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The
Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and
Managers (APESMA) (Australia) |
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The APESMA Big Mac Index. APESMA has
established the APESMA Big Mac Index to compare graduate
engineer salaries internationally. The index shows the
number of minutes that a graduate engineer needs to work
in selected countries to purchase a Big Mac™. The
comparison assumes a 40 hour week. |
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A.T
Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine |
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Globalization Index. The Index offers a
comprehensive guide to globalization in 50 developed
countries and key emerging markets worldwide. It
"reverse-engineers" globalization and breaks
it down into its most important component parts. On a
country-by-country basis, it quantifies the level of
personal contact across national borders by combining
data on international travel, international phone calls,
etc. |
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Business
Environment Risk Intelligence (BERI) |
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A source
for risk ratings, analyses, and forecasts for over 140
countries. Economic, financial, monetary, operating, and
political conditions are integral components of the zero
(worst case) - 100 (best case) system for assessing
countries. Panels of professionals with many years of
experience in a region of the world submit their
assessments for the Operations Risk Index (ORI)
and the Political Risk Index (PRI) three times
per year. Senior staff enter data for a computer program
which produces the Remittance and Repatriation
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BradyNet |
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The BradyNet Ratings Ladder is the calculated
average rating of the three agencies participating on
BradyNet: Moody's, S&P, and FitchIBCA Duff &
Phelps. Specific points are assigned to each possible
rating level. Starting with 100 points assigned to a
perfect AAA rating, points are then subtracted for every
ratings level below AAA for each country. In case of a
positive or negative outlook, 1 point is added or
subtracted, respectively. The average is calculated from
these assigned points. |
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Country
Indicators for Foreign Policy |
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Index of Severity - Country Risk. The Index of
Severity is used to measure each country's risk through
a study based on an evaluation of 9 areas: 1. History of
Armed Conflict, 2. Governance and Political Stability,
3. Militarization, 4. Population Heterogeneity, 5.
Demographic Stress, 6. Economic Performance, 7. Human
Development, 8. Environmental Stress, and 9.
International Linkage. The index is based upon the
weighted summation of the 9 composite indicators listed
above. The higher the index of severity, that is the
greater the weighted scores of the composite indicators,
the greater the risk of prolonged conflict that country
faces. |
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The
Economist Intelligence Unit/Pyramid Research |
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1. The
e-business-readiness rankings are a guide to the
relative preparedness of the world's main markets for
the e-business era. Countries at the top of the league
stand to reap the benefits from the new networked
economy, while those at the bottom will struggle to
compete in the digital age. In assessing e-business
readiness country by country, the EIU weighs two
factors: the general business environment and
"connectivity".
2. Business
environment rankings. The business environment
rankings measure the expected attractiveness of the
general business environment over the next five years.
The EIU screens 70 different indicators covering
criteria such as the strength of the economy, the
outlook for political stability, the regulatory climate,
taxation policies and openness to trade and investment.
3. The
Big Mac Index. The Big Mac index by the
Economist was intended as a light-hearted guide to
whether currencies are at their "correct"
exchange rate. The "basket" is a McDonald's
Big Mac, which is produced in about 120 countries. The
Big Mac PPP is the exchange rate that would leave
hamburgers costing the same in America as elsewhere.
Comparing actual exchange rates with PPP's indicates
whether a currency is under- or over-valued. |
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ERisk |
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Global Risk Index. A single and easily accessible
indicator of the broad level of global risk. The Index
is based on the volatilities of 34 financial assets
drawn from global equity, fixed-income, foreign exchange
and commodity markets. |
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European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) |
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Country Ratings. All EBRD projects, i.e., where
funds are to be invested, are evaluated based on the
risks involved in the country under consideration. The
projects are evaluated based on transition impact,
financial performance, environmental performance,
additionality, fulfillment of objectives, and investment
performance. |
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Financial
Research Group |
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Corporate Governance Rating (CGR). The rating is
proposed as a way to reduce the cost of evaluating
governance. Though in its development stage, the ratings
are the corporate governance equivalent of credit
ratings. Included in the rating are a) governance
characteristics such as incentive system, board
composition, shareholders composition, creditors and b)
management efficiency such as productivity, market
valuation, management stability. |
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Fraser
Institute |
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1. The
Index of Human Progress improves on the United
Nations' Human Development Index by using unadjusted GDP
per capita (1995 US dollars) and by including six
additional indicators that measure desirable outcomes.
