IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook ranks Jewish state first in R&D investments, second for total public expenditure on education
Israel ranked in the 19th place among the world’s 59 leading economies in terms of competitiveness, according to the 2012 World Competitiveness Yearbook of the International Institute of Management Development in Switzerland – a two spot drop from the previous year.

Uriel Lynn, President of Israeli Chambers of Commerce - Photo: Micha Kirshner
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Peppers growing in the Arava. Photo by Eyal Izhar