Says WEF executive chairman Klaus Schwab: "The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013 is being
released amid a long period of economic uncertainty.
The tentative recovery that seemed to be gaining ground
during 2010 and the first half of 2011 has given way
to renewed concerns. The global economy faces a
number of significant and interrelated challenges that
could hamper a genuine upturn after an economic crisis
half a decade long in much of the world, especially
in the most advanced economies."
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