POLAND Competitiveness Raport 2010
Table of Contents
Preface
Executive summary
PART I
POLAND'S COMPARITIVE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND COMPETITIVE
POSITION AT A TIME OF GLOBAL CRISIS
Chapter 1
Economic Development and Real Convergence
1.1. Comparative Analysis of Economic Performance in 2009
Zbigniew Matkowski, Ryszard Rapacki, Mariusz Próchniak
1.2. Real Convergence or Divergence in GDP Per Capita
Zbigniew Matkowski, Mariusz Próchniak
1.3. Income Inequality and Poverty in Poland
Patrycja Graca-Gelert
Chapter 2
Competitive Position in External Economic Relations
2.1. Poland's Foreign Trade Performance and Competitiveness in 2009
Józef Misala
2.2. Recent Developments in Poland's Intra Industry Trade
Elżbieta Czarny, Katarzyna Śledziewska
2.3. Balance of Payments, Official Reserve Assets and External Debt
Józef Misala
2.4. Poland's Investment Attractiveness
Marzenna A. Weresa
PART II
DETERMINANTS OF POLAND'S COMPETITIVENESS IN 2009
Chapter 3
Assets and Their Productivity
3.1. Human Resources
Mateusz Mokrogulski
3.2. Physical Capital and Its Productivity
Piotr Maszczyk
3.3. Infrastructure
Ireneusz Bil
3.4. Science, Technology, and Innovation
Beata Michorowska
3.5. Total Factor Productivity
Mariusz Próchniak
Chapter 4
Policies and Institutions and Their Quality
4.1. Political and Social Environment
Janusz Gołębiowski
4.2. Assessment of Poland's Economic Policy and Reforms in 2009
Jan W. Bossak
4.3. Financial System and Capital Market Developments
Oskar Kowalewski
4.4. Quality of Business Environment
Aleksander Sulejewicz
Chapter 5
Positioning Poland in the World Economy
5.1. Poland's Competitiveness in 2009 According to the International Institute for
Management Development (IMD) and the World Economic Forum (WEF)
Bogdan Radomski
5.2. Overall Assessment of Poland's Competitiveness and Its Drivers in 2009
Marzenna A. Weresa, Ryszard Rapacki
5.3. SWOT Analysis of Poland's Competitive Position in 2009
Ryszard Rapacki
PART III
THE ROLE OF CLUSTERS IN SHAPING POLAND'S COMPETITIVENESS
Chapter 6
The Development of Clusters in Poland
6.1. Mapping Clusters in Poland
Katarzyna Kładź, Arkadiusz M. Kowalski
6.2. Clusters as Drivers for Attracting FDI and as Tools For Improving a Region's
Attractiveness: The Case of Poland's Mazovia Region
Marta Götz
6.3. Cluster Policy: A Challenge for Poland
Mariusz-Jan Radło
Chapter 7
Knowledge Clusters: Designing a Modern Architecture for Competitiveness
7.1. The Role of Clusters in Enhancing Ties between Science and Business
Arkadiusz M. Kowalski
7.2. Development of Research Clusters in Poland
Renata Zagórska
Summary and Conclusions
Marzenna A. Weresa
Statistical Annex
Filip Kamiński
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