UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME A Survey of Composite Indices Measuring Country Performance: 2006 Update A UNDP/ODS Working Paper By Romina Bandura With Carlos Martin del Campo Office of Development Studies United Nations Development Programme, New York —November 17, 2006— Note: The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of UNDP. Please send comments and suggestions to the following e-mail address: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE SURVEY..........................................................................................7 Definitions ...........................................................................................................................................7 Methodology........................................................................................................................................8 Main findings.......................................................................................................................................9 PART II: INVENTORY OF INDICES (BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER)...............................................12 1. African Governance Indicators ..................................................................................................13 2. Ageing Vulnerability Index .......................................................................................................13 3. AIDS Program Effort Index (API) .............................................................................................13 4. Alternative Country-Risk Index (Indice de Riesgo Pais Alternativo - IRPA) ...............................14 5. APESMA Big Mac Index ..........................................................................................................14 6. Assessing the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)..............................14 7. Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) – Previously “Quality of Life Index”..........................................15 8. Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) ..................................................................................15 9. BIC3D Index.............................................................................................................................16 10. Big Mac Index ..........................................................................................................................17 11. BradyNet Ratings Ladder ..........................................................................................................17 12. Bribe Payers Index (BPI)...........................................................................................................17 13. Capital Access Index (CAI).......................................................................................................18 14. CIRI Human Rights Dataset ......................................................................................................18 15. Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) ..................................................................................18 16. Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI)...............................................................................19 17. Commitment to Development Index (CDI) ................................................................................19 18. Composite Score of Risk – Business Risk Service (BRS) ...........................................................20 19. Corruption Perception Index (CPI) ............................................................................................20 20. Countries at the Crossroads .......................................................................................................20 21. Country @ratings......................................................................................................................21 22. Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP) ............................................................................22 23. Country Performance Assessment (CPA)...................................................................................22 24. Country Policy and Institutional Assessment and IDA Country Performance Ratings .................22 25. Country Risk Evaluation and Assessment Model (CREAM) Country Index................................23 26. Country Risk Monitoring Service ..............................................................................................23 27. Country Risk Rating..................................................................................................................24 28. CSGR Globalisation Index ........................................................................................................24 29. Dashboard of Sustainability.......................................................................................................25 A Survey of Composite Indices Measuring Country Performance: 2006 Update 1 30. Democracy Score (Nations in Transit Ratings)...........................................................................25 31. Disaster Risk Index (DRI) .........................................................................................................25 32. Ducroire / Delcredere Country Risks .........................................................................................26 33. Early Motherhood Risk Ranking................................................................................................27 34. Ease of Doing Business .............................................................................................................27 35. E-Business Readiness Index ......................................................................................................28 36. Ecological Footprint..................................................................................................................29 37. Economic Freedom of the Word (EFW) Index ...........................................................................29 38. Economic Vulnerability Index ...................................................................................................29 39. Education for all Development Index (EDI)...............................................................................30 40. E-Government Index .................................................................................................................30 41. E-Government Readiness Index.................................................................................................31 42. EIU Business Environment Rankings ........................................................................................31 43. EIU Country Risk Rating...........................................................................................................32 44. EIU World Wide Cost of Living Index ......................................................................................33 45. Emerging Markets Bond Indices................................................................................................34 46. Environmental Degradation Index (EDI)....................................................................................34 47. Environmental Performance Index (EPI)....................................................................................35 48. Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) ..................................................................................35 49. Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) (In process) ...............................................................36 50. E-Participation Index.................................................................................................................36 51. E-Readiness Rankings...............................................................................................................36 52. ERG Country Classification ......................................................................................................37 53. Ethics Indices............................................................................................................................37 54. Ethno-linguistic and Religious Fractionalization Index and Political Instability Index.................38 55. Eurochambres Economic Survey (EES) Indicators.....................................................................38 56. European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) and Summary Innovation Index (SII).............................39 57. Failed States Index ....................................................................................................................40 58. Financial Times Credit Ratings..................................................................................................40 59. Food Insecurity .........................................................................................................................40 60. Forbes Capital Hospitality Index (FCHI)....................................................................................41 61. Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index .............................................................................41 62. FORELEND – Lender’s risk rating............................................................................................41 63. Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM).....................................................................................42 64. Gender Equity Index (GEI)........................................................................................................42 65. Gender Gaps .............................................................................................................................42