Record improvement in Global Competitiveness Ranking - CCC
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is pleased to note the remarkable
improvement Sri Lanka has made over the past three years in the Global
Competitiveness Ranking of the World Economic Forum from 79 in 2009/10,
62 in 2010/11 to 52 in 2011/12.
The current ranking is out of 142 countries.
It is important to note that the progress made in the area of
infrastructure development has improved our ranking in infrastructure
from 70 last year to 60 this year.
Inadequate infrastructure had been identified by the private sector
as the third most important key impediment to doing business in Sri
Lanka in 2006/07 Global Competitiveness Report but today the
significance of this barrier has been pushed down to eighth place.
The ranking of the country fares well in the areas of business
sophistication (32), innovation (42) and goods market efficiency (41).
Sri Lanka fares better than its South Asian neighbours in terms of
overall performance, and is closing the gap it has with its East Asian
neighbours.
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce feels that the rankings can be further
improved with progress made in the macroeconomic environment (currently
ranked 116 as against 124 last year) with continuous efforts that is
being taken by the Government. Areas that have slipped down in the
2011/12 ranking include higher education and training and
restrictiveness of labour regulations.
The Chamber is optimistic that the government will take necessary
steps to address these issues in the future which will undoubtedly
improve the overall competitiveness of Sri Lanka and our ranking in the
Global Competitiveness Index. |