List of Social-related Reports and Indices-SSC,UPSC,PCS

List of Social-related Reports and Indices

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Human Development Index 2019

Published by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 It measures the average achievements in a country based on three

dimensions Parameters/Dimensions:

•   A long and healthy life- measured by Life expectancy at birth
•   Access to knowledge: measured by Mean years of schooling and Expected

  years of schooling

•   A decent standard of living- measured by Gross National Income (GNI)

  per capita (PPP US$).
  Key takeaways: Norway ranked first; Burundi ranked last.
  India’s Rank: India ranked 129 out of 189 countries (HDI value 0.647) compared 130 in 2018.

Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI), 2020
-First edition

Published by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 It examines how social beliefs can obstruct gender equality and women

empowerment.
Parameters/Dimensions: political, educational, economic and physical integrity.
Key takeaways: The highest number of bias against women was in Pakistan, followed by Qatar and Nigeria and Zimbabwe

Global Social Mobility Index

-First edition published as part of first ever Global Social Mobility Report

Published by: World Economic Forum Parameters/Dimensions: 5 dimensions-

 health;
 education (access, quality and equity);
 technology;
 work (opportunities, wages, conditions); and
 Protections and institutions (social protection and inclusive institutions).

Key takeaways: Denmark tops the rankings India’s rank: India has been ranked 76th

Global Hunger Index, 2019

(Annual report)

Published by: Ireland’s Concern Worldwide and Germany’s Welthungerhilfe.  It calculates the levels of hunger and under nutrition worldwide. It scores

countries on a 100-point “severity scale”, where zero is the best score (no

hunger) and 100 is the worst.

Parameters:

•   Undernourishment,
•   Child stunting (the share of children under five years who have a low

  height for their age),

•   Child wasting (the share of children under five years who have a low

  weight for their age) and

•   Child mortality rate under 5 years of age.

  Key takeaways: Central African Republic ranked worst.
  India’s Ranking: Ranked 102nd (serious level of hunger) out of 117 countries in 2019 in comparison to 103rd out of 119 countries in 2018. India’s child wasting rate is highest in the world at 20.8%.

SDG Gender Index 2019

-First edition

Published by: Equal Measures 2030
 It measures the state of gender equality aligned to 14 of the 17 Sustainable

Development Goals
Key takeaways: Denmark ranked 1st India’s Ranking: 95th among 129 countries

Global Gender Gap Index Report 2019
-Annual Report

Published by: World Economic Forum (WEF)
 It ranks 153 countries on their progress towards gender parity.

Parameters/Dimensions:

•   Economic Participation and Opportunity
•   Educational Attainment
•   Health and Survival
•   Political Empowerment
•   2019 report also examines gender gap prospects in the professions of the future.

Key takeaways: Iceland ranked 1st

India’s ranking: India has been ranked at 112th in 2019 in comparison to 108th in 2018. Also, among 153 countries, India is the only country where the economic gender gap is larger than political gender gap.

World Happiness Report 2020

-Annual report

Published by: Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the UN  Ranks 156 countries on the state of global happiness.
 2020 Theme: Environment for Happiness.

Parameters/ dimensions: Gallup World Poll and six factors:  Levels of GDP,
 life expectancy,
 generosity,

 social support,
 freedom
 corruption income

Key takeaways: Finland has been ranked first
India’s Ranking: India has been ranked 144th in 2020, in comparison to 140th in 2019.

Human Capital Index, 2019 –Annual Report

Published by: World Bank as a part of World Development Report 2019.  It measures which countries are best in mobilizing the economic and

professional potential of its citizens.

Parameter/Dimensions:

•   Survival, as measured by under-5 mortality rates;
•   Expected years of Quality-Adjusted School which combines information

  on the quantity and quality of education; and

•   Health environment using two proxies of (a) adult survival rates and (b)

  the rate of stunting for children under age 5. Key Takeaways: Singapore ranked first
  India’s ranking: India ranked 115th (HCI score 0.44)

World Population Prospects, 2019

Published by: Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Key takeaways: World’s population is expected to increase by two billion people in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050. India: India is expected to add nearly 273 million people between 2019 and 2050 and will remain the most populated country through the end of the current century.

