(Barbados Nation) The World Economic Forum has ranked Barbados’ infrastructure – its roads, bridges, airport, harbour and other facilities – ahead of the United States’.
In its latest global report on competitiveness, the WEF placed Barbados in the 22nd spot, a notch above the United States at 23rd.
In the United States the classification triggered much anguish about the state of the infrastructure and criticism of the Forum’s methodology that measures competitiveness.
American experts and analysts are asking the question: is Barbados’ infrastructure that good or America’s really so bad?
The discussion is being waged in blogs and the Washington Post newspaper.
The American Society of Civil Engineers has given the United States’ infrastructure a failing “D” grade.
