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Frequently Asked Questions

General

  1. What is the Legatum Prosperity Index?
  2. Why did you launch the Prosperity Index in the first place and who is the study for?
  3. What is unique about this Index?
  4. Can you explain in more detail the role of governments and individuals?
  5. What are some of the key principles relevant to promoting prosperity?
  6. What are the key drivers and restrainers of prosperity? Is there a difference for poor and rich countries?
  7. What are some of the highlights of the Index? Which countries rank top in promoting prosperity?
  8. Some countries have a wide variation between their material wealth and well-being rankings, while others are almost the same. What does that tell us?
  9. Why does Singapore rank 1st on the material wealth and as low as 17th on the well-being scales?
  10. Is there any hope for Yemen which is ranking last in the Index?

Legatum-related

  1. What is the Legatum Institute and what does it do?
  2. Who is Legatum?
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Progress

  1. Who's moving up and down this year compared to last year’s Index?
  2. Some of the negative scores seem to reflect ingrained cultural attitudes – for example, the lack of leisure time in the majority of Asian countries, where working long hours is a virtue. How can countries address these cultural norms and move up the rankings?
  3. Which countries do you think will make the most progress in the next 5 years?

Methodology

  1. How did you collect the data?
  2. Has the Index been independently reviewed?
  3. The Index now looks at 104 countries, as compared to 50 in 2007. Are there any plans to further expand the study?
  4. How are the rankings calculated?
   
   
 
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