00558nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000180001724501080003526000090014352002880015258300200044020260716043431.0  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