![enter image description here][1] Context Ten years on from the global financial crisis, the prospects for a sustained economic recovery remain at risk due to a widespread failure on the part of leaders and policy-makers to put in place reforms necessary to underpin competitiveness and bring about much-needed increases in productivity, according to data from the World Economic Forum’s [Global Competitiveness Report 2017, 2018][2] Content The Global Competitiveness Index 2017-2018 presents a framework and a corresponding set of indicators in three principal categories (subindexes) and twelve policy domains (pillars) for 137 economies Acknowledgements World Economic Forum [1]: https://www.weforum.org/assets/apple-touch-icon-72x72-1b4c2b319595c5eca0920f58b593228992a06dd1df8d4bb61ae70fb0b82e274b.png [2]: http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-index-2017-2018/