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Quarterly External Debt Statistics GDDS was updated on April 16, 2019
Quarterly External Debt Statistics SDDS was updated on April 16, 2019
Quarterly Public Sector Debt was updated on April 11, 2019
World Development Indicators was updated on March 21, 2019

Metadata Glossary

Code	GCI.11THPILLAR.XQ
Indicator Name	11th pillar: Business sophistication
Short definition	This indicator is a derived from the following indicators: (a) Local supplier quantity (b) Local supplier quality (c) State of cluster development (d) Nature of competitive advantage (e) Value chain breadth (f) Control of international distribution (g) Production process sophistication (h) Extent of marketing and (i) Willingness to delegate authority.
Long definition	This indicator is a derived from the following indicators: (a) Local supplier quantity (b) Local supplier quality (c) State of cluster development (d) Nature of competitive advantage (e) Value chain breadth (f) Control of international distribution (g) Production process sophistication (h) Extent of marketing and (i) Willingness to delegate authority.
Source	The Global Competitiveness Report: various issues (http://gcr.weforum.org/).
Topic	Public Sector: Policy & institutions
Periodicity	Annual
General comments	Two types of data are used in the GCI: (a) Survey data:These data are the results drawn from the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey. (b) Hard data: These data come from indicators obtained from a variety of sources.

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