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On this page you will find answers to some common questions about the Index and its findings, press releases and details of who to contact if you need more information:
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- 23 December 2011Missing Pieces: The Year in IndexesIsobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
- 05 December 2011Looking eastward after the Arab SpringMatt Baker and Nathan Gamester, Malaysia Today
- 04 December 2011Prosperity Index measures not just wealth, but well-being tooR B Bhattacharjee, Yahoo! Singapore Finance
- 20 November 2011Economic meltdown 2012-2013Dr Farrukh Saleem, The International News
- 16 November 2011Country slips in 2011 prosperity rankingsEmily Thompson, Prague Post
- 15 November 2011Foundations of ProsperityJamil Nasir, The International News
- 08 November 2011Entrepreneurial democracies and the happiness factorNeil Reynolds, The Globe and Mail
- 06 November 2011Trouble with PakistanGhazi Salahuddin, The International News
- 05 November 2011Zenawi’s Ethiopia Ranks 108 out of 110 Countries in Prosperity IndexGadaa.com
- 04 November 2011Taiwan ranked 20th most prosperous nation worldwideAaron Hsu, Taiwan Today
- 04 November 2011A smart model for dumb debate on ‘Turkish model’David Judson, The Hurriyet Daily News
- 03 November 2011U.K. Ranks 13th in Global Prosperity Index - Ahead of Germany and FranceVirtualizationconference.com
- 02 November 2011Most of South Asia at bottom on income, wellbeing rankingSouthasianmedia.net
- 02 November 2011Pakistan fourth from bottom on wellbeing rankingOman Tribune
- 02 November 2011U.S. Ranks 10th In Global Prosperity Index - Falls Behind China In Economic Rankings Read moreSacramento Bee
- 02 November 2011UK Outside Top 10 Most Prosperous NationsSky News
- 01 November 2011Decline Watch: Still holding in 10th place ... but for how long?Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
- 01 November 2011Pakistan among bottom 5 on income, wellbeing rankingMadiha Sattar, Dawn.com
- 01 November 2011Norway, Denmark Top 2011 Prosperity Index; U.S. 10thAinhoa Goyeneche, Bloomberg
- 01 November 2011The world's most prosperous nations 2011Damian Clarkson, MSN Money.com
- 01 November 2011Beyond GDP, How the World's Economies Stack UpChris Meyer & Julia Kirby, Harvard Business Review
- 26 October 2010Prosperity Is More Than Just MoneyPeter Mandelson, Wall Street Journal
- 26 October 201010 Safest Places in the Asia-PacificThe Diplomat
- 26 October 2010Is Your Country Truly Prosperous?Jiehae Choi, ePolitix
- 26 October 2010Prosperity Index Ranks U.S. 10thSeattle PI Blogs
- 26 October 2010UK Outside Top Ten Of Successful CountriesGraham Fitzgerald, Sky News
- 25 October 2010UK 'Not Among Top 10 Countries'Belfast Telegraph
- 25 October 2010Britain Slips Down League of Most Successful CountriesJoel Taylor, The Metro
- 25 October 2010Kåret til Verdensmestere i Rikdom og LykkeThomas Paust, Nettavisen
- 25 October 2010SA Slips to 4th Place in AfricaAlec Hogg, MoneyWeb SA
- 25 October 2010Britain Trailing in Prosperity LeagueSusan Smith, The Scotsman
- 25 October 2010What Don't America & Britain Understand?Megan Gibson, TIME
- 25 October 2010'Mediocre' UK Slips to 13th in World League of HappinessDavid Derbyshire, Daily Mail