Published in association with the World Economic Forum.

Part 1: The competitiveness indexes: The growth competitive index -- Building the microeconomic foundations of prosperity: findings from the Business Competitiveness Index -- The Global Competitiveness Index -- Part 2: Selected issues of competitiveness: Corruption, governance and security - The competitive edge in environmental responsibility - Chile: the next state of development - The future of competitiveness-enhancing reforms in Latin America - International productivity comparisons: the importance of hours of work -- Part 4: A glimpse of 2020 -- Confronting long-term fiscal challenges: why it matters for the global economy -- Agricultural policies in OECD countries -- Can foreign aid make poor countries competitive? -- Part 4: Country profiles and data presentation.