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The Global Competitiveness Report ( GCR) [ 1] was a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum. Between 2004 and 2020, [ 2] the Global Competitiveness Report ranked countries based on the Global Competitiveness Index, [ 1] developed by Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Elsa V. Artadi. [ 3] Before that, the macroeconomic ranks were based on ...
The countries are sorted by their household final consumption expenditure (HFCE) which represents consumer spending in nominal terms. [1] A large (and especially larger than the whole economy (100% GDP)) percentage typically indicates the existence of an informal economy , at least in terms of income.
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations, published in 2004, is a book written by James Surowiecki about the aggregation of information in groups, resulting in decisions that, he argues, are often better than could have been made by any single member of the group.
This is a list of countries by household final consumption expenditure per capita, that is, the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households during one year, divided by the country's average (or mid-year) population for the same year.
The Good Country Index is a composite statistic of 35 data points mostly generated by the United Nations. These data points are combined into a common measure which gives an overall ranking, and a ranking in seven categories: The concept, and the index itself, were developed by Simon Anholt.
Revenue. $241.7 million (2017) Employees (2019) 592. Website. www .consumerreports .org. Consumer Reports ( CR ), formerly Consumers Union ( CU ), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
The Human Development Report includes data for all 193 member states of the United Nations, [ 16] as well as Hong Kong SAR and the State of Palestine. However, the Human Development Index is not calculated for two UN member states: DPR Korea (North Korea) and Monaco, only some components of the index are calculated for these two countries.
That’s more than twice the average £12.17 (£15.50) paid by men for the same or similar service. Over the course of a year, women typically pay £135 ($172) for haircuts, while the average man ...