The team works together to produce the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook as well as to deliver a variety of special projects.
About the WCC
Our team
Director
Professor Arturo Bris
Arturo Bris (www.arturobris.org) ranks among the top one hundred most read finance academics in the world. He is the author of several books, a frequent speaker at international conferences, and appears regularly on…
Team
Chief Economist of the WCC Christos Cabolis
Christos Cabolis is Chief Economist and Head of Operations at the IMD World Competitiveness Center. He is also Adjunct Professor of Economics and Competitiveness at IMD
He joined IMD from ALBA Graduate Business School at…
José Caballero
Dr José Caballero is a Senior Economist at the IMD World Competitiveness Center.
He is responsible for the Center’s different research projects and leads the research team in the development and…
Madeleine Hediger
Catherine Jobin
William Milner
Marco Pistis
Maryam Zargari
Partner institutes
Africa/Middle East
- BNPC - Botswana National Productivity Centre, Botswana
- Letsogile Batsetswe, Research Consultant
- Christopher M. Diswai, Executive Director
- The Federation of Israli Chambers of Commerce, Israel
- Israela Many, Deputy Managing Director of Economy and Tax
- Liran Avitan, Economist
- Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan
- Dr. Hadram Al-Fayes, Policies and Studies Director
- Ghada Issa, Head of the Competitiveness Division
- Department of Strategic Planning - Planning & Statistics Authority, Qatar
- Hissa Alassiry, Project Manager
- Dr. Hasan Mahmoud Omari, Economic Development Expert
- National Competitiveness Center, Saudi Arabia
- H.E. Dr Eiman AlMutairi, CEO of National Competitiveness Center
- Waleed AlRudaian, Vice President
- Salman M. AlTukhaifi, Director of Analytical Department
- Deema Almudaheem, Project Manager
- Abdulrahman AlGhamdi, Senior Analyst
- Productivity SA, South Africa
- Mothunye Mothiba, CEO
- Dr Leroi Raputsoane, Chief Economist
- Juliet Sebolelo Mashabela, Economist
- Federal Competitiveness & Statistics Authority (FCSA), Dubai, UAE
America
- Research Program on Economic Development and Institutions, Faculty of Economic Sciences Catholic Univerrsity of Argentina, Argentina
- Dr Alicia Caballero, Dean
- Dr Marcelo F. Resico, Senior Economist
- Martina S. Rosenfeld, Ressearch Assistant
- Fundação Dom Cabral, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Brazil
- Carlos Arruda,
Professor and FDC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Director
- Ana Burcharth, Professor
- Naira T.A.C. Gonçalves, Researcher
- Carlos Arruda,
- Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), Canada
- Alexandra Cutean, Senior Director of Research and Policy
- Rosina Hamoni, Research Analyst
- Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economia y Negocios (FEN), Chile
- Dr Enrique Manzur, Vice Dean
- Dr Sergio Olavarrieta, Ph.D Program Director
- Dr Pedro Hidalgo, Department Head
- National Planning Department, Colombia
- Luis Alberto Rodríguez, Director, National Department of Planning
- Juan Sebastián Robledo Botero, Director, Innovation and Private Sector Development
- Center for Strategic Studies for Competitiveness, Mexico
- M.S. Carlos Maroto Espinosa
- Centrum PUCP, Peru
- Percy Marquina, General Director
- Beatrice Avolio, Head of the Graduate Business Department
- Luis Del Carpio, Director of CENTRUM Competitiveness Center
- Victor Fajardo, Researcher of CENTRUM Competitiveness Center
- National Council to Investment Promotion (CONAPRI), Venezuela
- Juan Cabral, Executive Director
- Jennyn Osorio, Manager of Economic Affairs
- Lilian Zambrano, Manager of Legal Affairs
Asia/Pacific
- CEDA - Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Australia
- Melissa Winson, Senior Economist
- Roxanne Punton, Director, Communications
