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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,...
The little data book on Africa 2012/13
Global Index, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe little data book on Africa 2012/13 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators (ADI) 2012/13. It contains some 115 key indicators on economics, human development, governance, and partnership and is intended as a quick reference for users of the Africa development indicators 2012/13 book and ADI online. The country tables present the latest available data for World Bank member...
Data | The little data book on gender in Africa 2012/13
Global Index, Governance and Gender, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe little data book on gender in Africa 2012/13 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators (ADI) 2012/13. It contains some 60 key indicators on economics, human development, and empowerment and is intended as a quick reference for users of the Africa development indicators 2012/13 book and ADI online. The country tables present the latest available data for World Bank member...
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...
SADC Gender Barometer 2011
Global Index, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe third Southern Africa Gender Protocol of 2011 Barometer which moves into high gear with the introduction of the SADC Gender and Development Index (SGDI) that complements the Citizen Score Card (CSC) that has been running for three years. With empirical data on 23 indicators in six sectors, the SGDI puts SADC countries at 64% of where they need to be by 2015: the target date for meeting the...
The Global Gender Gap Report 2012
Global Index, Governance and Gender, Global IntegrityThe Global Gender Gap Index 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 groups, and over...
Publish What You Fund I Aid Transparency Index 2012
Civil Society, Corruption, Global Index, Global IntegrityAid is becoming more transparent, but progress is slow and uneven. This report finds that aid can be made much more transparent without great difficulty, when political commitment is translated into effective implementation. Transparent aid means information being shared openly in a timely, comprehensive, comparable and accessible way. The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)...
TrustLaw Poll: Best and Worst Countries to be a Woman
Global Index, Academic/Think TankA TrustLaw global poll of experts ranks the world’s major economies in terms of how good they are for women
Human Development Report 2011
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Latin America and the Carribean, UNDP ProducedThe great development challenge of the 21st century is to safeguard the right of generations today and in the future to live healthy and fulfilling lives. The 2011 Human Development Report offers important new contributions to the global dialogue on this challenge, showing how sustainability is inextricably linked to equity—to questions of fairness and social justice and of greater access to a...