1. Romania the Imperative of Competitiveness
Presentation by
Owaise Saadat
Country Manager
World Bank Romania Office
December 2, 2004
National Institute of Economic Research

2. "You can fall asleep to dream or you can dream to change the world"
Frantz Fanon, ( ) 2

3. Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI) rankings and 2003 comparisons

4. Country Tables according to Doing business in 2005 report

5. Benchmarking—Employment Regulation Europe and Central Asia Region —Compared to Global Best

7. Benchmarking— Registering Property Europe and Central Asia Region —Compared to Global Best

8. Benchmarking—Legal Rights Indicator Europe and Central Asia Region —Compared to Global Best

9. Benchmarking—Contract Enforcement Europe and Central Asia Region —Compared to Global Best

10. Benchmarking—Bankruptcy Europe and Central Asia Region —Compared to Global Best  

11. Paradigm Shift in Thinking11

12. PRECONDITIONS FOR CHANGE
Is there sufficient tension to motivate people to change?
Are people receptive to new ways of doing things?
Is there knowledge necessary to change available?
Does the leadership have a clear and compelling moral purpose?
Is the leadership capable of facilitating change?  12

13. A message until we meet next!
" The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds"
John Maynard Keynes (1936)