To compare and evaluate development and transformation processes around the world and communicate the findings in the form of rankings that document the quality of each country's democratic structures, market economy and transformation management. To develop strategies to steer transformation in selected nations and regions. To advise individual and institutional agents of transformation and development.
Project start date: January 1, 2002
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Transformation Index (BTI)
Click here for in-depth information on the overall and detailed findings of the Transformation Index (BTI), along with individual reports on 128 countries.
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Gütersloh - 29/11/2009
All over the world, the quality of democratic governance is declining
Although the number of formal democracies remains constant worldwide, in many cases their quality is showing a significant decline. This has had an adverse effect on core aspects of political participation, including elections as well as freedom of assembly and the press. It should also be noted that the governments of many developing and transition countries failed to take advantage of high growth rates, prior to the global financial and economic crisis, to fight poverty and inequality. Given conditions of global economic insecurity, these structural and social deficits bring with them considerable risks. This is the conclusion reached by the fourth survey of the Transformation Index (BTI), Bertelsmann Stiftung's international comparative study of 128 transition countries. Among the countries with the most successful governance over the past few years are Uruguay, Chile, Estonia, South Korea and Brazil. Those identified as having the worst political leadership are North Korea, Zimbabwe, Myanmar, Somalia and Uzbekistan.
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