Hello,
We are glad to share a few headlines with you after another busy and eventful
week. This week, highlights include: corruption, terrorism, volunteerism and a video interview with Nic Marks.
Corruption
Transparency International released the 2012 edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index on Wednesday. The index scores 176 countries with high levels of corruption, scored at 100 to low levels of corruption scored at 0. The index shows that two thirds of the countries ranked scored below 50, meaning they are significantly corrupt.
Corruption
Transparency International released the 2012 edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index on Wednesday. The index scores 176 countries with high levels of corruption, scored at 100 to low levels of corruption scored at 0. The index shows that two thirds of the countries ranked scored below 50, meaning they are significantly corrupt.
See 2012 Corruption
Perceptions Index
Terrorism
The Institute for Economics and Peace released the inaugural Global Terrorism Index this week that ranks 158 countries according to the impact of terrorism. The research shows that since the Iraq invasion, the number of terrorist incidents have increased by over 460%, however the number of deaths caused by terrorism has decreased.
Terrorism
The Institute for Economics and Peace released the inaugural Global Terrorism Index this week that ranks 158 countries according to the impact of terrorism. The research shows that since the Iraq invasion, the number of terrorist incidents have increased by over 460%, however the number of deaths caused by terrorism has decreased.
Rank*
|
Corruption
Perceptions Index
|
Global
Terrorism Index
|
1
|
Somalia
|
Iraq
|
2
|
North
Korea
|
Pakistan
|
3
|
Afghanistan
|
Afghanistan
|
4
|
Sudan
|
India
|
5
|
Myanmar
|
Yemen
|
* the country suffering the most from corruption or suffering the largest impact from terrorism
Volunteerism
On Wednesday, the world celebrated the International Day of the Volunteer. Wikis rely on volunteers to create and share information. According to Internet guru Clay Shirky, a wiki is a hybrid of tool and a community. On behalf of this Wiki family (Wikiprogress, Wikigender and Wikichild) we would like to thank every one who have taken time to write, edit, create and share information.
Number Crunch
If volunteers were a nation they would be the 10th largest country in the world. That's 140 million volunteers.
16% of people worldwide volunteer their time for an organisation
Nic Marks
Nic Marks is a key progress thinker and one of the champions of the well-being movement. In this interview he talks about the need for a system where the economy serves human well-being, not the other way around.
Yours in Progress,
Philippa Lysaght
On Wednesday, the world celebrated the International Day of the Volunteer. Wikis rely on volunteers to create and share information. According to Internet guru Clay Shirky, a wiki is a hybrid of tool and a community. On behalf of this Wiki family (Wikiprogress, Wikigender and Wikichild) we would like to thank every one who have taken time to write, edit, create and share information.
Number Crunch
If volunteers were a nation they would be the 10th largest country in the world. That's 140 million volunteers.
16% of people worldwide volunteer their time for an organisation
Nic Marks
Nic Marks is a key progress thinker and one of the champions of the well-being movement. In this interview he talks about the need for a system where the economy serves human well-being, not the other way around.
Yours in Progress,
Philippa Lysaght
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