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Key Finding


3. Changes in the “social fabric” of a country can lead to big changes in national prosperity.

Indonesia and Algeria have improved the most in their Prosperity Index rankings since 2009. Indonesia has improved by 15 places to 70 and Algeria has improved by 12 places to 79. In both cases, this was a result of significant improvements in social capital. Conversely, Nicaragua experienced the largest decrease in rankings by 14 places, mainly due to significant declines in social capital and governance. The main factors behind the changes in social capital were survey responses – this shows that large changes in public attitudes in Indonesia, Algeria, and Nicaragua, led to significant changes in overall prosperity.

 

 

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