The Index of State Weakness in the Developing World was designed to provide policy-makers and researchers with a credible tool for analyzing and understanding the world’s most vulnerable countries.
The focus of CSP research is on the dynamics of and opportunities for Managing Complexity in Modern Societal-Systems and the real possibilities for a global systemic peace, that is, minimizing the resort to and the effects of political violence in the world as a whole. Website includes a State Fragility Index.
For over 60 years, The Fund for Peace (FFP) has been developing practical tools and approaches for reducing conflict. Website includes a State Fragility and State Resilience Index.
The International Crisis Group is an independent organisation working to prevent wars and shape policies that will build a more peaceful world. Website includes research, analysis, reports, and briefings.
The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, scoring on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). Transparency International is a global movement working in over 100 countries to end the injustice of corruption.