Articles by Institute for Economics
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Global Peace Index 2024
Institute for Economics & Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2024
The Global Peace Index ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace since 2007, it is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness that launches in June each year.
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Positive Peace Report 2024: Analysing the Factors That Build, Predict and Sustain Peace
Institute for Economics and Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 May 2024
10 Apr 2024 – Peace is more than the absence of violence. Positive Peace describes the attitudes, institutions and structures that create and sustain peaceful societies. It is conceptually related to many aspects of social development and can be used in multiple contexts.
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Economic Value of Peace 2021: Measuring the Global Economic Impact of Violence and Conflict
Institute for Economics and Peace | Relief Web - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Mar 2021
27 Jan 2021 – This report estimates the economic impact of violence and conflict on the global economy. In 2019, it was estimated to be $14.4 trillion, the equivalent to 10.5 per cent of the global gross domestic product or $1,895 per person. The comprehensive methodology includes 18 indicators covering the direct and indirect costs of violence, and the expenditures to contain and prevent it.
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Institute for Economics & Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jun 2016
This is the tenth edition of the GPI, which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. This report presents the most comprehensive analysis to date on the trends in peace and violence and includes an updated assessment of the economic value of peace and new research on the systemic nature of Positive Peace.
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Institute for Economics & Peace, Vision of Humanity – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
The 2015 Global Peace Index shows that the world is becoming increasingly divided with some countries enjoying unprecedented levels of peace and prosperity while others spiral further into violence and conflict.
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Institute for Economics and Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Mar 2014
One of the major challenges in developing policies aimed at increasing peace is the difficulty of being able to accurately gauge the benefits that result from peace. Recognising this, the Institute for Economics and Peace has developed a new and ground breaking methodology to estimate the cost of violence to the global economy, including calculations for 152 countries that detail the costs of thirteen different types of violence.
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