- China Institute for Development Planning, Tsingua University, China
- Prof. Yang Yongheng, Executive Associate Director of China Institute for Development Planning
- Prof. Wang Youqiang, Associate Director of China Institute for Development Planning
- Dr. Gong Pu, Research Assistant Professor
- Wang Hongshuai, PhD Candidate
- Song Wenjuan, PhD Candidate
- Zhang Ruijun, PhD Candidate
- Wang Jiancheng, PhD Candidate
- Jiang Xueying, PhD Candidate
- You Shuai, PhD Candidate
- Sun Xiao, Graduate Student
- Zhu Yichen, Graduate Student
- Huang Suyuan, Research Assistant
- Deng Yaxi, Research Assistant
- Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong SAR
- Alice Tsang, Assistant Principal Economist
- Samantha Yim, Economist
- National Productivity Council, India
- Dr. K.P. Sunny, Director & Head (Economic Services)
- Mr. Rajesh Sund, Director (Economic Services) & Head (Productivity Awareness)
- Dr. Rajat Sharma, Director (Economic Services)
- Lembaga Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia (LM FEB UI), Indonesia
- Dr. Willem A. Makaliwe, Managing Director
- Dr. Toto Pranoto, Senior Adviser
- Bayuadi Wibowo, Group Head Research Services
- Arza Faldy Prameswara, Senior Researcher
- Taufiq Nur, Senior Researcher
- Helwa Salsabila, Research Analyst
- Yendra Emirsyah Kivatra, Research Analyst
- NuPMK Consulting, Indonesia
- Tini Moeis, Managing Director
- Devi RD Hamdani, Senior Business Manager
- Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., Tokyo, Research Center for Policy and Economy, Japan
- Dr. Hirotsugu Sakai, Research Director
- Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Korea
- Sang-Ha Yoon, Associate Research Fellow, International Macroeconomics Team
- Subin Kim, Senior Researcher, International Macroeconomics Team
- Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC), Malaysia
- Dato' Abdul Latif Hj. Abu Seman, Director General MPC
- En. Zahid Ismail, Deputy Director General MPC
- Datin Zainon Bakar, Deputy Director General MPC
- Pn. Wan Fazlin Nadia Wan Osman, Director MPC
- Economic Policy and Competitiveness Research Center, Mongolia
- Tsagaan Puntsag, Founder and Chairman of Board
- Lakshmi Boojoo, Director General
- Odonchimeg Ikhbayar, Deputy Director and Heard of Research
- Tungalag Erdenebat, Research Economist
- Mungunjiguur Battsolmon, Research Economist
- Munkhshur Purevsuren, Researcher and Administrative Officer
- Oyundalai Amarsaikhan , Research Economist
- Yesunchuluu Khuderchuluu, Research Economist
- Kerridge & Partners, Auckland
- Mr. Peter Kerridge, Partner
- Asian Institute of Management Rizalino S. Navarro Policy Center for Competitiveness (AIM RSN PCC), Philippines
- Jamil Paolo Francisco, Ph.D., Executive Director, AIM RSN PCC & Associate Dean, Asian Institute of Management
- John Paul Flaminiano, Associate Director and Senior Economist, AIM RSN PCC
- Christopher Ed Caboverde, Research Associate, AIM RSN PCC
- Singapore Business Federation, Singapore
- Ms. Cheryl Kong, Assistant Executive Director
- Economics Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore
- National Development Council, Taiwan, China
- Kao, Shien-Queyt, Deputy Minister
- Wu, Ming Huei, Director of Economic Development Department
- Wang, Chen-Ya, Specialist
- Thailand Management Association (TMA), Thailand
- Ms. Wanweera Rachdawong, Chief Executive Officer, TMA
- Ms. Pornkanok Wipusanawan, Director, TMA Center for Competitiveness
- Mr. Nussati Khaneekul, Senior Manager, TMA Center for Competitiveness
Europe
- Federation of Austrian Industries, Austria
- Dr. Christian Helmenstein, Chief Economist
- Helena Zwickl
- Michael Oliver
- FEB - Federation of Enterprises in Belgium, Belgium
- Anouar Boukamel, Attaché, Centre de compétence Economie & Conjoncture
- Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria
