Productivity: Iranian Economy’s Neglected Child

National Productivity Day (May 22) lends an opportunity to officials and pundits to rethink the state of productivity from a variety of aspects, Hamid Kalantari, the managing director of the Iranian Productivity Association, said in an article for the Persian daily Shargh. 
A translation of the text follows:
According to the United Nations Development Program’s Global Knowledge Index 2021 report, Iran ranks 137th in higher education; 143rd in energy consumption; 142nd in environmental performance; 146th in the quality of governance; 137th in the effectiveness of governance; and 147th in creating an empowering environment for sustainable and comprehensive development out of 154 countries...