InsightReportKlausSchwab,WorldEconomicForumTheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2017–2018InsightReportTheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2017–2018ProfessorKlausSchwabWorldEconomicForumEditorProfessorXavierSala-i-MartínColumbiaUniversityChiefAdvisorofTheGlobalCompetitivenessReportTheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2017–2018ispublishedbytheWorldEconomicForumwithintheframeworkoftheSystemInitiativeonShapingtheFutureofEconomicProgress.ProfessorKlausSchwabExecutiveChairmanProfessorXavierSala-i-MartínChiefAdvisorofTheGlobalCompetitivenessReportRichardSamansHeadofGlobalAgenda,MemberoftheManagingBoardTERMSOFUSEANDDISCLAIMERTheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2017–2018(herein:“Report”)presentsinformationanddatathatwerecompiledand/orcollectedbytheWorldEconomicForum(allinformationanddatareferredhereinas“Data”).DatainthisReportissubjecttochangewithoutnotice