Introduction
Taiwan's international competitiveness in the network infrastructure 2011 and 2012
In World Competitiveness Yearbook 2012, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) assessed the global competitiveness of 59 economies worldwide. Taiwan ranked 7th. In Asia, Taiwan falls behind Hong Kong and Singapore, but far ahead of South Korea (22nd), the People’s Republic of China (23rd) and Japan (27th). On the other hand, because of improved effectiveness in deregulation, control of financial charges, and software construction, Taiwan’s "government effectiveness" and "environmental infrastructure" ranked 5th and 12th. This is the best performance over the years. However, Taiwan’s economic performance was limited by the international recession so that the nation’s ranking drops to 13th.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) evaluated the global competitiveness of 138 economies in 2011-2012. Most of the major leading countries are in European. Taiwan ranked 13th. In Asia, Taiwan ranked 4th, and falls behind Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong.
In the global competitiveness of the world's top 20, with respect to the ranking to "innovation"; "higher education and training”; “goods market efficiency”; and “health and primary education”, Taiwan shows the best performance in the competition. However, in the statistics to "labor market efficiency", "systemic "financial market maturity" and "technical preparedness", Taiwan’s ranking significantly falls behind the No.20. Such huge disparity with leading countries is worth for our government, relevant departments and Enterprises to pay attention of it.
In the readiness rating of the WEF network, subject to the appraisal of 142 countries (the total output of these countries exceeds 98% of global GDP output), Taiwan ranked 11th that is ahead of South Korea (12th) and Hong Kong (13th) but falls behind Singapore(2nd ). Additionally, the global ranking shows that, in addition to Singapore, the United States and Canada, the majority of the leading countries are Nordic countries, and they have leading positions in the development and application of ICT.