Global Migration Report 2020

Published by: International Organization for Migration
 It features trends in international migration, discusses emerging policy

issues and provides regional recent developments
Key takeaways: The number of international migrants globally in 2019 were around 272 million which is 3.5% of the world’s population
India: India had the largest number of migrants living abroad (17.5 million)

Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2019
–Annual report

Published by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.

 MPI identifies multiple deprivations at the household and individual level in health, education and standard of living.

Parameters/Dimensions: 3 dimensions and 10 Indicators:

•   Education (year of schooling, child enrolment)
•   Health (child mortality, nutrition)
•   Standard of living (electricity, drinking water, sanitation, flooring,

  cooking fuel, assets)

  India:

•   the number of people living in multidimensional poverty in India has decreased from 690.55 million in 2005-06 to 369.55 million in 2015-16
•   Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh are poorest states Jharkhand reduced the incidence of multidimensional poverty from 74.9% to 46.5% between 2005-06 and 2015-16- the fastest in India

Global Health Security Index, 2019
–First edition

Published by: Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Health Security (CHS), with research by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
· It assesses health security and related capabilities in 195 countries. Parameters/Dimensions:

 prevention,
 early detection,
 rapid response,
 health system quality,  standards,
 risk environment.

Key Takeaways: USA Ranked first
India’s Ranking: India has been ranked 57th

Global Liveability Index, 2019

-Annual report

Published by: Economist Intelligence Unit
 The index assesses which locations around the world provide the best or

the worst living condition Parameters/Dimensions: 5 broad parameters:

 stability,
 healthcare,
 culture and environment,  education,
 infrastructure

Key takeaways: Vienna (Austria) has been ranked the most liveable city Indian cities ranking: New Delhi has been ranked 118th as compared to 112th in 2018. Mumbai has been ranked 119th.

Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report, 2019
–Annual report

Published by: World Health Organization (WHO) Key takeaways:

•   The global decline in the total number of TB deaths between 2015 and 2018 was 11%.
•   In 2018, 7 million new cases of TB were notified
•   Undernourishment, smoking, alcohol abuse, HIV infection and diabetes,

  were the five major factors to which TB could be attributed.

  India:

•   In 2017, India had 27.4 lakh TB patients which came down to 26.9 lakh in 2018
•   Incidence per 1, 00,000 population has decreased from 204 in 2017 to 199 in 2018.

Global Malaria Report, 2019

-Annual Report

Published by: World Health Organization Key takeaways:

 In 2018, an estimated 228 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide.

 Nigeria had the highest burden of all malaria cases, at 24%.
India: India registered a fall of 2.6 million malaria cases in 2018 as compared to 2017.

State of World Children Report

Published by: United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Key takeaways:

 700 million children under the age of 5 have nutrition problems  149 million children under age 5 stunted
 50 million children are affected by wasting

List of Economy-related Reports and Indices

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Trade and Development Report 2019
-Annual report

Published by: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

 It examines different aspects of the nature and role of international trade in the era of hyper globalization and considers related policy challenges that will need to be addressed.

India: India’s economy to be world’s 2nd fastest growing at 6%

World Investment Report 2019

-Annual report

Published by: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

 It focuses on trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide, at the regional and country levels and emerging measures to improve its contribution to development.

Key Takeaways: The global FDI slipped by 13% in 2018, to US$1.3 trillion from $1.5 trillion in 2017, the third consecutive annual decline.
India: India received foreign direct investments worth USD 42 billion in 2018

Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), 2019
–Biennial report

Published by: World Economic Forum (WEF)
 It measures the set of factors and policies that enable sustainable

development of travel and tourism sector which contributes to the

development and competitiveness of a country.
Key Takeaways: Spain ranked first
India’s Ranking: India has been ranked 34th in comparison to 40th in 2017

Global Competitiveness Index, 2019
–Annual report

Published By: World Economic Forum
 It assesses the ability of countries to provide high levels of prosperity to

their citizens
Parameters/Dimensions: 12 pillars: institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health and primary education, higher education and training, goods market efficiency, labour market efficiency, financial market development, technological readiness, market size, business sophistication and innovation.
Key takeaways: Singapore ranked first
India’s ranking: India ranked 68th in 2019 in comparison to 58th in 2018

Digital Economy Report 2019

-First Edition

Published by: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

 The report outlines enormous potential gains from the increasingly interconnected global economy

India: India generated the ninth-highest e-commerce sales globally in 2017 by generating a total business of $400 billion-contribution of this to GDP was 15%.

