The World Economic Forum’s Centre for the New Economy and Society is pleased to acknowledge and thank the following organizations as its valued Partner Institutes.

Algeria

Centre de Recherche En Economie Appliquée Pour Le Développement - CREAD

Yacine Belarbi, Director

Khaled Menna, Director of Macroeconomics and

Economic Integration

Angola

Jobartis

João Freitas, Country Manager

Luis Verdeja, Director

Argentina

IAE Business School, Universidad Austral

Eduardo Fracchia, Director of Academic Department of Economics

Martin Calveira, Research Economist

Armenia

Economy and Values Research Center

Sevak Hovhannisyan, Board Member and Senior Associate

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Indonesia, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Dynata

Thomas Huff, Senior Project Manager

Steffen Bott, Vice President, Sales

Valentyna Chuikina, Associate Account Director

Austria

Austrian Institute of Economic Research - WIFO Gabriel Felbermayr, Director

Michael Peneder, Project Lead

Alexandros Charos, Survey Expert

Bahamas, The

The Government and Public Policy Institute, University of the Bahamas

Zhivargo Laing, Executive Director

Jeannie D. Gibson, Policy Assistant

Bahrain

Bahrain Economic Development Board

H.E. Noor bint Ali AlKhulaif, Minister of Sustainable Development, Chief Executive of the Economic Development Board

Nada Al-Saeed, Chief of Strategy

Rima AlKilani: Executive Director, Projects

Redha AlAnsari, Executive Director, Research

Fatema AlAtbi, Head, Research

Sara Ishaq, Senior Executive, Research

Bangladesh

Centre for Policy Dialogue - CPD

Dr Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director

Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Research Director

Ms Jebunnesa, Programme Associate

Jannath Sharmin Chowdhury‎, Programme Associate

Barbados

University of West Indies

Jonathan G. Lashley, Senior Fellow

Don Marshall, Professor

Kenisha Chase, Research Assistant

Benin

Institut de Recherche Empirique en Economie Politique - IREEP

Leonard Wantchekon, President

Stéphania Houngan, Research Associate

Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama

INCAE Business School

Ronald Arce, Director

Enrique Bolaños, President

Bosnia and Herzegovina

School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo

Jasmina Selimovic, Dean

Zlatko Lagumdzija, Professor

Amra Kapo, Associate Professor

Botswana

Botswana National Productivity Centre

Letsogile Batsetswe, Research Consultant and Statistician

Zelda Okatch, Information and Research Services Manager

Jacob Mmola, Executive Director

Brazil

Fundação Dom Cabral

Hugo Tadeu, Director and Professor at the FDC Innovation, AI, and Digital Center

Jersone Tasso, Professor at the FDC Innovation, AI, and Digital Center

Bruna Diniz, Research Assistant at the FDC Innovation, AI, and Digital Center

Kauã Kenner, Research Assistant at the FDC Innovation, AI, and Digital Center

Brunei Darussalam

Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB)

Datin Paduka Professor Dr. Dayang Hajah Zohrah binti Haji Sulaiman, Vice-Chancellor

Dr. Mohamad Saiful bin Haji Omar, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (External and Industry Relations)

Dr. Hajah Siti Wardah binti Haji Abd Rahman

Project Coordinator

Bulgaria

Center for Economic Development

Maria Prohaska, Director

Ivalina Simeonova, Project Manager

Cameroon

Compétitivité Cameroon

Hermann Fotie Ii, Permanent Secretary

Tanankem Belmondo Voufo, Expert Investment Climate

Jean Baptiste Nsoe Nkouli, Competitiveness Observatory Expert

Cape Verde

INOVE Research

Frantz Tavares, Chief Executive Officer

Jerónimo Freire, Project Manager

Júlio Delgado, Director

Chad

Groupe de Recherches Alternatives Et de Monitoring Du Projet Pétrole-Tchad-Cameroun

Simael Mbairassem, Economist in charge of Research and Public Policies

Maoundonodji Gilbert, Managing Director

Chile

University Adolfo Ibañez Business School

Rodrigo Wagner, Associate Professor of Finance

Colombia

National Planning Department of Colombia

Jorge Ivan Gonzalez, General Director, Department

of National Planning

Monica Lorena Ortiz Medina, Technical Director, Innovation and Private Sector Development

Sara Patricia Rivera, Adviser, Innovation and

Private Sector Development

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo-Invest Consulting

Teza Bila Minlangu, Administrator

Faila Tabu Ngandi, Managing Director

Bertin Muderhwa, Head of Service in charge of Studies and Statistics at the Federation of Businesses of Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Centre de Promotion des Investissements en Côte D’ivoire - CEPICI