2. Economic
Freedom Network Index. The purpose of the
Economic Freedom Network Index is to measure
cross-country differences in economic freedom. It ranks
123 nations on 37 variables with data back to 1970 on
the issue of economic freedom. The index measures degree
of economic freedom in 5 major areas a) size of
government b) Legal Structure and security of
property rights c) Sound money d) Freedom to trade with
foreigners and e) Regulation of Credit, Labor and
Businesses.
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Financial
Times |
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Credit Ratings Emerging Markets. Credit Ratings
quarterly directory published by FT Interactive Data. It
compares default risk in over 120 countries in the
Credit Ratings - International and over 80 emerging
markets for the Credit Ratings - Emerging Markets. For
the latter, ratings for local and foreign currency as
well as political and sovereign risk are included. |
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Freedom
House |
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Country Freedom Scores. Freedom House has published
an annual assessment of state of freedom by assigning
each country and territory the status of
"Free," "Partly Free," or "Not
Free" by averaging their political rights and civil
liberties ratings. The Survey attempts to judge all
countries and territories by a single standard and to
emphasize the importance of democracy and freedom. |
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Globastat |
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Globastat Ranking. Data tables showing how over
190 countries compare to each other in more than 140
categories, ranging from population size to electricity
consumption per person. Globastat uses the latest CIA
World Factbook statistics. |
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Harvard
University - Centre for International Development |
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The Networked Readiness Index (NRI). The Networked
Readiness Index (NRI) is an international assessment of
countries' capacity to exploit the opportunities offered
by information and communication technologies (ICTs). It
is defined as the degree to which a community is
prepared to participate in the Networked world as well
as its potential to do so in the future. |
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Heritage
Foundation |
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Index of Economic Freedom. The Heritage
Foundation/Wall Street Journal 2002 Index of Economic
Freedom measures how well 161 countries score on a list
of 50 independent variables divided into 10 broad
factors of economic freedom. The higher the score on a
factor, the greater the level of government interference
in the economy and the less economic freedom a country
enjoys. The publication also includes country-by-country
analyses and the most up-to-date data available on
foreign investment codes, taxes, tariffs, banking
regulations, monetary policy, black markets, and more. |
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IMD |
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World Competitiveness Index. The World
Competitiveness Scoreboard presents the overall ranking
for the 49 countries covered by the World
Competitiveness Yearbook. It is calculated on the basis
of 243 ranked criteria (in areas such as economic
performance, government efficiency, business efficiency,
infrastructure, etc.) included in the Yearbook.
Countries are ranked from the most to the least
competitive according to its index value or
"score". |
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International
Labor Organization |
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LABORSTA. Monthly
and yearly ILO database on labor statistics covering
economically active population employment, unemployment,
hours of work, wages, labor cost, consumer price
indices, occupational injuries, as well as strikes and
lockouts. Also available are statistics from the ILO's
"October Inquiry" survey.
2. Legal
Minimum Wages. A special database on legal
minimum wages in the private sector where data are
developed based on national publications from the
countries covered. They are expressed in national
currencies and also cover the legal wage rates in terms
of gender, age group, region, industry, etc. where
applicable.
3. ILO-Comparable
Annual Average Estimates. A compilation of
estimates relating to the total and civilian labor
force, total employment by age-group, by industry
(ISIC-1968 major divisions), civilian employment, total
unemployment by age group and unemployment rates. All
estimates available by gender, except for the industry
data.
4. Economically
Active Population Estimates and Projections. The
global estimates and projections of the economically
active population was completed to provide estimates and
projections of activity rates by gender and five-year
age groups for the period 1950 to 2010 at ten year
intervals. Included therein are estimates of the labor
force by gender and major sectors of economic activity.
