Against this challenge, one of the elements gaining in importance in fostering countries' competitiveness is education. ... Together with the Index results, these practices will inform a series of structured multi-stakeholder dialogues (see Box 1) that will be piloted over the coming year. ... Understanding the factors behind this process has occupied the minds of economists for hundreds of years, engendering theories ranging from Adam Smith's focus on specialization and the division of labor to neoclassical economists' emphasis on investment in physical capital and infrastruct...

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(Boyd, 2002) pointed quoted a point from (The Copenhagen Centre for Partnership Studies,2002) stating that Social Partners and Social Partnership can be defined as: Social Partnership can be defined as a tri or multi-partite arrangement involving employers, trade unions, public authorities (the state and/or local/regional authorities) and/or others (e.g. voluntary sector). ... (Citizens Information, 2013) stated that Social partnership is the process by which the Government, employers, voluntary and community organizations and trade unions work out a plan that covers wages, industrial action, ...

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