DOHA: Qatar is ranked first in the world on two indicators — Ease of Paying Taxes; and Tertiary Inbound Mobility of International Students — in the Global Innovation Index 2016 released in Geneva last week.
The index, which measured performance of 128 countries on 82 indicators, placed Qatar in the third position in the Arab world and 50th globally in the overall performance.
Recording progress on innovation input sub-indexes, Qatar advanced six positions on Infrastructure pillar (ICT access and use), 10th position on Market Sophistication pillar and 28th positions on Business Sophistication pillar, thus ranking 16th, 68th and 78th globally, respectively.
Other strong indicators for Qatar are: Electricity output (sixth); University/industry research collaboration (eighth); state of cluster development (eighth); joint venture/strategic alliance deals (eighth); and foreign direct investment outflows (16th). Nine ranks gain has been reported for Qatar’s Creative Outputs pillar — globally ranked 49th.
The report says the Northern Africa and West Asia region shows its highest average scores in ICT access, ICT-driven business model creation and e-Government and productivity growth. Less notable performances are seen in high-tech exports, patents and the quality of publications in the region. The report said many GCC countries are diversifying their economies following a decades-long dependence on oil, turning their focus towards more innovation-driven and diverse sources of growth and overcoming relative shortcomings in areas, such as Institutions, market and business sophistication.
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DOHA: Qatar is ranked first in the world on two indicators — Ease of Paying Taxes; and Tertiary Inbound Mobility of International Students — in the Global Innovation Index 2016 released in Geneva last week.
The index, which measured performance of 128 countries on 82 indicators, placed Qatar in the third position in the Arab world and 50th globally in the overall performance.
Recording progress on innovation input sub-indexes, Qatar advanced six positions on Infrastructure pillar (ICT access and use), 10th position on Market Sophistication pillar and 28th positions on Business Sophistication pillar, thus ranking 16th, 68th and 78th globally, respectively.
Other strong indicators for Qatar are: Electricity output (sixth); University/industry research collaboration (eighth); state of cluster development (eighth); joint venture/strategic alliance deals (eighth); and foreign direct investment outflows (16th). Nine ranks gain has been reported for Qatar’s Creative Outputs pillar — globally ranked 49th.
The report says the Northern Africa and West Asia region shows its highest average scores in ICT access, ICT-driven business model creation and e-Government and productivity growth. Less notable performances are seen in high-tech exports, patents and the quality of publications in the region. The report said many GCC countries are diversifying their economies following a decades-long dependence on oil, turning their focus towards more innovation-driven and diverse sources of growth and overcoming relative shortcomings in areas, such as Institutions, market and business sophistication.
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