introducing the social progress index
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SOCIAL PROGRESS
IMPERATIVE
INTRODUCING THE SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEXSOCIAL PROGRESS IN LATIN AMERICA,
WILSON CENTER, WASHINGTON DC
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ADVISORY BOARD
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Scott SternProfessor of Technological
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and
Strategic Management, MIT
Judith RodinPresident, The Rockefeller
Foundation
Michael E. Porter,
ChairBishop William Lawrence
University Professor at the
Harvard Business School.
Hernando de SotoPresident, Institute for
Liberty and Democracy
Ngaire WoodsDean, Blavatnik School of
Government, University of Oxford
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SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX DESIGN
PRINCIPLES
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Nutrition and Basic Medical Care
Water and Sanitation
Shelter
Personal Safety
Access to Basic Knowledge
Access to Information and
Communication
Health and Wellness
Environmental Quality
Personal Rights
Personal Freedom and Choice
Tolerance and Inclusion
Access to Advanced Education
OpportunityFoundations of
WellbeingBasic Human Needs
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Basic Human Needs Opportunity
Nutrition and Basic Medical
Care Undernourishment
Depth of food deficit
Maternal mortality rate
Child mortality rate
Deaths from infectious diseases
Water and Sanitation Access to piped water
Rural access to improved water source
Access to improved sanitation facilities
Shelter Availability of affordable housing
Access to electricity
Quality of electric supply
Household air pollution attributable deaths
Personal Safety Homicide rate
Level of violent crime
Perceived criminality
Political terror
Traffic deaths
Access to Basic Knowledge Adult literacy rate
Primary school enrollment
Lower secondary school enrollment
Upper secondary school enrollment
Gender parity in secondary enrollment
Access to Information and
Communications Mobile telephone subscriptions
Internet users
Press Freedom Index
Health and Wellness Life expectancy at 60
Premature deaths from non-communicable
diseases
Obesity rate
Suicide rate
Environmental Quality Outdoor air pollution attributable deaths
Wastewater treatment
Greenhouse gas emissions
Biodiversity and habitat
Personal Rights Political rights
Freedom of speech
Freedom of assembly/association
Freedom of movement
Private property rights
Personal Freedom and Choice Freedom over life choices
Freedom of religion
Early marriage
Satisfied demand for contraception
Corruption
Tolerance and Inclusion Tolerance for immigrants
Tolerance for homosexuals
Discrimination and violence against
minorities
Religious tolerance
Community safety net
Access to Advanced Education Years of tertiary schooling
Women’s average years in school
Inequality in the attainment of education
Globally ranked universities
Percentage of tertiary students enrolled in
globally ranked universities
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Foundations of
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INDICATOR DATA SOURCES
Hard
data
Expert
analysi
s
Surve
y
data
WHAT DOES THE SOCIAL
PROGRESS INDEX TELL US
ABOUT THE WORLD?
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IF THE WORLD WERE A COUNTRY, IT
WOULD RANK SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
KYRGYZSTAN AND MONGOLIA
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Basic Human
Needs
Foundations of
Wellbeing
Opportunity
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THE WORLD IS DOING BEST IN AREAS THAT
HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF THE MILLENIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
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Basic Human
Needs
Foundations of
Wellbeing
Opportunity
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THE WORLD STRUGGLES MOST WITH
PERSONAL RIGHTS AND TOLERANCE AND
INCLUSION
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Basic Human
Needs
Foundations of
Wellbeing
Opportunity
GLOBAL RANKINGS
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PERFORMANCE RELATIVE
TO ECONOMIC PEERS
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DEFINING PEER COUNTRIES
• We define a country’s economic peers as the 15 countries closest in
GDP PPP per capita.
• Once the peer group is defined, a country’s performance is
compared to the median performance of countries within the peer
cohort.
• If a country’s indicator score is greater than (or less than) the
average absolute deviation from the median of the comparator
group, it is considered a strength (or weakness). Scores within one
average absolute deviation are considered neither strengths nor
weaknesses (neutral) within the cohort.
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Under-performing Lower than neutral Neutral Higher than neutral Over-performing
Strengths and weaknesses are relative to 15 countries of similar GDP per capita: Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden,
Germany, Denmark, Australia, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Iceland, Finland, Norway
FROM INDEX TO ACTION TO
IMPACT: THE SOCIAL PROGRESS
NETWORK
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WORKING IN LATIN AMERICA
SINCE 2013
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• Central America (INCAE Business School): Mexico,
Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Nicargua
• South America (Avina Foundation): Brazil, Colombia,
Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia
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EUROPE NETWORK LAUNCHED IN 2016
• Partnership with European Commission to create Social Progress Index for Regions of EU to inform Cohesion Policy.
• Expanding network of local partners from government, business, civil society and academia.
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NEW NETWORKS LAUNCHING IN
2017
• India (Institute for Competitiveness, India): Social
Progress Index for states of India launching in spring,
in partnership with Indian Government.
• United States: network under creation. Talk to us!