- UAE has ranked third among the world’s nations most prepared for change, according to the Change Readiness Index 2017
- The index, produced by KPMG, indicates the capability of a country to anticipate, prepare for, manage and respond to a wide range of change drivers, proactively cultivating the resulting opportunities and mitigating potential negative impact
- UAE has climbed two spots from the 2015 edition of the index, topping the Middle East and North Africa region and claiming the third spot globally
- UAE government’s strategic planning and horizon scanning, demographics, and security were identified as strengths while enterprise sustainability, technology use and health were the opportunities
- The Change Readiness Index (CRI) gives countries the ability to improve government policy, inform investment decisions, build leading practices and identify potential public and private sector partnerships
- KPMG is a leading audit, tax and advisory firm, one of the Big Four accounting firms
- The Change Readiness Index 2017 was topped by Switzerland, out of 136 global countries
- The CRI 2017 indicated that countries dependent on natural resources and export incomes faced set-backs, but UAE and Norway proved otherwise with strong performances in the same
- Primary data for the CRI is taken from the responses of 1372 country specialists, while the secondary data includes over 125 variables
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