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    ARMENIA IMPROVES ITS RANKING IN THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT

    Mediamax
    Sept 7 2011
    Armenia

    Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenia improved its rating by 6 points ranking
    92nd among 142 countries according to 2011-2012 Global Competitiveness
    Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

    Country competitiveness is calculated based on 12 core criteria
    (institutions, infrastructures, macroeconomic environment, healthcare
    and primary education, higher education and retraining, labor
    market effectiveness, financial market effectiveness, technological
    qualification, market size, level of business environment advancement,
    innovativeness) which are figured out by collecting statistical data
    and surveys of the company heads.

    Head of "Economy and Values" research center (WEF's Armenian
    partner) Manuk Yeganyan said today that the improvement of Armenia's
    competitiveness is conditioned by enhancement of the most of the
    criteria mentioned above, Mediamax reports.

    In particular, the index of Armenian state institutions reflected in
    the report has improved by 14 points (83d among 142 countries).

    According to Manuk Yeganyan, on the one hand, it can be explained
    by transparency growth in the system of state administration and
    facilitation of some procedures, and on the other hand -by toughening
    of state regulation in other countries as a result of the crisis.

    According to the report, Armenia has made substantial progress in the
    following fields: infrastructure, higher education and retraining,
    financial market and technological qualification.

    At the same time, Armenia's ranking significantly deteriorated in the
    spheres of macroeconomic environment and stability (114th - a fall
    by 15 points). According to Manuk Yeganyan, it is mainly explained
    by high inflationary environment.

    The procedures of employment and layoffs (18th), simplicity of starting
    a business (34th ), low crime level and companies' expenditures as
    a result of crimes (17th place), size of customs (34th) and mobile
    network penetration level are underlined in the report to be Armenia's
    significant advantages.

    The inner competition level (139th among 142), effectiveness of
    antimonopoly policy (138th) , existence of dominating groups of
    subjects on the market (133d), complexity of customs procedures
    (132nd), level of state purchases of technological goods (124th) and
    protection of minority stockholders' rights (120th ) are underlined
    in the report to be Armenia's most significant shortcomings.

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