Ease of Doing Business Index, 2019
-Annual Report

Published By: World Bank
 It measures regulations across the 190 economies in business regulatory

areas to assess the business environment in each economy.

Parameters/Dimensions:

•   Starting a Business,
•   Dealing with Construction permits,
•   Electricity availability,
•   Property registration,
•   Credit availability,
•   Protecting minority Investors,
•   Paying Taxes
•   Trading across borders,
•   Contracts enforcement,
•   Resolving Insolvency,
•   Employing workers
•   Contracting with the government.

  Key Takeaways: New Zealand ranked first
  India’s ranking: India ranked 63rd in 2019 in comparison to 77th in 2018

World Employment and Social Outlooks Trend 2020
-Annual Report

Published By: International Labour Organization (ILO)
· It analyses key labour market issues such as unemployment, labour underutilization, working poverty, income inequality, labour Income share and factors that exclude people from decent work.
Key takeaways: Global unemployment is projected to increase by around 2.5 million in 2020

World Economic Outlook, 2019 –Biannual

Published by: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Key takeaways: Reduced global growth projection to 2.9 percent in 2019, 3.3 percent in 2020 and 3.4 percent for 2021.
India: Downward India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection to 4.8% for the financial year 2020 (FY20) and 5.8% for FY21.

Inclusive Development Index, 2018

Published by: World Economic Forum
 It is an annual assessment of 103 countries’ economic performance that

measures how countries perform on eleven dimensions of economic

progress in addition to GDP. Parameters/Dimensions: It has 3 pillars:

 growth and development;  inclusion
 intergenerational equity

Key Takeaways: Norway ranked first India’s ranking: India has been ranked 62nd.

World Talent Ranking Report, 2019
-Annual report

Published by: International Institute for Management Development (IMD) based in Switzerland.
Parameters/Dimensions:

 investment and development,  appeal
 readiness

Key takeaways: Switzerland ranked first
India’s ranking: India ranked 59th out of 63 countries in 2019 compared to 53rd in 2018

Global Wealth Report, 2019

-Annual report

Published by: Credit Suisse Group
 The report tracks both the growth and distribution of wealth in terms of

the numbers of millionaires and billionaires and the proportion of wealth

that they hold as well as the status of inequality around the world
Key takeaways: Just 47 million people which accounts for 0.9% of the world’s adult population owns $158.3 trillion -almost 44% of the world’s total wealth. India:

 The total wealth in India has increased fourfold between 2000 and 2019, reaching $12.6 trillion in 2019.

India ranks fifth globally in terms of the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI), 2018

Published by: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

 It provides information on regulations affecting trade in services in 22 sectors across OECD member countries and non-OECD

India: The index found Indian services sector as one of the most restrictive particularly in policy areas like foreign entry.

Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019
–Annual report

Published by: World intellectual property organisation (WIPO), Cornell University and INSEAD

 It quantifies the state of national innovation ecosystem across countries based on 80 indicators.

Key takeaways: Switzerland ranked first.
India’s Ranking: India improved its ranking by five places to 52nd in 2019 from 57th position in 2018.

Logistics Performance Index, 2018
–Biennial report

Published By: World Bank
 It seeks to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they

face in their performance on trade logistics and measures to improve the

performance.
Key takeaways: Germany ranked first India’s Ranking: India ranked 44th.

World Climate and Security Report

Published by: International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) Key takeaways:

 Climate change-induced water insecurity is a significant driver of instability and will pose a significant or higher risk to global security by 2030

Emission Gap Report

-Annual report

Published by: UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Key takeaways:

 At the current pace, the world is heading for a 3.2°C temperature rise  Greenhouse gas emissions had risen 1.5% per year over the last decade  India is the third-largest emitter behind the United States and China

respectively.

