January 23, 2008	Wednesday	Muharram 13, 1429

ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Competitive Support Fund (CSF) will jointly launch this week the “Executive Opinion Survey in Pakistan” to reflect the voice of the business community in the Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009.

The survey is a major component of report and provides the key component that turns the report into a representative annual measure of a nation’s economic environment and its ability to achieve sustained growth.

According to a CSF local office, the survey gathers valuable information on a broad range of variables for which hard data sources are scarce or nonexistent. Top level business executives operating in Pakistan will be surveyed to capture their opinion on the business environment in which they operate.

The CSF, a joint initiative of the Ministry of Finance,

Government of Pakistan and the United States Agency for

International Development (USAID) is the partner institution in Pakistan. CSF was launched in 2006 to reposition Pakistan’s economy on a more competitive global footing.