CADEP)
Dionisio Borda, Director
Jaime Escobar, Research Member
Fernando Masi, Research Member
Peru
Centro de Desarrollo Industrial (CDI), Sociedad Nacional de Industrias
Néstor Asto, Project Director
Luis Tenorio, Executive Director
Philippines
Makati Business Club
Marc P. Opulencia, Deputy Director
Alberto A. Lim, Executive Director
Michael B. Mundo, Chief Economist
Poland
Warsaw School of Economics
Bogdan Radomski, Associate Professor
Portugal
PROFORUM, Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Engenharia
Ilídio António de Ayala Serôdio, Vice President of the Board of Directors
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico 2000, Inc.
Suzette M. Jimenez, President
Francisco Montalvo Fiol, Project Coordinator
Qatar
Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA)
Issa Abdul Salam Abu Issa, Secretary-General
Bassam Ramzi Massouh, General Manager
Ahmed El-Shaffee, Economist
Romania
Group of Applied Economics (GEA)
Anca Rusu, Program Coordinator
Liviu Voinea, Executive Director
Russian Federation
Bauman Innovation, Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation
Alexei Prazdnitchnykh, Principal, Associate Professor
Stockholm School of Economics, Russia
Igor Dukeov, Research Fellow
Carl F. Fey, Associate Dean of Research
Saudia Arabia
National Competitiveness Center NCC
Awwad S. Al-Awwad, CEO
Khaldon Z Mahasen, Managing Director
Senegal
Centre de Recherches Economiques Appliquées (CREA), University of Dakar
Aly Mbaye, Director
Serbia
Jefferson Institute
Aaron Presnall, Director of Studies
Singapore
Economic Development Board
Chua Kia Chee, Head, Research and Statistics Unit
Bernard Nee, Director, Planning
Slovak Republic
Business Alliance of Slovakia (PAS)
Robert Kicina, Executive Director
Slovenia
Institute for Economic Research
Art Kovacic
Peter Stanovnik
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics
Mateja Drnovšek
South Africa
Business Leadership South Africa
Michael Spicer, Chief Executive Officer
Business Unity South Africa
Jerry Vilakazi, Chief Executive Officer
Vic Van Vuuren, Chief Operating Officer
Spain
IESE Business School, International Center for Competitiveness, Anselmo Rubiralta Center for Globalization and Strategy
Eduardo Ballarín, Professor
María Luisa Blázquez, Research Associate
Sri Lanka
Institute of Policy Studies
Indika Siriwardena, Database Manager
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce
Prema Cooray, Secretary General
Suriname
Institute for Development Oriented Studies (IDOS)
Ashok Hirschfeld, Qualitative Research
John R.P. Krishnadath, President
Sweden
Center for Strategy and Competitiveness, Stockholm School of Economics
Christian Ketels, Senior Research Fellow
Örjan Sölvell, Professor
Switzerland
University of St. Gallen
Monika Buetler, Director Economic Department
Syria
Ministry of Economy and Trade
Amer Housni Louitfi, Minister of Economy and Trade
State Planning Commission
Talal Bakfaloni, Deputy Head of State Planning Commission
UNDP Damascus
Nuhad Dimashkiyyah, National Project Director "Towards Changing the Mindset for Competitiveness"
Taiwan, China
Council for Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan
Mei Yueh Ho, Chairman
J. B. Hung, Director, Economic Research Department
Chung Chung Shieh, Researcher, Economic Research Department
Tajikistan
The Center for Sociological Research "Zerkalo"
Qahramon Baqozoda, Director and Sociologist
Ol'ga Es'kina, Researcher
Alikul Isoev, Sociologist and Economist
Tanzania
Economic and Social Research Foundation
Irene Alenga, Commissioned Studies Department
Haidari Amani, Executive Director and Professor
Dennis Rweyemamu, Commissioned Studies Department
Thailand
National Economic and Social Development Board
Ampon Kittiampon, Secretary-General
Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Deputy Secretary-General
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste Development Agency (ETDA)
Jose Barreto, Senior Manager
Estorninho Exposto, Logistics
Palmira Pires, Director
Trinidad and Tobago
Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business
Rolph Balgobin, Executive Director
Leslie-Ann Hackett, Engagement Manager, Research
Narisha Khan, Research Associate
Tunisia
Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprises
Majdi Hassen, Executive Counsellor
Chekib Nouira, President
Turkey
TUSIAD Sabanci University Competitiveness Forum
A. Gunduz Ulusoy, Director and Professor
Hande Yegenoglu, Project Specialist
Uganda
Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University
Robert Apunyo, Research Associate
Delius Asiimwe, Senior Research Fellow
Wilson Asiimwe, Graduate Fellow
Ukraine
CASE Ukraine, Center for Social and Economic Research
Dmytro Boyarchuk, Executive Director
Vladimir Dubrovskiy, Leading Economist
United Arab Emirates
Economic and Policy Research Unit, Zayed University
Kenneth Wilson, Director
United States
US Chamber of Commerce
Jana Cary, Senior Director, Marketing Communications
David Hirschmann, Senior Vice President
Susan Reardon, Executive Director, National Chamber Foundation
Uruguay
Universidad ORT
Isidoro Hodara, Professor
Uzbekistan
ABN-TASMI INFORM
Venera Khayrulina, Director
Venezuela
CONAPRI – National Council for Investment Promotion
Silvia Castillo, Consulting Manager
Giuseppe Rionero, Research Manager
Vietnam
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM)
Dinh Van An, President
Phan Thanh Ha, Deputy Director, Department of Macroeconomic Management
Pham Hoang Ha, Senior Researcher, Department of Macroeconomic Management
Institute for Economic Research of HCMC
Tran Du Lich, Director
Doan Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, Researcher of the Research Management and International Cooperation Department
Du Phuoc Tan, Head of the Research Management and International Cooperation Department
Zambia
Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR), University of Zambia
Mutumba M. Bull, Director
Patricia Funjika, Staff Development Fellow, Economics and Business Research
Inyambo Mwanawina, Assistant Director and Coordinator, Economics and Business Research
Zimbabwe
Graduate School of Management, University of Zimbabwe
A.M. Hawkins, Professor
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