- Ruslan Stefanov, Director, Economic Program
- Daniela Mineva, Research Fellow, Economic Program
- Martin Vladimirov, Analyst, Economic Program
- Dr. Todor Galev, Senior Analyst, Economic Program
- Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bulgaria
- Lyubomir Levicharov, Chief Expert, Economic Analysis and Policy Department
- Blagovesta Dzhаbirova, Expert, Economic Analysis and Policy Department
- National Competitiveness Council, Croatia
- Ivica Mudrinic, President
- Jadranka Gable, Advisor
- Iva Tomic, PhD, Chief Economist
- Economics Research Centre University of Cyprus, Cyprus
- Sofronis Clerides, Professor of Economics
- Nicoletta Pashourtidou, Assistant Director
- Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation, Cyprus
- Antonis Frangoudis, Director Business Development and Economic Affairs Department
- Consumer Forum (Spotřebitelské fórum), Czech Republic
- Dr. Krystof Krulis
- Confederation of Danish Industry, Denmark
- Allan Sørensen, Chief Economist
- Enterprise Estonia (EAS), Estonia
- Tarmo Puolokainen, Head of analysis
- Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI), Estonia
- Marje Josing, Director
- ETLA Economic Research, Finland
- Ville Kaitila, Researcher
- Markku Lehmus, Head of Forecasting
- Aki Kangasharju, Managing Director
- Business France, France
- Sylvie Montout, Chief Economist
- Louise Cassagnes, Economist
- Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (FEIR/IOBE), Athens, Greece
- Aggelos Tsakanikas, Associate Professor National Technical University of Athens - Head of Entrepreneurship Observatory
- Sophia Stavraki, Research Associate
- Federation of Industries of Greece (SBE), Greece
- Dr. Christos Georgiou, Director, Research and Documentation Department
- Constantinos Styliaras, Economist, Research and Documentation Department
- National University of Public Service, Competitiveness and Fiscal Stability Research Group, Hungary
- Prof. Dr. Magdolna Csath, Research Professor in competitiveness
- ICEG European Center, Hungary
- Renata Anna Jaksa, Director
- Dr. Oliver Kovacs, Senior Research Fellow
- Icelandic Chamber of Commerce, Iceland
- Konrad S. Gudjonsson, Chief Economist
- Sverrir Bartolozzi, Economic Analyst
- IDA Ireland, Investment and Development Agency, Ireland
- Karen Law
- Promos Italia, Italy
- Marco Fedato, Head of Investment Promotion
- Economic Research Institute, JSC of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
- Ruslan Sultanov, Chairman of the Board
- Dias Sembayev, Deputy Chairman of the Board
- Bayan Abdrakhmanova, Director, Center for Strategic Analysis
- Sholpan Kaimoldina, Deputy Director, Center for Strategic Analysis
- Temirlan Otepov, Senior Expert, Center for Strategic Analysis
- Aidana Terlikbayeva, Senior Expert, Center for Strategic Analysis
- Abylaikhan Khamitzhan, Senior Expert, Center for Project Management
- University of Latvia Centre for European and Transition Studies, LU CETS, Latvia
- Zane Zeibote
- Enterprise Lithuania, Lithuania
- Vytautas Adomaitis, Regulatory policy officer
- Irena Karelina, Project manager
- Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Ms. Christel Chatelain, Head of Economic Affairs
- Mr. Jean-Baptiste Nivet, Senior Economist
- Ms. Sidonie Paris, Economist
- Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW), Netherlands
- Thomas Grosfeld
- Tim Zandbergen
- SGH Warsaw School of Economics, World Economy Research Institute, Collegium of World Economy, Poland
- Prof. Marzenna Weresa
- Dr. Anna Dzienis
- Porto Business School, University of Porto, Portugal
- Prof. Daniel Bessa
- Prof. Álvaro Almeida
- Prof. José Luís Alvim
- Prof. Ramon O’Callaghan
- Dr. Rui Coutinho
- CIT-IRECSON Center of Technological Information, Romania
- Bogdan Ciocanel, PhD, Director
- Dan Grigore, Economist
- The F. A. Hayek Foundation, Slovakia
- Martin Reguli, M.A.
