Standards of conduct in banking
Read the recent Financial Conduct Authority reports to find out which 5 banks it fined for failing to control business practices in their foreign exchange (FX) trading operations. Its website also has details of the wider Fair and Effective Markets Review The Bank of England released its own independent report into the role of its officials
World ranking of prosperity
Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking of 142 countries. It uses eight categories: economy, entrepreneurship & opportunity, governance, education, health, safety & security, personal freedom and social capital. The website has information on the methodology and data for the last 6 years.
How interconnected is the world?
DHL has just released its latest annual Global Interconnectedness Index which measures the extent of globalization in relation to flows of trade, capital and people. Also see: KOF Index of Globalization Ernst and Young Globalization index Economist ICT Globalisation Index OECD Measurements of economic globalisation.
Women work for nothing
According to the latest briefing from the Fawcett Society, the UK Gender gap is growing. It constitutes the equivalent of women working for free for over 2 months per year. However this week Cranfield University reported in its annual Women on Boards report an increase in the number of new appointments to FTSE 100 directors boards.
UNICEF report shows children hit hard by financial crisis
Children of the Recession has used official data to rank the impact on children from EU and OECD countries. For UK data see the CPAG website.
UK Child Poverty
Where is child poverty the highest? Find out using the latest child poverty map of the UK from End Child Poverty Campaign Get more more facts from the Child Poverty Action Group
Bitcoin
What is bitcoin? Find out using this handy Harvard Business school working paper . Bitcoin.org -unofficial website managed by Bitcoin core developers Coinmetrics allows you to view detailed statistics Quandl also has free data Repec has economic papers
Global billionaires and political power
Global billionaires political power list New From the Brookings Institution and based on a forthcoming book by Darrell West, this is a ranking of political power exercised by the top 15 billionaires. The site also links to associated podcasts and papers explaining the methodology and the relationship between wealth and political power.
Corruption in developing countries
Trillion Dollar Scandal A New One Report which exposes corruption in developing countries. It argues that more than 3.5 million lives a year could be saved if the G20 cracked down on the corrupt business practices, money laundering and tax evasion that cost the world’s poorest countries at least a trillion dollars a year. It […]
Global Competitiveness Report
World Economic Forum: latest global competitiveness report released It assesses the competitiveness landscape of 148 economies. The site has a data section with rankings and displays of different types of charts. It includes historic data going back to 2006.
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