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Korea Ranked 29th in Global Competitiveness

 
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:10 pm    Post subject: Korea Ranked 29th in Global Competitiveness Reply with quote
Growth Competitiveness Index rankings
Finland 1
United States 2
Sweden 3
Taiwan 4
Denmark 5
Norway 6
Singapore 7
Switzerland 8
Japan 9
Iceland 10
United Kingdom 11
Netherlands 12
Germany 13
Australia 14
Canada 15
United Arab Emirates 16
Austria 17
New Zealand 18
Israel 19
Estonia 20
Hong Kong SAR 21
Chile 22
Spain 23
Portugal 24
Belgium 25
Luxembourg 26
France 27
Bahrain 28
Korea 29 (18 in 2003)
Ireland 30

World Economic Forum - Global Competitiveness Report
http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/Global+Competitiveness+Programme%5CGlobal+Competitiveness+Report

Table 1: Growth Competitiveness Index rankings and 2003 comparisons
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Gcr/Growth_Competitiveness_Index_2003_Comparisons
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Swiss James



Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
you sure love those statistics and tables eh Real?

How come you didn't make a big fuss of this one though?

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South Korean students topped the list for problem solving skills among 15-year-olds in the results of a global survey released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).


Korean students in the first grade of high school were also found to rank second for reading, third for math and fourth for science among 41 countries.


http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?terms=OECD+code%3A+kt&path=hankooki3%2Ftimes%2Flpage%2F200412%2Fkt2004120715435510230.htm
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Tancred



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Upon a mountain in unknown Kadath
PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You know, I've really got to get to Finland. It seems like they're always right in there at the top of various lists.

T.
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Swiss James,
I put that in the current event forum.
Korea Ranks First in Problem Solving
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=30551
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003
PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
[quote="Swiss James"]you sure love those statistics and tables eh Real?

How come you didn't make a big fuss of this one though?

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South Korean students topped the list for problem solving skills among 15-year-olds in the results of a global survey released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).


Korean students in the first grade of high school were also found to rank second for reading, third for math and fourth for science among 41 countries.


third for math! I would of expected a higher score than that..
who was 1st and second..?
reading well.. hangul is not the hardest to read..
science 4th.. thats a good score..
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