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Slovenia
- Mateja Drnovsek, PhD, Full Professor
- Ales Vahcic, PhD, Full Professor
- Institute for Economic Research, Slovenia
- Peter Stanovnik, PhD, Associate Professor
- Sonja Ursic, M.A.
- Spanish Confederation of Employers, Spain
- Edita Pereira, Head of Economic Research Unit
- Paloma Blanco, Economic Research Unit
- TUSIAD, Turkish Industry and Business Association Economic Research Department, Turkey
- Gizem Öztok Altınsaç, Chief Economist
- İsmet Tosunoğlu, Expert
- Oğuzhan Çiğdem, Junior Expert
- International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv), Ukraine
- Dr. Iryna Tykhomyrova, President
- Dr. Volodymyr Danko, Professor
- Oksana Kukuruza, External Relations Director
Data suppliers
We rely on a number of international organizations and private institutions to supply us with the most up-to-date and accurate hard data available before we compile each edition of the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook.
We are grateful for their support and permission to reproduce their statistical material.
BMI Research · Computer Industry Almanac Inc. · Cushmam & Wakefield · Educational Testing Service (The TOEFL® Test) · Economist Intelligence Unit · Euromonitor International · Eurostat · Fitch · Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN · Global Entrepreneurship Monitor · Global Footprint Network · GMI Ratings · HCM Compensations Insights & Technology AG · International Civil Aviation Organization · International Energy Agency · International Labour Office (ILO) · International Monetary Fund (IMF) · International Union of Railways · Mercer HR Consulting · M-Labs and cable.co.uk · MIT Media Lab · Moody's · MSCI · National Science Foundation · OECD, Environmental data · OECD, Statistics Department · PricewaterhouseCoopers · Reporters Without Borders · Standard and Poor's · The Nobel Foundation · The Conference Board · The World Justice Project · Thomson Reuters · Times Higher Education: World University Ranking · UNCTAD · UNEP Sustainable Development Goals · UNESCO Institute for Statistics · UNIDO · Union Bank of Switzerland, Economic Research Department · US Department of Agriculture · WIFO Austrian Institute of Economic Research · World Bank, WDI Database · World Health Organization · World Intellectual Property, WIPO Statistics Database · World Tourism Organization · World Trade Organization
Our history
30 years anniversary conference
2019 marked the 30th anniversary of the IMD World Competitiveness Center.
For the past 30 years, we have spearheaded research on how nations and enterprises compete to lay the foundations for future prosperity.
To reply to this question, we held a high-level conference on October 2019.
We were joined by Ambassadors, our Partner Institutes, and other guests from over 40 countries to discuss the topic of competitiveness: what have we learned, and what are the challenges and areas of significance ahead?
The audience of this unique event included representatives from both the private and the public sectors.
35:4030 years of understanding and assessing the competitiveness of n ...
Roundtable #1: Building national consensus
55:2130 Years of Competitiveness - Education and Talent
Roundtable 2: Education and talent
00:2130 Years of Competitiveness – Smart City Index Launch
Conference: Smart City Index
03:0130 years of Competitiveness - "How to turn a good idea into a s ...
Conference: How to turn a good idea into a success
02:5930 years of Competitiveness - "Technology and Governments"
Roundtable 3: Technology and governments
00:5630 years of Competitiveness - Building Public-Private Partnershi ...
Roundtable 4: Building public-private partnerships
19:1030 years of competitiveness - Beyond GDP as Objective of Public ...
Roundtable 5: Beyond GDP as objective of public policy
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