Solange Amichia, CEO

Ramatou Fall, Director of Business Climate

Simon Meledje, Head of Planning and Monitoring

Bernadine Yeble N'Guessan, Research officer

Cyprus

Cyprus Employers and Industry Confederation - OEB

Antonis Frangoudis, Director Business Development and Economic Affairs Department

Bank of Cyprus

Kyriacos Antoniou, Governance Officer

Andreas Alexandrou, Manager Strategy and Customer Insights

Czech Republic

CMC Graduate School of Business

Tomáš Janča, Executive Director

Denmark

Danish Technological Institute

Stig Yding Sørensen, Senior Specialist

Andreas Bjerre Lunkeit, Consultant

Ecuador

ESPAE Graduate School of Management - ESPOL

María Luisa Granda, Dean of ESPAE-ESPOL

Tania Tenesaca, Project Coordinator

Egypt, Arab Rep.

Egyptian Center for Economic Studies - ECES

Abla Abdel Latif, Executive Director, and Director of Research

Salma Bahaa El Din, Senior Economist

Ahmed Maged, Research Assistant

Hossam Khater, Research Assistant

Mohamed Khater, Research Assistant

Estonia

Estonian Institute of Economic Research -EKI

Peeter Raudsepp, Director

Finland

ETLA Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

Aki Kangasharju, Managing Director

Päivi Puonti, Head of Forecasting

Ville Kaitila, Researcher

Georgia

Grigol Robakidze University

Vakhtang Charaia, Deputy Rector

Tengiz Taktakishvili, Expert

Giorgi Tsutskiridze, Expert

Mariam Lashkhi, Project Manager

TSU Center for Analysis and Forecasting

Otar Anguridze, Head of the Board

Ghana

Association of Ghana Industries

Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, President

Seth Twum-Akwaboah, Chief Executive Officer

John Defor, Direcctor, Policy and Research

Greece

SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises

Michael Mitsopoulos, Director - Business Environment and Regulatory Affairs

Athanasios Printsipas, Senior Advisor - SEV Business Council for Sustainable Development

Guatemala

FUNDESA

Juan Carlos Paiz, President of the Board of Directors

Juan Carlos Zapata, Chief Executive Officer

Fernando Spross, Associate Researcher

Priscilla González, Corporate Affairs Coordinator

Hong Kong SAR, China

Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

Simon Ngan, Director, Policy and Research

Wilson Chong, Senior Economist

Hungary

KOPINT-TÁRKI Economic Research Ltd

Peter Vakhal, Senior Research Associate

Éva Palócz, CEO

India

LeadCap Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd - LeadCap Ventures

Sangeeth Varghese, Managing Director and CEO

Vidyadhar Prabhudesai, Director and COO

Iran

Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture - Deputy of Economic Affairs

Zahra Naseri, Director of Statistics & Economical information Centre

Hanie Ziadlou, Senior Research Analyst

Iraq

Baghdad Economic Forum

Faris Raheem Aal-Salman, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Thabit Kadhim Khudhur, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Ireland

Irish Business and Employers Confederation - IBEC

Geraldine Anderson, Head of Research

Israel

Manufacturers' Association of Israel - MAI

Ron Tomer, President

Ruby Ginel, CEO

Dan Catarivas, General Manager, Foreign Trade and International Relations Division

Itai Nakash, Deputy General Manager, Foreign Trade and International Relations Division

Jamaica

Mona School of Business and Management - MSBM, The University of the West Indies, Mona

David McBean, Executive Director

Yvette Cameron-Harris, Project Administrator

Jamaica Promotions Corporation - JAMPRO

Shulette Cox, Vice President, Research, Advocacy, and Project Implementation

National Competitiveness Council Jamaica

Sharifa Powell, Consultant Project Manager

Japan

Waseda University

Jusuke Ikegami, Professor

Mitsuyo Tsubayama, Coordinator

Shoko Miya, Coordinator

Jordan

Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation

Hadram Al Fayez, Director

Mira Mango, Head of Competitiveness and Business Environment Division

Kazakhstan

Center for Strategic Initiatives LPP

Olzhas Khudaibergenov, Senior Partner

Yerbol Tulegenov, Associate Partner

Symbat Aliaskarova, Consultant

Kenya

University of Nairobi

Karuti Kanyinga, Research Professor and Director, IDS

Vincent Mugo, Project Assistant IDS

Paul Kamau, Associate Research Professor, IDS

Korea, Rep.

