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Global Innovation Index2008-2009 puts the Netherlands in the top te2 February 2009 The Second Global Innovation Index 2008 - 2009 (GII) jointly published by Confederation of Indian Industry and INSEAD Business School, has once again placed United States at the top of the Global Innovation Rankings. India, on the other hand, is ranked a lowly 41. The GII that has studied 130 countries has ranked Germany in the second position, followed by Sweden, the United Kingdom and Singapore. The European economies, including the Nordic ones, continued to do well in 2008. Switzerland, Denmark and the Netherlands figured in the top 10 apart from Germany, Sweden and UK that figure in the top 5. However, France was the biggest loser slipping from the 5th to 19th position. Singapore and South Korea are two Asian countries figuring in the top 10. However, Japan has slipped to the 9th position from the 4th and India its last year’s ranking of 23rd to the 41st position. With China ranked at 37th, most BRIC countries have been ranked lower than last time. Israel and Qatar from West Asia and Middle East find places in the top 25. There are other countries from the Middle East just below this quartile. The GII results have revealed that innovation is correlated with income levels in a country. For example, the innovation levels in the OECD countries are much more than non-OECD countries. There are few countries from Africa that are included in the rankings with only South Africa coming in at the 43rd position.
EIU Index of Democracy 2008 puts the Netherlands in 4th place2 February 2009 Although almost half of the world's countries can be considered democracies, the number of "full democracies" is relatively low (only 30); 50 are rated as "flawed democracies". Of the remaining 87 states, 51 are authoritarian and 36 are considered to be "hybrid regimes". Half of the world’s population lives in a democracy of some sort, although only some 14% reside in full democracies. More than one third of the world’s population still lives under authoritarian rule. In most regions the average democracy score for 2008 is similar to the average recorded for 2006. The sole exception was eastern Europe, which had a perceptible decline in its average score. In 19 countries of eastern Europe the democracy score declined between 2006 and 2008; in only one country in this region (the Czech Republic) was there a slight improvement. In only 12 countries out of the 167 that are covered was there a change in regime type between 2006 and 2008—in eight there was a positive upgrading and in four a regression. Eight of the 12 countries undergoing a change in regime type were in Asia, where many of the most significant changes, in both directions, in democratisation between 2006 and 2008 occurred. The Nordic states and other West European countries dominate the top ten. By contrast, the US and UK are near the bottom of the full democracy category. In the US there has been an erosion of civil liberties related to the fight against terrorism. Problems in the functioning of government have also become more prominent. In the UK there has also been some erosion of civil liberties, but here the main feature is shockingly low level of political participation. Top ten contries on the EIU Democracy Index 2008
The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index 2008 EIU 2008 IT industry competitiveness index 2008 puts the Nethe2 February 2008 The Netherlands has risen to 10th place on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s list of the most attractive countries for the IT sector, reports Wednesday's NRC. The country, which was in 12th place in 2007, scored particularly well for its good infrastructure and high research budgets. Top of the list was the US followed by Taiwan (up from 6th) and the UK. Japan fell from 2nd to 12th place.
How technology sectors grow: Benchmarking IT industry competitiveness 2008
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