Der akute Mangel an qualifizierten Arbeitskräften und ein schwieriges Geschäftsumfeld lassen Indien um 11 Plätze auf Rang 89 im globalen Vergleich der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zurückfallen. Das besagt der jährliche Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTC), der im Januar in der Schweiz vorgestellt wurde.
India slips to 89th rank on global talent competitiveness
Reflecting an acute shortage of skilled labour force and difficult business
conditions, India has slipped 11 places to rank 89th on a global index of talent
competitiveness, a list which has been topped by Switzerland.
Switzerland
is followed by Singapore, Luxembourg, the US and Denmark in the top five positions on the
annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTC) released today by INSEAD
business school in partnership with Adecco Group and the Human Capital
Leadership Institute of Singapore.
India's ranking is worst among the
five BRICS (Brasil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries, with China
leading the pack with a global rank of 48.
Last year, India was ranked
78th on the index that measures a nation's competitiveness based on the quality
of talent it can produce, attract and retain. It is released every year on the
first day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting here.
Stating
that India and China remain a net exporter of talent, the study said many
emerging countries that have invested in higher education have neglected
vocational education.
"In both China and India skill shortage in
vocational talent shows up clearly in the GTCI scores, as it also does in South
Africa.
"This last year has seen a cooling off in the growth of emerging
markets, and indeed we note the relative decline in the talent competitiveness
of all BRICS countries except Russia," the study said.
It noted that this
is particularly the case in Brazil, where talent capabilities show signs of
weakening on all fronts despite relatively low scores in vocational skills,
China continues to strengthen in growing talent.
"In India, there are no
signs of an improved regulatory and market landscape to enable the 'Make in
India' campaign. This gap in terms of vocational skills, however, is not limited
to BRICs and emerging economies: GTCI data shows that it extends to a number of
high-income countries, such as Ireland, Belgium or Spain," the study
noted.
According to the report, another challenge for countries such as
China and India is to attract talent from abroad, particularly in the context of
large emigration rates of high-skilled people in the past.
"China has a
low performance in terms of Attract (71st), and India shows one of the worst
scores (103rd) - particularly affected by the lack of international students
and, unlike China, by not being able to attract and retain global talent (so
being more at risk of a brain drain despite the connection with the diasporas
working the IT sector)," it added.
The improvement of India would have
the greatest impact in terms of the pool of talent not only in the region but
also globally, the report said.
The report noted that mobility has become
key to talent development and creative talent can not be developed if
international mobility and 'brain circulation' are not encouraged.
Adecco
Group CEO Alain Dehaze said
the world of work is changing faster than ever, bringing both great
opportunities and challenges.
"200 million people are unemployed and
about 1 in 2 jobs are at risk due to automation... Employers should foster
talent mobility and invest in hyper-connectivity to capitalise on technology,
harness the opportunities offered by the global economy and create jobs," he
added.