Korea Development Institute

Inho Song, Executive Director, Economic Information and Education Center

Joohee Cho, Head, Public Opinion Analysis Unit

Boyoung Han, Senior Reseach Associate, Public Opinion Analysis Unit

Kosovo*, North Macedonia

Economic Chamber of North-West Macedonia

Durim Zekiri, Executive Director

Miranda Ajdini, Operations Manager

Besiana Mustafa, Business Liaison Officer

Genta Latifi, Associate for Research and Analysis

Kuwait

Kuwait University

Fahad Al-Rashid, Committee Chair

Adel Al-Husainan, Committee Member

Majed Jamal Al-Deen, Committee Member

Kyrgyz Republic

Economic Policy Institute

Marat Tazabekov, Chairman

Lao PDR

Enterprise and Development Consultants Co. Ltd - EDC

Buakhai Phimmavong, Managing Partner

Thipphasone Inthachack, Office administrator

Latvia

Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

Arnis Sauka, Head of the Centre for Sustainable Development

Lesotho

Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho - PSFL

Thabo Qhesi, CEO

Bokang Tsoanamatsie, Public Relations Officer

Qothoase Khofane, Researcher

Liberia, Sierra Leone

GQRDOTCOM Limited - GQR

Omodele Jones, Chief Executive Officer

Lithuania

Innovation Agency Lithuania

Jone Kalendiene, Head of Research and Analysis Division

Irena Karelina, Analyst

Luxembourg

Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce

Christel Chatelain, Head of Economic Affairs

Sidonie Paris, Economist

Anthony Villeneuve, Economist

Malawi

Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Daisy Kambalame, Chief Executive

Lucky Mfungwe, Director of Business Environment

Chancy Mkandawire, Economic Analyst

Blessings Kalulu, Economic Analyst

Malaysia

Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)

Zahid Ismail, Director General

Dr. Mohamad Norjayadi Tamam, Deputy Director General

Wan Fazlin Nadia Wan Osman, Director Productivity & Competitiveness Development

Mali

Mali Applied and Theoretical Economics Research Group - GREAT

Massa Coulibaly, Executive Director

Wélé Fatoumata Binta Sow, Researcher

Badiégué Diallo, Administrative and Financial Assistant

Malta

Competitive Malta - Foundation for National Competitiveness

Adrian Said, Associate

Matthew Castillo, Associate

Mauritius

Economic Development Board

Mr Mahen Abhimanu Kundasamy, CEO

Dr Yudeeshen Narayanan, Manager

Mexico

Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad - IMCO

Valeria Moy, General Director

Ivania Mazari, Program Manager

Ministry of the Economy

Jorge Eduardo Arreola Cavazos, General Director for Competitiveness and Competition

