Natural Environment Spotlight: Tackling rising air pollution-not just rising emi...
27 October 2021
Over the past decade, we have seen little improvement in recorded data on the Natural Environment, at a time when effective stewardship of the planet is desperately needed. Th...
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16 November 2020
We are launching this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index at an extraordinary moment in time. Across the world, COVID-19 is dominating our political, economic, and social debate. None of us was expecting 2020 to look like this....
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16 November 2020
Almost two decades ago, the then-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair infamously described Africa as a ‘scar on the conscience of the world’. Such rhetoric reflected a persistent — and pernicious — characterisation of the con...
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16 November 2020
Forging a strong social contract is integral to successful national socio-economic development. The extent to which governments are able to ...
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16 November 2020
Establishing the conditions required for sustained economic growth is a colossal undertaking for any nation. However, such growth has been p...
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16 November 2020
The process of national development entails more than GDP growth. For nations to truly succeed, they must create the socio-economic conditio...
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25 November 2019
The Inclusive Societies domain of the Prosperity Index captures the strengths and weaknesses of instituti...
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25 November 2019
Prosperity is much more than material wealth; it also encompasses welfare, security, freedom, and opportu...
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25 November 2019
The Prosperity Index captures the quality of people’s lived experiences and the features that enable in...
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