General | World Economic Forum
10 March 2018
New Zealand has been identified as the world’s least corrupt nation in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International. Each country is receives a score out of 100. New Zealand scored 89…
Society | Independent (The) | World Economic Forum
5 October 2016
New Zealand has been identified as the 13th most competitive country in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report.
“Countries were ranked according to the “12 pillars of competitiveness,” which includes macro-economic environment, infrastructure, health…
Politics and Economics | Daily Mail | World Economic Forum
14 February 2015
Hedge fund managers are buying up remote stations and land in places like New Zealand to flee to in the event of civil uprising against growing inequality, it has been claimed.
With growing inequality and…
Politics and Economics | Telegraph (The) | World Economic Forum
4 February 2014
4 February 2014 – Ranked 21st most powerful woman in the world, Helen Clark, 63, New Zealand’s Prime Minister for nine years, and now head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), gives Telegraph…
New Zealand | World Economic Forum | Xinhua News
15 March 2013
New Zealand, along with Iceland, has been judged the world’s friendliest nation for tourists, according to the “Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report” released by the World Economic Forum, which ranked 140…
General | Reuters | World Economic Forum
8 November 2007
NZ has been ranked fifth in the world for gender equality by the World Economic Forum. NZ is the only non-Nordic country to make the list’s top five, which is led by Sweden, Norway,…
Nature | Washington Post | World Economic Forum
25 January 2006
NZ leads the world in environmental performance according to the Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities measured how close 133 countries came…
Politics and Economics | Guardian (The) | World Economic Forum
17 May 2005
NZ ranks sixth overall in a new study measuring the gap between genders by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum. The top five positions went to Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. The WEF appraisal of 58 countries…
Politics and Economics | News24.com | World Economic Forum
4 July 2003
NZ is the third most un-corrupt country in the world, according to the latest global corruption perception index released by Transparency International. Finland and Denmark head the list, which draws from sources including the World Economic Forum…
Politics and Economics | BBC News | World Economic Forum
17 October 2001
New Zealand ranks amongst the ten most competitive countries in the world, according to a survey conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF). New Zealand perches at #10 on the index, which the WEF argues is…
Politics and Economics | News.com.au | World Economic Forum
11 September 2000
Ian MacFarlane, Governor of the Australia Reserve bank, has been positive about the idea of currency union with New Zealand, but has left the initiative firmly on the Kiwi side of the ditch. Earlier this month…