Carlos Rubén Altamirano Márquez, Director

Fernando Tonatiuh Parra Calvo, Underdirector for Competitiveness

Mongolia

Open Society Forum - OSF

Erdenejargal Perenlei, Executive Director

Oyunbadam Davaakhuu, Program Manager

Montenegro

The Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognoses - ISSP

Maja Drakic Grgur, Project Coordinator

Veselin Vukotic, President

Morocco

The Policy Centre for the New South

Dr Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President

Asmaa Tahraoui, Senior Knoweldge Manager

Abdelaaziz Ait Ali, Head Economics Research Department

Namibia

Institute for Public Policy Research - IPPR

Ndapunikwa Fikameni, Research Associate

Salmi Shigwedha, Research Associate

Graham Hopwood, Director

Nepal

Competitiveness and Development Institute - CODE

Dr Ramesh C. Chitrakar, Project Director/ Country Coordinator

Abhinandan Baniya, Associate Team Member

Menaka Shrestha, Team Member

Netherlands

Amsterdam Centre for Business Innovation, University of Amsterdam

Henk Volberda, Director and Professor

Rick Hollen, Senior Research Associate

Roos Exterkate, Research Assistant

Nigeria

Nigerian Economic Summit Group - NESG

Laoye Jaiyeola, Chief Executive Officer

Dr Olusegun Omisakin, Director of Research and Development

Sodik Olofin, Economist

Oman

National Competitiveness Office - NCO

Dr Salim Abdullah Al Shaikh, Acting Chief of NCO

Juhaina Saleh Al Balushi, Economic Researcher

Jawaher Sultan Al Habsi, Business Analyst

Pakistan

Mishal Pakistan

Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer

Puruesh Chaudhary, Director

Paraguay

Paraguayan Foundation for Cooperation and Development

Martin Burt, CEO

Luis Fernando Sanabria, CEO

Sol Urbieta, Management Assistant

Peru

Industrial Development Center of the National Society of Industries

Luis Tenorio, Executive Director

Maria Elena Baraybar, Project Assistant

Benoni Sanchez, Head of Systems

Philippines

Makati Business Club - MBC

Roxanne Lu, Programs Director

Trisha Teope, Foreign Programs Officer

Poland

National Bank of Poland

Piotr Boguszewski, Economic Advisor

Piotr Szpunar, Director

Portugal

Business Administrators Forum - FAE

Paulo Carmona, President

Mariana Marques dos Santos, Member of the Board

PROFORUM Association for the Development of Engineering

Ilidio De Ayala Serôdio, Vice-President

Helena Roquette, Secretary

Qatar

Qatari Businessmen Association - QBA

Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman

Issa Abdull Salam Abu Issa, Secretary General

Sarah Abdallah, Deputy General Manager

Romania

Association for Women Entrepreneurship Development - ADAF

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania

Rotaru Cornelia, President

Rotaru Gela, Business Analyst

Savu Cristina, Communication Expert

Rwanda

Rwanda Development Board

Delphine Uwase, Ag. Head of Strategy and Competitiveness Department

Kennedy Kalisa, Strategy Analyst

Richard Kayibanda, Ag. Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer

Saudi Arabia

Alfaisal University

Mohammed Kafaji, Director of Alfaisal Competitiveness Center

National Competitiveness Centre

H.E. Dr. Eiman AlMutairi, CEO of National Competitiveness Center

Waleed AlRudaian, Vice President

Salman M. AlTukhaifi, General Manager of Analytics & Business Intelligence

Senegal

Université Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar

Thierno Thioune, Directeur du Centre de Recherches Economiques Appliquées

Serbia

Foundation for the Advancement of Economics - FREN

Aleksandar Radivojević, Coordinator

Dejan Molnar, Director

Singapore

Singapore Economic Development Board

Cheng Wai San, Director and Head

Teo Xinyu, Executive Officer, Senior

Slovak Republic

Business Alliance of Slovakia - PAS

Peter Serina, Executive Director

Robert Kičina, Member of the Board

Slovenia

Institute for Economic Research

Peter Stanovnik, Professor

Sonja Uršič, Senior Research Assistant

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

Mateja Drnovšek, Full Professor

South Africa

Business Unity South Africa

Tyson Thamsanqa Sibanda, Economic Policy Manager

Olivier Serrao, Economic Policy Executive Director

Cas Coovadia, Chief Executive Officer

Spain

IESE Business School

Pascual Berrone, Professor, Director of the International Center for Competitiveness

María Luisa Blázquez, Research Associate

Sri Lanka

Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka - IPS

Kithmina Hewage, Research Economist

Tharindu Udayanga, Research Assistant

Switzerland

University of St.Gallen, Center for Financial Services Innovation

Tobias Trütsch, Managing Director

Taiwan, China

Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

Chen, Yi-Man, Research Fellow

Tsuo, I-Chun, Assistant Research Fellow

Tanzania

REPOA Ltd

Donald Mmari, Executive Director

Lucas Katera, Director of Collaborations and Capacity Building

Cornel Jahari, Researcher and Field Manager

Thailand

Chulalongkorn University

Wilert Puriwat, President

Kanyarat (Lek) Sanoran, Assistant to the President for Research with International Organizations and Institutional Partnerships

Trinidad and Tobago

Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business

Raynardo Hassanally, Alumni Relations Coordinator

Balraj Kistow, Programme Director

Ron Sookram, Academic Coordinator

Tunisia

Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprises

Majdi Hassen, Executive Director

Hager KARAA, Head of Studies Department

Turkey

TÜSIAD, Sabanci University Competitivness Forum - REF

Esra Durceylan Kaygusuz, Director

Sezen Uğurlu Sum, Project Specialist

Ukraine

CASE Ukraine, Center for Social and Economic Research

Dmytro Boyarchuk, Executive Director

Vladimir Dubrovskiy, Leading Economist

Oksana Kuziakiv, Senior Adviser

United Arab Emirates

Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre

Hanan Ahli, Director General of Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre

Rashed Abdulkarim Al Blooshi, Undersecretary of Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi

Uruguay

Universidad ORT Uruguay

Isidoro Hodara, Professor

Bruno Gili, Professor

Federico Monetti, Professor

Uzbekistan

Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT)

Bakhrom Mirkasimov, Deputy Rector

Nargiza Kabilova, Research Assistant

Venezuela

Venezuelan Council for Investment Promotion

Jennyn Osorio, Economics Affairs Manager

Jorge García, Business Intelligence Manager

Viet Nam

Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies - HIDS

Tran Hoang Ngan, Director

Trieu Thanh Son, Head of Rereach Management

Nguyen Manh Quan, Researcher

Yemen, Rep.

Yemeni Business Club - YBC

Fathi Abdulwase Hayel Saeed, Chairman

Ghadeer Ahmed Almaqhafi, Executive Director

Safa Abdullah Alsayaghi, Projects Manager

Zambia

University of Zambia

Joseph Simbaya, Director

Chitalu Chama Chiliba, Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow

Patricia Funjika, Research Fellow

Zimbabwe

National Competitiveness Commission

Phillip Phiri, Executive Director

Brighton Shayanewako, Director, Competitiveness

Douglas Muzimba, Chief Economist, International Competitiveness

Elizabeth Magwaza, Economist

New York Times

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