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United Kingdom South Africa improves competitiveness
Published on 07/09/2011
South Africa improved its ranking in the World Economic Forum's latest Global Competitiveness Index, climbing four places to 50th out of 142 countries surveyed, while claiming top spot for regulation of exchanges and second place for soundness of banks.