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World's most economically powerful cities and Corrupt
by Barry Artiste | July 25, 2008 at 08:42 am | 330 views | 8 comments
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The most corrupt cities in the world, will certainly not be too pleased, and some cities may surprise you. What is surprising is Toronto "Beat" out Madrid, Spain; Philadelphia and Mexico City, and as anyone who follows NHL Hockey, it has always been said Toronto can't beat anybody!
http://www.financialpost.com/reports/story.html?id=675019
World's most economically powerful cities
Toronto only narrowly edged out Madrid, Spain; Philadelphia and Mexico City, Mexico, to hang on at No. 10. Toronto is still the economic heart of one of the world's wealthiest countries, and it's projected ...
What's the world's most economically powerful city?
If you picked New York or Tokyo, you'd be wrong.
But when Forbes.com set out to measure the world's most powerful cities, the lack of useful data was surprising.
For sovereign nations, it's easy to find measures of almost every variable imaginable -- gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, money flows and other metrics. After all, the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund all deal with governments at the national level. But for corporations, cities and their economies matter most, since picking the right city will be the key to prosperity in the future.
In Pictures: The World's Most Economically Powerful Cities
In Pictures: The World's Fastest-Changing Markets
In Pictures: Top Ten Billionaire Cities
In Pictures: The Best Countries For Business
In Pictures: The World's Most Corrupt Countries
Corporations, and even individuals, have to weigh the size of a city's economy compared to how it will be in the future and consider the potential growth in the intervening years. For that matter, they have to judge whether it's worth it to settle for a city that has high growth prospects but turns out to be a lousy place to live.
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July 25, 2008 at 08:42 am by Barry Artiste, 330 views, 8 comments
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Comments (8)
at 13:43 on July 25th, 2008
This looks good. Going to explore these top choices for the 'thumbs up and the thumbs downs'.
at 16:23 on July 25th, 2008
Given the withering condition of the nation-state in today's globalized society, should we also look at the corruption indexes of multi-national corporations as well?
at 16:46 on July 25th, 2008
Thanks Rene and Fiona for your comments and flag, certainly and eye opener, as for corporations, well Fiona as much as that would be nice, lawsuits aplenty would result and media who dare to publish it. It would be nice to know though. :o)
at 19:20 on July 25th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I find it hard to believe that Ireland is the second best country for business. I know that it is one of the most open economies in the World but our population is less than 5 Million (for the whole Island). I would have thought that voting against Lisbon whould not have helped.
The Corrupt list is what what I expected but the Billionaire list certainly included some surprises (to me).
at 03:02 on July 26th, 2008
Certainly an eye opener to many of us Informatique. thanks for dropping by and flagging this story,
at 22:41 on July 30th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 22:43 on July 30th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff. Another good piece! Thank you for sharing!
at 00:32 on July 31st, 2008
Thanks Paschen and Castro, quite the eye opener I must say, and Castro thanks for the photos