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    Newsweek | Jan 26, 2008 02:16 PM

    By Stefan Theil 

    Each year the World Economic Forum inundates participants with a
    deluge of reports -- from "Bahrain and the World - Scenarios to 2025"
    to "The Potential for Public Private Partnerships in Water."
    Especially popular these days are country rankings - simple to
    understand, easily digestible for journalists, which is why their
    number has inflated in recent years. When done well, like the WEF's
    Global Competitiveness Report or the OECD's PISA education rankings,
    they can condense crucial information, jump-start public debate, and
    provide useful benchmarks for shaping policy.     More
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