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3. Bertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index 2017  (33 балла)
Code: BF (TI)
Year of publication: 2018 (forthcoming)
Type of assessment: Qualitative expert survey
Data provider: Bertelsmann Stiftung
The Bertelsmann Stiftung (BF) was founded in 1977 as a private foundation. As a think tank they work
toward improved education, a just and efficient economic system, a preventative healthcare system, a
vibrant civil society and greater international understanding. The Bertelsmann Stiftung is independent
and nonpartisan. It designs, launches and runs its own projects.
The Transformation Index provides the framework for an exchange of good practice among agents of
reform. Within this framework, the Bertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index (BTI) publishes two
rankings, the Status Index and the Management Index, both of which are based on in-depth
assessments of 129 countries. The scores are based on detailed country reports which assess 52
questions divided into 17 criteria.
Assessments are provided by two experts per country. Country assessments consist of two sections:
the written assessment of the state of transformation and management performance in a country
(country report) and the numerical assessment of the state of transformation and management
performance (country ratings). Scores are given by a country expert, which are then reviewed blind by a
second country expert who also provides a second independent rating of the country. These scores by
experts are then verified and discussed by regional coordinators to ensure intra and inter-regional
comparability in ratings. In addition, BF has also instituted an extra layer of verification to ensure the
scores provided match the qualitative descriptions for each country. 

4. Economist Intelligence Unit Country Risk Service 2017  (20 баллов)
Code: EIU
Year of publication: 2017
Type of assessment: Risk evaluations based on qualitative and quantitative indicators
Data provider: Economist Intelligence Unit
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) was established in 1946 as the research body for The Economist
newspaper. Since then, it has grown into a global research and advisory firm that produces business
intelligence for policy makers worldwide. 650 full-time and contributing analysts work in and on over 200
countries/territories.
Country Risk Ratings are designed to provide in-depth and timely analysis of the risks of financial
exposure in more than 140 countries.
The EIU relies on teams of experts based primarily in London (but also in New York, Hong Kong, Beijing
and Shanghai) who are supported by a global network of in-country specialists. Each country analyst
covers a maximum of two or three countries/territories. The economic and political reports produced by
EIU analysts are subjected to a rigorous review process before publication.

5. Freedom House Nations in Transit 2017 (24 балла)
Code: FH
Year of publication: 2017
Type of assessment: Qualitative expert assessment
Data provider: Freedom House
Founded in 1941, Freedom House is an independent watchdog organisation that supports the
expansion of freedom around the world. Freedom House supports democratic change, monitors
freedom and advocates for democracy and human rights.
The Nations in Transit (NIT) measures democratisation in 29 nations and administrative areas
throughout Central Europe and the Newly Independent States (NIS). The reports focus on democratic
progress and setbacks. Each report focuses on the following thematic areas: national democratic
governance; electoral process; civil society; independent media; local democratic governance; judicial
framework and independence; and corruption.
The NIT surveys were produced by Freedom House staff and consultants. The latter were
recommended by relevant authorities and are regional or country specialists. A range of sources were
used in compiling the report, including: multilateral lending institutions; non-governmental organisations;
and other international organisations; local newspapers and magazines; and select government data.

6. Global Insights Business Conditions and Risk Indicators 2016  (35 баллов)
Code: GI
Year of publication: 2017
Type of assessment: Commercial business expert assessment
Data provider: IHS Global Insight Global Risk Service
Founded in 1959, IHS Global Insight is a global information company employing more than 5,100 people
in more than 30 countries around the world. It provides a wide range of online services covering
macroeconomics, country risk and individual sector analysis.
The Global Insight Country Risk Rating System has been in operation since 1999 and provides a sixfactor
analysis of the risk environment in over 200 countries/territories. The six factors are political,
economic, legal, tax operational and security risk. The corruption risk score used in the CPI is drawn
from Global Insight Business Conditions and Risk Indicators.
The assessments are made by over 100 in-house country specialists, who also draw on the expert
opinions of in-country freelancers, clients and other contacts. The ratings reflect IHS Global Insights
expert perceptions of the comparative level of the problem in each country/territory. The ratings assess
the broad range of corruption, from petty bribe-paying to higher-level political corruption and the scores
assigned to each country are based on a qualitative assessment of corruption in each country/territory

7. IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2017  (35 баллов)
Code: IMD
Year of publication: 2017
Type of assessment: Executive opinion survey
Data provider: IMD World Competitiveness Center
IMD is a top-ranked business school with expertise in developing global leaders through high-impact
executive education. 100 per cent focused on real-world executive development, offering Swiss
excellence with a global perspective, IMD has a flexible, customized and effective approach.
IMD (www.imd.org) is ranked first in open programs worldwide (Financial Times 2012 & 2013) and first
in executive education outside the US (Financial Times 2008 - 2013).
The World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) measures the competitiveness of nations and, in doing so,
both ranks and examines how a nation’s socio-political and economic climate affects corporate
competitiveness. The study uses 333 criteria in order to obtain a multifaceted image of the
competitiveness of nations, which IMD defines as: “a field of economic knowledge, which analyses the
facts and policies that shape the ability of a nation to create and maintain an environment that sustains
more value creation for its enterprises and more prosperity for its people.”
The WCY largely includes hard data but also a survey of senior business leaders who, together, reflect
a cross-section of a nation’s corporate community. IMD calls upon local and foreign enterprises
operating in a given economy, and surveys both nationals and expatriates, so as to add an international
perspective on local environments. In 2017, 6,252 business executives responded. The IMD World
Competitiveness Centre works in collaboration with 54 partner institutes around the world to assure the
validity and relevance of data.

9. The PRS Group International Country Risk Guide 2017  (24 балла)
Code: PRS
Year of publication: 2017
Type of assessment: Risk assessment
Data provider: PRS Group
Based in the vicinity of Syracuse, New York, since its founding in 1979, the PRS Group has consistently
focused on political risk analysis.
On a monthly basis since 1980, their International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) has produced political,
economic and financial risk ratings for countries/territories important to international business. The ICRG
now monitors 140 countries/territories. ICRG ratings form the basis of an early warning system for
opportunities and pitfalls, country-by-country.
ICRG staff collect political information and convert it to risk points on the basis of a consistent pattern of
evaluation. Political risk assessments and other political information form the basis of ICRG risk ratings.
It is therefore possible for the user to check through the information and data so as to assess the ratings
against their own assessments, or against some other risk ratings system.

11. World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey 2017  (39 баллов)
Year of publication: 2017
Type of assessment: Business executive survey
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organisation committed to improving the
state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape
global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and
headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is not tied to political, partisan or national interests.
The Executive Opinion Survey (EOS) is the World Economic Forum's annual survey of business
executives. 

12. World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2017-2018  (33 балла)
Code: WJP
Year of publication: 2017
Type of assessment: Expert survey
Data provider: World Justice Project
The World Justice Project (WJP) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation working to advance the
rule of law for the development of communities of opportunity and equity. The WJP’s multi-national,
multi-disciplinary efforts are dedicated to developing practical programmes in support of the rule of law
around the world. The work of the WJP is based on two complementary premises: the rule of law is the
foundation for communities of opportunity and equity, and multi-disciplinary collaboration is the most
effective way to advance the rule of law.
The WJP Rule of Law Index is an assessment tool designed by The WJP to offer a detailed and
comprehensive picture of the extent to which countries/territories adhere to the rule of law in practice.
The Index provides detailed information and original data regarding a variety of dimensions of the rule of
law, which enables stakeholders to assess a nation’s adherence to the rule of law in practice, identify a
nation’s strengths and weaknesses in comparison to similarly situated countries, and track changes over
time.
The Index’s rankings and scores are the product of a rigorous data collection and aggregation process.
Data comes from a global poll of the general public and detailed questionnaires administered to local
experts (in-country practitioners and academics with expertise in civil and commercial law, criminal
justice, labour law, and public health). 

13. Varieties of Democracy Project 2016  (18 баллов)
Code: VDEM
Year of publication: 2017
Type of assessment: Expert survey
Data provider: University of Gothenburg, V-Dem Institute and University of Notre Dame
Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) is a new approach to conceptualising and measuring democracy. VDem
provides a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset that reflects the complexity of the concept
of democracy as a system of rule that goes beyond the simple presence of elections. The V-Dem project
distinguishes between seven high-level principles of democracy: electoral, liberal, participatory,
deliberative, egalitarian, majoritarian and consensual, and collects data to measure these principles.
It is a collaboration among more than 3,000 scholars worldwide which is co-hosted by the Department of
Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and the Kellogg Institute at the University of
Notre Dame, USA. With four principal investigators, fifteen project managers with special responsibility
for issue areas, more than thirty regional managers, 170 country coordinators, research assistants, and
2,500 country experts, the V-Dem project is one of the largest social science data collection projects
focusing on research.
As of May 2017, V-Dem’s database contains 17 million data points on democracy from 1900 to 2016 in
177 countries.