The data cover all countries and territories of the
world which had 200,000 inhabitants or more in 1990 plus
their aggregations into regions, major areas and the
world. Data on labor force are drawn from population
censuses and especially from sample surveys of the
economically active population. These data are adjusted,
where necessary, to conform to a standard concept of
economically active population which comprises all
employed and unemployed persons and refer to the same
age distribution, reference period and date of
census/surveys. The projections of the activity rates
are essentially based on trends in activity rates by sex
and age group observed in the countries and territories
over the entire reference period. |
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J.P.Morgan |
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J.P. Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index (ELMI)
tracks total returns for local-currency-denominated
money market instruments, namely treasury bills, FX
forwards and deposits in the emerging markets. The ELMI
determines each country's index target weight based on
the U.S.-dollar value of its external trade. |
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Michigan
State University - The Center for International Business
Education and Research |
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Market Potential Index. An indexing study made by
MSU-CIBER to help companies to compare the Emerging
Markets with each other on eight dimensions that are
chosen to represent the market potential of a country
over a scale of 1 to 100. Each dimension is assigned
weights to contribute to the overall market potential
index. |
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Moody's
Investor Services |
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Global Credit Rating. Rating
opinions and research on a broad range of credit
obligations. These include various corporate and
governmental obligations issued in domestic and
international capital markets, structured finance
securities and commercial paper programs. Moody's
provides credit ratings and analysis on over $30
trillion of debt, covering approximately: · 85,000
corporate and government securities; · 73,000 public
finance obligations; · 4,300 corporate relationships;
and · 100 sovereign nations. |
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National
Bureau of Economic Research |
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Occupational Wages around the World (OWW). The
OWW data file was developed to provide information on
consistent pay in about 161 occupations in over 150
countries. This file was developed by standardizing the
diverse data in the International Labor Organization's
(ILO) "October Inquiry" survey into rates of
pay defined in the same units for workers by occupation
in all countries and time periods. Standardizations
using alternative methods yielded similar results
indicating the robustness of the OWW data files. Others
included in the paper: Index to measure the
dispersion of wages by occupation within countries.
Using statistics based on all of the occupations
reporting in the peak year and estimated decile earnings
in the occupation-earnings distribution to calculate
index of measurements. The aim is to determine the
extend of skill differences or wage inequality among
different level of development of countries by comparing
the measurement index. There are six levels of
development by which these countries were categorized. |
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University
of Pennsylvania |
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Penn World Table (PWT). The Penn World Table
(PWT) displays a set of national accounts economic time
series covering many countries. Its expenditure entries
are denominated in a common set of prices in a common
currency so that real quantity comparisons can be made,
both between countries and over time. It also provides
information about relative prices within and between
countries, as well as demographic data and capital stock
estimates. The Penn World Tables ranks 152 countries
based on more than 29 subjects such as capital stock per
worker, exchange rate, price level consumption, etc. |
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The
Pew Research Center |
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America's Image Further Erodes, Europeans Want Weaker
Ties. Anti-war sentiment and disapproval of
President Bush's international policies continue to
erode America's image among the publics of its allies.
U.S. favorability ratings have plummeted in the past six
months in countries actively opposing war France,
Germany and Russia as well as in countries that are
part of the "coalition of the willing." The
latest survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project
interviewed more than 5,500 people in the United States
and eight other countries. |
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The
Political Risk Services (PRS) Group |
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ICRG Risk Rating System.
ICRG compiles monthly data on a variety of political,
financial and economic risk factors to calculate risk
indices in each of these categories as well as a
composite risk index. Five financial, thirteen political
and six economic factors are used. Each factor is
assigned a numerical rating within a specified range.
The specified allowable range for each factor reflects
the weight attributed to that factor. A higher score
indicates lesser risk. |
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Population
Action International |
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International Human Suffering Index. Produced by the former Population Crisis Committee, the
International Human Suffering Index for 141 countries
rates living conditions according to the following ten
measures of human welfare: life expectancy, daily
calorie supply, clean drinking water, infant
immunization, secondary school enrollment, GNP per
capita, rate of inflation, communications technology,
political freedom, and civil rights. The Index was
created to measure, in a single figure, differences in
living conditions between countries. The index also
takes note of whether citizens are free from government
terror, free to travel, own property, marry and able to
vote for more than one political party. Also available is the Global Advocates' Country Database that compiles and presents information on 192 countries across a variety of indicators.
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PriceWaterhouse
Coopers |
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The Opacity Index represents the first quantitative
approach to measuring opacity which is defined as
"the lack of clear, accurate, formal,
easily-discernable and widely accepted practices".
