The phrase "world competence" is not commonly used in written English and may not be immediately clear in meaning.
It could be used in contexts discussing global skills or abilities, particularly in international business or education.
Example: "In today's globalized economy, having world competence is essential for success in diverse markets."
Alternatives: "global competence" or "international competence."
But this is hazy; dreams, played in one's own head, say little about real-world competence.
The business world values competence over 'character', competence being a far rarer quality than virtue, and a country is, in its way, a business.
For almost two months, Britain has shown the world a competence and confidence, a charm and warmth that few of us believed we possessed.
Mr. Leonard's skewed world, in which competence, wit and unfussy romance are highly prized and constantly endangered, because there are always way too many thugs and morons about turns out to be an environment in which Mr. Clooney (if not his character) can thrive.
The paradox is that, in the academic world, the informational competence of students is focussed almost exclusively on their ability to search for, analyse, select, filter, contrast, organize, synthesize, use and communicate information, while persuasive communication professionals avoid using information and focus on stories and storytelling.
We are on the leading edge with touch and LTE phones, Linux and WiMax tablets and we have world-class technical competence on all".
Scott and Jurek see it as a sales job: an attempt to convince America, and the world, of its own competence, intelligence, and courage.
NEW YORK, DECEMBER Best comeback of the year: picking up where it was so abruptly interrupted a decade ago, Roger Angell's traditional Christmas salute reappears in The New Yorker, giving hope that American competence, the world economy and general civility can also rebound.
"If you deny you are in power, you cannot cede power," he argues.Mr Mahbubani also contrasts "Western incompetence" with "Asian competence": the world would be better run if Asians had a bigger role, though the West, he says, may try to stop that from happening.
"This Board represents some of the world's best scientific competence," Ban said at the ceremony.
Reviewing the book for The New Yorker magazine, Joshua Rothman contrasts the usual "derring-do" presentation of the Apollo program by observing: "Scott and Jurek see it as... an attempt to convince America, and the world, of its own competence, intelligence, and courage".