6th Global Environment Outlook (GEO)

Published by: UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
The assessment highlights the current state of the environment, illustrates possible future environmental trends and analyses the effectiveness of environmental policies.
Key takeaways:

 Environmental pollution is responsible for the premature deaths of nine million people a year

 Air pollution causes 6-7 million early deaths annually

World Air Quality Report 2019

Published by: Pollution tracker IQAir and Greenpeace Key takeaways:

 Bangladesh is the most polluted country
 India is the 5th most polluted country
 21 of the 30 most polluted cities in the world are located in India  Ghaziabad ranked the world’s most polluted city

Note: Ranking is based on PM 2.5 levels

State of the Global Climate Report 2019

Published by: World Meteorological Organization
Key takeaway: Global average temperature in 2019 (January to October) was about 1.1 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period.

Climate Change and Land

Published by: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

•   The report is a special report by IPCC which complement the main

  Assessment Reports that the IPCC publishes every five or six years.

•   The report explains how land-based activities such as agriculture, forestry,

  cattle-rearing and urbanisation are causing global warming, and is affected by climate change.

Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Published by: UN’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Key takeaways:

 Up to one million of Earth’s estimated eight million plants, insect and animal species are at risk of extinction.

Key global threats:
 overexploitation of land and sea resources,  illegal poaching,
 deforestation,
 plastic waste,
 fossil fuel emissions and climate change.

Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), 2020:

Published by: Germanwatch, New Climate Institute and Climate Action Network (CAN)
Key takeaways:

 USA and Saudi Arabia topmost polluters.  India was ranked 9th

Global Climate Risk 2020 report

Published by: Germanwatch Key takeaways:

 Japan, the Philippines, and Germany at the top for overall climate vulnerability in 2018.

 India was ranked 5th

“Ocean deoxygenation: Everyone’s problem”

Published by: IUCN
Key takeaway: levels of oxygen in the oceans fell by around 2% from 1960 to 2010.

Global Futures Report

Published by: World Wide Fund for Nature, Global Trade Analysis Project and the Natural Capital Project.

 The report analysed how the natural assets would change under various future development scenarios and how the consequent changes in ecosystem services would in turn affect the global economy

Nature risk rising report

-First edition

Published by: World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with PwC
 It explains how nature-related risks matter to business, why they must be

urgently mainstreamed into risk management strategies

World Energy Outlook 2019 –Annual report

Published by: International Energy Agency
 It provides strategic insight on the future of energy and energy-related

emissions, and detailed scenarios that map out the consequences of different

energy policy and investment choices.
Key takeaways: At present, the energy demand in the world is growing at a rate of 2% per year.

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Corruption Perception Index, 2019
-Annual Report

Published by: Transparency International
 It ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public

sector corruption, according to experts and business people. Key takeaways: top-ranked countries are New Zealand and Denmark India’s Ranking: India ranked 80th in 2019 compared to 78 in 2018

World Press Freedom Index 2019
-Annual Report

Published by: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
 It is based upon RSF’s own assessment of the countries’ press

freedom records in the previous year
Key takeaways: Norway ranked 1st
India’s Rank: India ranked 140 out of 180 countries in 2019, in comparison to 138th in 2018.

International Intellectual Property Index, 2020 –Annual Report

Published by: U.S Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC)
· The index maps the Intellectual Property (IP) ecosystem in 53 global economies representing over 90% of global GDP.

Key takeaways: US ranked first
India’s ranking: India has been ranked at 40th in 2020 compared to 36th in 2019

Democracy Index, 2019

Published by: Economist Intelligence Unit
Parameters/ Dimensions: 5 parameters and 60 Indicators:

 electoral process and pluralism;  the functioning of government;  political participation;
 political culture;

 civil liberties
Key takeaway: Norway ranked first
India’s ranking: India was ranked 51st and included in the “flawed democracy” category.

Global Diplomacy Index 2019

Published by: Sydney-based Lowey Institute
 The index is an analysis of the number of embassies and consulates

maintained by countries around the world.
Key takeaways: China has the world’s largest diplomatic network
India’s ranking: India has been ranked 12th. India has 123 embassies and high commissions and 54 consulates globally.