It is an integration of national scores for the five
CLEAR dimensions of economic life offering a more
comprehensive view of opacity than in the past. The five
dimensions are a) relative lack of corrupt business
practices b) legal system and enforcement c) economic
policies d) accounting guidelines and e) regulatory
frameworks. |
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Princeton
University |
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The Big Mac Index. The main purpose is to compare
basic wage rates for workers in identical jobs in 27
countries that vary widely in their economic
development. In addition to the data collected on wages,
prices of Big Mac's were also collected in the survey.
Comparisons were then made based on basic wage rates in
dollar terms as well as "Big Mac terms." |
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Reporters
Without Borders |
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Press Freedom Index. The
index measures the state of press freedom in the world.
It reflects the degree of freedom journalists and news
organizations enjoy in each country, and the efforts
made by the state to respect and ensure respect for this
freedom. In general, press freedom and not human rights
violations are considered. |
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Standard
& Poor's |
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Credit Ratings on Bonds, Issue, Issuer, Money Market
Funds, Municipal Issue, etc. calculated based on 9
criteria: Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance
Scores, Financial Institutions, Funds, Insurance,
Non-US. Public Finance, Public Finance, Sovereigns, and
Structured Finance. Coverage of more than 6 million
ratings, 248,000 issues, and 71,000 reports spanning the
following sectors: corporate ratings, financial
institutions, insurance, public finance, sovereigns,
structured finance, and utilities. |
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Transparency
International |
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Bribe Payers Index. The Bribe Payers Surveys are
comprehensive studies on bribe-paying in international
trade. It looks at key factors influencing corruption,
covers unfair business practices, assesses the readiness
of the private sector for the new ban on bribing foreign
public officials and includes the Industrial Sector
Ranking.
2. Corruption Perceptions Index. The Corruption
Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries in terms of the
degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among
public officials and politicians. |
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UMBS/ASQ/CFI |
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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) is a
uniform and independent measure of household consumption
experience. The ACSI tracks trends in customer
satisfaction and provides valuable benchmarking insights
of the consumer economy in the US. |
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United
Nations Development Program |
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1. Human
Development Index (HDI). HDI is a summary
measure of human development. It measures the average
achievements in a country in 3 basic dimensions : a)
life expectancy b) adult literacy c) GDP per capita. The
HDI is calculated based on the indices calculated for
each of the dimension a) to c).
2. World
Income Inequality Database: Gini Index. The Gini
index is a way to measure income inequality. It
incorporates the more detailed shares data into a single
statistic which summarizes the dispersion of the income
shares across the whole income distribution. The Gini
coefficient may be expressed as a proportion or as a
percentage. The Gini coefficient will be equal to 0 when
the distribution is completely egalitarian. If the
society's total income accrues to only one
person/household unit, leaving the rest with no income
at all, then the Gini coefficient will be equal to 1, or
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World
Bank |
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Doing Business Indicators. The Doing Business
database provides indicators of the cost of doing
business by identifying specific regulations that
constrain business investment, productivity, and growth.
The topics covered are: · Access to Finance ·
Bankruptcy · Business Licensing · Contract Enforcement
· Entry Regulations · Labor Regulations and ·
Regulatory Stability. |
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World
Economic Forum |
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1.Growth
Competitiveness Index. The Growth Competitiveness
Index measures factors that contribute to the high rate
of growth in GDP per capita. Indicators used in
calculating the index are a) a country's level of GDP
per capita in 1992 b) the economic creativity index c)
the finance index d) international index e) the economic
crises index.
2. Current Competitiveness
Index. The Current Competitiveness Index aims
to measure the conditions that determine a nation's
sustainable level of productivity. It is built on top of
the Microeconomic Competitiveness Index with
considerations for the 2 major influences on current
competitiveness: a) the sophistication with which a
nation's firms compete and b) the quality of the
nation's business environment. |
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World
Markets Research Centre |
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1. The
Globalisation Index (G-Index). The G-Index
measures economic connectivity between the national
economy and the rest of the world. It is a measure of
economic interdependence. Six criteria factor together
to determine the score and each are weighted by a
percent depending on their actual, relative importance
and contribution to the world's output of goods and
services.
2. E-Government
Rankings. A study
was conducted on the features that are available online
at national government websites. Using a detailed
analysis of 2,288 government websites in 196 nations,
the study measures the information and services that are
online, charts the variations that exist across
countries, and discusses how e-government sites vary by
region of the world. The main purpose of the study is to
measure the ease at which an average citizen is aided
with references and material in logging into a
government website.
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