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ARMENIA'S PREMIER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT
Tert.am
15:21 08.09.11
Before the Sept 8. cabinet sitting, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan expressed the confidence that, given the 2011 figures, the
2011 National Competitiveness Report of Armenia (ACR), will be even
better. The recently released 2011-2012 Global Competiveness Report,
which ranks Armenia 92nd among the 142 countries.
According to the report, Armenia is six ranks up. The Armenian premier
stressed the importance of "dealing with out strong and weak points,
due to which our competitiveness rank is rising." "It is a rather
objective analysis which, first of all, indicates our weak points
and specifies what should be improved," Premier Sargsyan said.
The Armenian premier hails the progress in almost all the figures.
Even better progress would be registered but for last year's price
rise, which "throws the country 15 points back." "Our strong point
is the transparency of government policy - we rank 35th among the 142
countries. Also, we are 48 points up with respect to infrastructure -
in the IT sector.
This, first of all, refers to availability of Internet and mobile
communication. The Armenian premier also pointed out serious progress
in higher education and retraining - 17 and 19 points up respectively.
"We are sure that, based on the 2011 figures, the 2011 National
Competitiveness Report of Armenia (ACR) will be even better than
the one based on the figures for 2010 and for the first three months
of 2011. The far smaller price rise this year as compared with last
year will account for that. We have entered a new price rise stage -
within 5% rather than 10% - which will have a positive impact. The
third important factor is the business environment reforms we have
implemented. We expect five indices to show serious progress this
year," Premier Tigran Sagsyan said.
From: Baghdasarian
Tert.am
15:21 08.09.11
Before the Sept 8. cabinet sitting, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan expressed the confidence that, given the 2011 figures, the
2011 National Competitiveness Report of Armenia (ACR), will be even
better. The recently released 2011-2012 Global Competiveness Report,
which ranks Armenia 92nd among the 142 countries.
According to the report, Armenia is six ranks up. The Armenian premier
stressed the importance of "dealing with out strong and weak points,
due to which our competitiveness rank is rising." "It is a rather
objective analysis which, first of all, indicates our weak points
and specifies what should be improved," Premier Sargsyan said.
The Armenian premier hails the progress in almost all the figures.
Even better progress would be registered but for last year's price
rise, which "throws the country 15 points back." "Our strong point
is the transparency of government policy - we rank 35th among the 142
countries. Also, we are 48 points up with respect to infrastructure -
in the IT sector.
This, first of all, refers to availability of Internet and mobile
communication. The Armenian premier also pointed out serious progress
in higher education and retraining - 17 and 19 points up respectively.
"We are sure that, based on the 2011 figures, the 2011 National
Competitiveness Report of Armenia (ACR) will be even better than
the one based on the figures for 2010 and for the first three months
of 2011. The far smaller price rise this year as compared with last
year will account for that. We have entered a new price rise stage -
within 5% rather than 10% - which will have a positive impact. The
third important factor is the business environment reforms we have
implemented. We expect five indices to show serious progress this
year," Premier Tigran Sagsyan said.
From: Baghdasarian