A recipe that mixes statistical data, reasoned argumentation and good intentions, ends in an absurd list of more or less pacific countries.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
The industry of producing Indexes and Rankings, which at times provides useful information for business decision making, turns out real absurdities more often than not.
The Global Peace Index (GPI), developed by The Economist Intelligence Unit and the Institute for Economics and Peace, is a good example of this. It is based on the questionable premise that peace has a monetary value, as an economy can reach its maximum productive capacity under states of peace. It mixes, relates and weights statistical data provided by various international agencies to produce a figure that measures – according to its authors – how peaceful is each of these nations when compared to others. Its creators allege the number must be used to conduct strategic business analysis (“Using the Global Peace Index for Strategic Business Analysis”).
The GPI puts Sierra Leona 8 positions above Panama, and 30 above Brazil…???!!
Haiti stands at 114, and Colombia 24 steps below, at 138, just 2 above the Democratic Republic El Congo…???!!!
Equatorial Guinea, at position 68th, seems way more pacific than Ecuador, at position 101…
The Russian Federation is placed 143 out of a total 149…
By analyzing the Global Peace Index we extract a very important conclusion: it is not enough to have the name “Intelligence” before a study, index or ranking, for it to be useful as such…
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