00529nam a2200085Ia 4500100001800000245010800018260000900126520028800135583002000423  aLall, Sanjaya  aCompetitiveness indices and developing countries : an economic evaluation of the global competitiveness  c2001  aAnalyzes, from a development economics perspective, whether competitiveness is a legimate concern, and whether the leading indices reserve the attention they get.  Assesses the best-known index - the Global Competitivenes Report of the World and finds deficiencies at several levels.  c10/25/01kJOY_D