2014 Report

Evidence-based approach to understanding a local context is a key principle that Pact follows in implementing the Reforms and Media Assistance (BRAMA) program. We also believe that policy towards development assistance for Belarus should take into account trends in the country’s various sectors. With rapidly changing international environment around Belarus, it could be useful to look at those developments in the context of global and especially regional developments. That’s why Pact has put together the Belarus in Global Ratings 2014 infographics report. The Report offers policy makers, development aid officials and anyone interested in Belarus graphical data on the country’s international rankings, collected from various publicly available sources into a single document. We hope that the data how Belarus faired in terms of different freedoms, business environment, human development and other fields will inspire your work in 2015.

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Belarus in the Freedom in the Rating

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Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.- based non-governmental organization Freedom House that 48 countries measures the degree of civil and political rights in every nation and significant disputed territories around the world. The rating uses a scale of 1 through 7, with 1 88 countries representing the highest and 7 the lowest level of freedom. Political rights and civil liberties ratings are averaged to determine an overall status of the rated counties as “Free,” “Partly Free,” or “Not Free.” 59 countries Sources: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom- world-2014#.VJqcg14gA; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html free partially free not free

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Belarus in the (by score, by country’s place) 2013 Belarus and neighbors

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The Human Development Index is a composite statistic of , , and income indices used to rank 187 countries

into four tiers of human development. It was created by Indian economist Amartya Sen and Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq in

1990, and was published by the Development Programme.

Source: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-2-human-development-index-trends-1980-2013

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Belarus in the Legatum Prosperity Index (by country’s place)

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Entrepreneurship & Opportunity (54 place) Economy (93 place)

Social capital (21 place) Governance (117 place)

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Education (26 place) Personal freedom (104 place)

Health (38 place) Safety & Security (51 place)

The Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking, developed by the Legatum Institute, of 142 countries. The ranking is based on a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, education, , personal well-being, and . The 2014 Legatum Prosperity Index is based on 89 different variables analyzed across 142 nations around the world. Source data includes World Poll, World Development Indicators, International Telecommunication Union, , Worldwide Governance Indicators, Freedom House, World Health Organization, , Amnesty International, Centre for Systemic Peace. The 89 variables are grouped into 8 sub-indexes (economy, entrepreneurship & opportunity, governance, education, health, safety & security, personal freedom, ), which are averaged using equal weights.

Source: http://www.prosperity.com/#!/ranking

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Belarus in the Freedom of Press Index (by score, by country’s place)

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The Freedom of the Press index is a yearly report by US-based non- governmental organization Freedom House measuring the level of freedom and editorial independence enjoyed by the press in every nation and significant disputed territories around the world. Levels of freedom are scored on a scale from 1 (most free) to 100 (least free). Depending on the basics, the nations are then classified as "Free", "Partly Free", or "Not Free". Belarus North Korea

The 2014 index, which provides analytical reports and numerical ratings for 197 countries and territories. The ratings and reports included in Freedom of the Press 2014 cover events that took place between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013.

Sources: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/freedom-press-2014#.VJvnEV4gA; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html

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Belarus in the Index of Economic Freedom (by score, by country’s place)

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50,1 49 48

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The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual index and ranking created by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal in 1995 to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations. The Index of Economic Freedom documents the positive relationship between economic freedom and a variety of positive social and economic goals. Ten economic quantitative and qualitative factors are scored on a scale of 0 (least free) to 100 (most free). A country’s overall score is derived by averaging these ten economic freedoms, with equal weight being given to each. Depending on the scores, the countries’ economies are then classified as "Free" (80-100), "Mostly Free" (70-79.9), "Moderately Free" (60-6.9), “Mostly Unfree" (50-59.9) and “Repressed” (0-49.9). For the 2014, most data covers the second half of 2012 through the first half of 2013.

