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World Press Freedom Index 2010
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Latin America and the Carribean, Media, Civil SocietyThe World Press Freedom Index 2010 scores countries on levels of press freedom and the working conditions of journalists. It finds that Europe, which has traditionally been ranked high in the index, has slipped. Thirteen of the EU’s 27 members are in the top 20 but some of the other 14 are very low in the ranking. Italy is 49th, Romania is 52nd and Greece and Bulgaria are tied at...
The Global Gender Gap Report 2010
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Governance and Gender, Latin America and the Carribean, Civil SocietyThe Global Gender Gap Index,1 introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress.The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health- based criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income...
Index of Economic Freedom: Executive Highlights
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Civil SocietyThe 2010 Index of Economic Freedom covers 183 countries around the world, ranking 179 of them with an economic freedom score based on 10 measures of economic openness, regulatory efficiency, the rule of law, and competitiveness. The basic principles of economic freedom emphasized in the Index are individual empowerment, equitable treatment, and the promotion of competition. The results...
Basic Capabilities Index 2009
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Governance and MDG, Latin America and the Carribean, Civil SocietySocial Watch developed theBasic Capabilities Index (BCI) as an instrument to monitor the evolution of basic indicators and make comparisons between and within countries. This is a summary-index that compares and classifies countries according to their progress in social development by evaluating their situation in terms of minimum basic capabilities – structural dimensions that...
Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2008: political management in international comparison
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Democracy, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Latin America and the Carribean, Civil SocietyThe Bertelsmann Transformation Index is composed of the status and management index. In the status index, the BTI examines the current state of democracy and market economy in 125 developing and transformation countries according to a standardized criterion while the management index focuses on the quality of political leadership and governance in shaping change. ...
Corruption Perceptions Index 2010
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Corruption, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Latin America and the Carribean, Civil SocietyThe 2010 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by Transparency International, measures the degree to which public sector corruption is perceived to exist in 178 countries around the world. It scores countries on a scale from 10 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt). The 2010 results are drawn from 13 surveys and assessments published between January 2009 and September 2010. ...