The culprit, of course, was COVID-19, which slammed huge swaths of the global economy as countries went ... airlines that appeared in last year’s ranking failed to make the cut this year.

Data collected for one purpose have the potential to generate economic and social value in applications ... incompatible data systems to a fundamental lack of trust. World Development Report 2021: ...

the country lags slightly in perceptions of its economic influence. In the 2023 Best Countries rankings from U.S. News, global survey respondents considered China to be the No. 1 most economically ...