World’s top 20 countries by competitiveness in 2011-2012
A few weeks ago the World Economic Forum released its latest Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 which ranks a total of 142 countries according to its degree of competititiveness. What is competititiveness and why is it important? Here there are the main results.
Suicide in South Korea: the dark side of the crisis
The Republic of Korea has the highest recorded suicide rate —around 31 per 100,000 people in 2009— in the OECD. The number of suicides in the country has doubled over the past 10 years surpassing Japan’s figures. Why are south koreans killing themselves?
Top 20 countries of 2010 by competitiveness
A few days ago the World Economic Forum released its latest Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 which ranks a total of 139 countries according to its degree of competetitiveness. Here we show the main results.
