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Resource Governance Index 2013
Global Index, Land Governance, Civil SocietyThe Resource Governance Index (RGI) measures the quality of governance in the oil, gas and mining sector of 58 countries. From highly ranked countries like Norway, the United Kingdom and Brazil to low ranking countries like Qatar, Turkmenistan and Myanmar,the Index identifies critical achievements and challenges in natural resource governance. The RGI scores and ranks the countries,...
Freedom in the World 2013
Civil Society, Democracy, Global Index, Civil SocietyThe Freedom in the World survey provides an annual evaluation of the progress and decline of freedom in 195 countries and 14 related and disputed territories. The survey, which includes both analytical reports and numerical ratings, measures freedom according to two broad categories: political rights and civil liberties. Political rights ratings are based on an evaluation of three subcategories...
Press Freedom Index 2013
Global Index, Media, Civil SocietyThis publication contains an overview of world press freedom, as measured by Reporters without Borders. The press freedom index that Reporters Without Borders publishes every year measures the level of freedom of information in 179 countries. It reflects the degree of freedom that journalists, news organizations and netizens enjoy in each country, and the efforts made by the authorities to...
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...
Global Integrity Report 2009 - Key Findings
Corruption, Global Index, Civil SocietyThe Global Integrity Report: 2009 covers developed countries such as the United States and South Korea as well as dozens of the world’s emerging markets and developing nations, from Azerbaijan and China to Lebanon and Vietnam. Rather than measure perceptions of corruption, the report assesses the accountability mechanisms and transparency measures in place (or not) to prevent corruption...
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...
Resource dependence and budget transparency
Global Index, Parliament, Public Administration, Civil SocietyThis paper analyses the results of the Open Budget Survey 2008 - an evaluation of budget transparency in 85 countries. The authors highlight a number of issues including: Budgets are less transparent in oil-dependent countries: poor performance of resource dependent countries is largely driven by the lack of budget transparency and accountability. The...
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. ...