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value="PAN">Panama</option><option value="PRY">Paraguay</option><option value="PER">Peru</option><option value="PHL">Philippines</option><option value="POL">Poland</option><option value="PRT">Portugal</option><option value="PRI">Puerto Rico</option><option value="QAT">Qatar</option><option value="ROU">Romania</option><option value="RUS">Russian Federation</option><option value="RWA">Rwanda</option><option value="SAU">Saudi Arabia</option><option value="SEN">Senegal</option><option value="SRB">Serbia</option><option value="SYC">Seychelles</option><option value="SLE">Sierra Leone</option><option value="SGP">Singapore</option><option value="SVK">Slovak Republic</option><option value="SVN">Slovenia</option><option value="ZAF">South Africa</option><option value="ESP">Spain</option><option value="LKA">Sri Lanka</option><option value="SUR">Suriname</option><option value="SWZ">Swaziland</option><option value="SWE">Sweden</option><option value="CHE">Switzerland</option><option value="SYR">Syria</option><option value="TWN">Taiwan, China</option><option value="TJK">Tajikistan</option><option value="TZA">Tanzania</option><option value="THA">Thailand</option><option value="TLS">Timor-leste</option><option value="TTO">Trinidad and Tobago</option><option value="TUN">Tunisia</option><option value="TUR">Turkey</option><option value="UGA">Uganda</option><option value="UKR">Ukraine</option><option value="ARE">United Arab Emirates</option><option value="GBR">United Kingdom</option><option value="USA">United States</option><option value="URY">Uruguay</option><option value="VEN">Venezuela</option><option value="VNM">Viet Nam</option><option value="YEM">Yemen</option><option value="ZMB">Zambia</option><option value="ZWE">Zimbabwe</option></select> </div></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-report_page menu-item-104"><a 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value="NIC">Nicaragua</option><option value="NGA">Nigeria</option><option value="NOR">Norway</option><option value="OMN">Oman</option><option value="PAK">Pakistan</option><option value="PAN">Panama</option><option value="PRY">Paraguay</option><option value="PER">Peru</option><option value="PHL">Philippines</option><option value="POL">Poland</option><option value="PRT">Portugal</option><option value="PRI">Puerto Rico</option><option value="QAT">Qatar</option><option value="ROU">Romania</option><option value="RUS">Russian Federation</option><option value="RWA">Rwanda</option><option value="SAU">Saudi Arabia</option><option value="SEN">Senegal</option><option value="SRB">Serbia</option><option value="SYC">Seychelles</option><option value="SLE">Sierra Leone</option><option value="SGP">Singapore</option><option value="SVK">Slovak Republic</option><option value="SVN">Slovenia</option><option value="ZAF">South Africa</option><option value="ESP">Spain</option><option value="LKA">Sri 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/appendix-a-global-competitiveness-index-4-0-2018-pillar-rankings/">Appendix A: Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 2018 Pillar Rankings</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-report_page menu-item-91"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/appendix-b-the-executive-opinion-survey-the-voice-of-the-business-community/">Appendix B: The Executive Opinion Survey</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-report_page menu-item-92"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/appendix-c-the-global-competitiveness-index-4-0-methodology-and-technical-notes/">Appendix C: Methodology and Technical Notes</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/competitiveness-rankings/" class="col thumb "> <div class="title accent-blue trans"> <h1>Competitiveness Rankings</h1> </div> <div class="picture" style="" data-height="209" data-width="242" data-picture="" data-alt="" data-title=""><div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148oe_/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/wp-content/blogs.dir/140/mp/image-cache/site/4/cb-rankings.70525ae86ae824156e88d802628f7c01.jpg"></div><div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148oe_/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/wp-content/blogs.dir/140/mp/image-cache/site/1/cb-rankings.d2dfef7bdd7b46d532fb8d5f9801577e.jpg" data-media="(min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.0)"></div><div 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/country-economy-profiles/" class="col thumb "> <div class="title accent-blue trans"> <h1>Economy Profiles</h1> </div> <div class="picture" style="" data-height="209" data-width="242" data-picture="" data-alt="" data-title=""><div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148oe_/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/wp-content/blogs.dir/140/mp/image-cache/site/b/cb-howto.a2df8057795e4114fe98232704ad07c4.jpg"></div><div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148oe_/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/wp-content/blogs.dir/140/mp/image-cache/site/3/cb-howto.7efe59a7de1b8c98d98eb7a1a394bcd7.jpg" data-media="(min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.0)"></div><div 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/chapter-3-benchmarking-competitiveness-in-the-fourth-industrial-revolution-introducing-the-global-competitiveness-index-4-0/" class="col thumb last "> <div class="title accent-blue trans"> <h1>Methodology</h1> </div> <div class="picture" style="" data-height="209" data-width="242" data-picture="" data-alt="" data-title=""><div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148oe_/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/wp-content/blogs.dir/140/mp/image-cache/site/2/cb-methodology.a6122340848d726396895d726575ae68.png"></div><div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148oe_/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/wp-content/blogs.dir/140/mp/image-cache/site/5/cb-methodology.e673694a05f90a2847779061a215923f.png" data-media="(min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.0)"></div><div 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/infographics/" class="col thumb "> <div class="title accent-blue trans"> <h1>Infographics</h1> </div> <div class="picture" style="" data-height="209" data-width="242" data-picture="" data-alt="" data-title=""><div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148oe_/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/wp-content/blogs.dir/140/mp/image-cache/site/c/cb-info.824df531550fea539a5477f47c4ea6c2.png"></div><div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082148oe_/http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2018/wp-content/blogs.dir/140/mp/image-cache/site/4/cb-info.7298de1c969552c36ba31855bfca470c.png" data-media="(min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.0)"></div><div 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