Global Resource Systems Research Guide

"Transparency International is the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption."

Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world. It publishes surveys detailing state of civil liberties, political rights, economic freedom, and religious freedom.

This is one of Freedom House's signature reports. This report has been published annually since 1972. Also see the 'Reports' tab and other available tabs for many global, regional, and country-based studies on freedoms and humans rights.

"Redefining Progress shifts policy toward sustainable economics and environmental justice using ecological footprints, climate plans and sustainability indicators."

"A ground-breaking milestone in the study of peace. For the first time, an Index has been created that ranks the nations of the world by their peacefulness and identifies some of the drivers of that peace. Provided by the organization Vision of Humanity. There are several other indices provided by this organization."

"The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is the leading global measure of sustainable well-being. The HPI measures what matters: the extent to which countries deliver long, happy, sustainable lives for the people that live in them."

"The New Economics Foundation is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being."

"The Human Security Index covers 232 countries / societies. It describes human security as economic, environmental, and social. It includes equality, diversity, gender, peace, environment, sustainability, corruption control, and information empowerment."

"There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life."

Shows the at-a-glance level of sustainability of 151 countries.

"The human development data utilized in the preparation of the Human Development Index (HDI) and other composite indices featured in the Human Development Report are provided by a variety of public international sources and represent the best and most current statistics available for those indicators at the time of the preparation of this annual report. Please see ‘Composite Indices - HDI and beyond’ for an explanation of these indices.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/understanding/indices/

"The report presents the yearly assessment of global and regional progress towards the MDGs."

This is a place to learn more about values and cultural changes in societies all over the world.