Introducing the Social Progress Index

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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Framework

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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

Wellbeing

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INDICATOR DATA SOURCES

Hard

data

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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!