Source s: http://www.heritage.org/index/; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html

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Belarus in the Freedom of the Net Rating

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2014 Freedom on the Net 2014 – is an annual study by US-based Global findings non-governmental organization Freedom House measuring the internet freedom around the globe, covering developments in 65 countries that occurred between May 15 countries 2013 and May 2014. The countries were chosen to provide a 19 countries representative sample with regards to geographical diversity and economic development, as well as varying levels of political and media freedom. Levels of internet freedom are scored on a scale from 1 (most free) to 100 (least free). Depending on the basics, the nations are then classified as "Free", "Partly Free", or "Not Free".

31 countries Sources: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/freedom- net-2014#.VJw8514gA; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html free partially free not free

Prison Population in Belarus (number of imprisoned per 100 000 of national population)

Sources: http://www.prisonstudies.org/country/belarus; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html

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Belarus in the (by score, by country’s place)

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The Global Peace Index is the measure of national peacefulness ; it ranks 162 nations according to their ‘absence of violence’. It is the product of the Institute for and Peace and developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks with data collected and collated by the Economist Intelligence Unit .

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Source s: http://economicsandpeace.org/research/iep-indices-data/global-peace-index; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index

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Belarus in the Global Firepower Military Rating (by score, by country’s place)

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The Global Firepower Rating provides an analytical display of data concerning world military powers. Over 100 countries’ military powers are considered. The rating is based on a formula utilizing over 50 different factors, complied and measured against each nation. The finalized score (from 0 to 5) is recognized as ‘power index’ which supplies a nation its respective positioning in the ranking.

Source: http://www.globalfirepower.com/

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Belarus in the Nuclear Materials Security Index (by score, by country’s place)

The Nuclear Threat Initiative Nuclear Materials Security Index is a public assessment of nuclear materials security conditions around the world. Developed with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the NTI Index was created to assess the security of nuclear materials around the world and to encourage governments to take actions and provide assurances about the security of the world’s deadliest materials. The NTI Index assesses the contributions of 25 states with one kilogram or more of weapons-usable nuclear materials toward improved global nuclear materials security conditions. It assesses states in five categories: (a) Quantities and Sites, (b) Security and Control Measures, (c) Global Norms, (d) Domestic Commitments and Capacity, and (e) Risk Environment.

Source: http://www.nti.org/analysis/reports/2014-nti-nuclear-materials-security-index-report/

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Belarus in the Perception Index (by score, by country’s place)

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The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). A country or territory's rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories in the index. 2014 year's index includes 175 countries and territories.

Source: http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results

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Belarus in the World Misery Index (by country’s place) worst

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The Harvard Economist Robert Barro created what he dubbed the “Barro Misery Index” (BMI), in 1999. In the late 2000s, Johns Hopkins economist Steve Hanke built upon Barro’s misery index and began applying it to countries beyond the . His modified misery index is the sum of the interest, inflation, and rates, minus the year-over-year percent change in per -capita GDP growth; 109 countries in the index are ranked from worst to best.

Source: http://www.cato.org/blog/world-misery-index-109-countries

Belarus in the World Report (by country’s place)

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The World Happiness Report is a measure of happiness published by the United Nations Solutions Network. On a scale running from 0 to 10, people in over 150 countries, surveyed by Gallup over the period 2010-12, reveal a population -weighted average score. Six key variables explain three-quarters of the variation in annual national average scores over time and among countries. These six factors include: real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on, perceived freedom to make life choices, freedom from corruption, and .

Source: http://unsdsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf

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Belarus in the Ease of Doing Business Index (by country’s place)

The Ease of Doing Business index is an index created by the World Bank Group. Higher rankings (a low numerical ) indicate better, usually simpler, for businesses and stronger protections of property rights. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1–189, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm. The rankings are determined by sorting the aggregate distance to frontier scores on 10 topics, each consisting of several indicators, giving equal weight to each topic. The rankings for all economies are benchmarked to June 2014.

Source: http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings

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