A corner of Singapore (Photo: AFP)
Singapore (VNA) - Singapore has made the top 10 rankings of the most competitive places for talent - the first time it has reached the elite level in a league table compiled by Swiss business school IMD.
It is also the only Asian country to make the list, which is dominated by European states.
Switzerland topped the IMD World Talent rankings, followed by Denmark, Sweden, Austria and Luxembourg.
Singapore rose three notches to edge out Germany for the 10th spot.
The rankings, which appraise how 63 economies develop, attract and retain talent, are based on historical data as well as surveys of thousands of executives.
Economies are then scored based on three categories of investment and development, appeal and readiness.
Investment and development takes into account indicators such as public spending on education, pupil-teacher ratio and health infrastructure, while appeal factors in components such as cost of living, worker motivation and quality of life.
Readiness assesses an economy's ability to nurture skills among its populace that match those needed by its economy.
Jose Caballero, an IMD senior economist, noted that Singapore's ranking rose primarily because of its high scores for talent readiness.
But Singapore's appeal also dipped compared with the previous year. The report highlighted the cost of living index, effective personal income tax rates and exposure to particle pollution as areas where improvements can be made./.
