series_id,series_name,source_name,last_update,definition,source_citation
9807,"Fragile States Index: Economic Decline (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Economic Decline considers factors related to economic decline within a country, including, per capita income, unemployment rates, inflation, productivity, debt, poverty levels, and business failures. The indicator considers sudden drops in commodity prices, trade revenue, foreign investment, and any collapse or devaluation of the national currency. The indicator considers responses to economic conditions and their consequences. The indicator is focused on the formal economy, illicit trade, and capital flight. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9807,"Fragile States Index: Economic Decline (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,This duplicate row aims at testing how candidate join data sources,"The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9808,"Fragile States Index: Refugees and IDPs (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Refugees and IDP's measures the pressure upon states caused by the forced displacement of large communities as a result of social, political, environmental or other causes, as well as, refugee flows into others. The indicator measures refugees by country of asylum and country of origin.  Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9809,"Fragile States Index: Group Grievance (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Group Grievance focuses on divisions and schisms between different groups in society, particularly divisions based on social and political characteristics, and their role in access to services or resources and inclusion in the political process. The indicator also considers where specific groups are singled out by state authorities or by dominant groups, for persecution or repression, or where there is public scapegoating of groups. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9810,"Fragile States Index: Total Score (12-120, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"The Fragile States Index (FSI) highlights the normal pressures a state experiences and identifies when those pressures are pushing a state toward the brink of failure. The FSI uses twelve cohesion, economic, political, social, and cross cutting indicators to rank countries on their level of fragility. Total Score is the sum of the 12 indicators of the Fragile States Index. The total score will range from 12 to 120 with higher scores representing progressively less stability.","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9811,"Fragile States Index: Uneven Development (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Uneven Development considers inequality within the economy, irrespective of the actual performance of an economy. The indicator considers not only actual inequality, but also perceptions of inequality. The indicator takes into account the opportunities for groups to improve their economic status, such as through access to employment, education, or job training. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9812,"Fragile States Index: Demographic Pressures (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Demographic Pressures considers pressures upon the state deriving from the population itself or the environment around it, such as food supply or access to safe water. The indicator considers demographic characteristics, such as pressures from high population growth rates or skewed population distributions. The indicator also takes into account pressures stemming from natural disasters and pressures upon the population from environmental hazards. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9813,"Fragile States Index: State Legitimacy (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"State Legitimacy considers the representativeness and openness of government and its relationship with its citizenry. The indicator does not make a judgement on democratic governance, but considers integrity of elections, nature of political transitions, and degree to which the government is representative of the population (in the case of non-democratic elections). The indicator considers the openness of government, specifically the openness of ruling elites to transparency, accountability and political representation, or conversely, the levels of corruption, profiteering and marginalizing, persecuting, or excluding of opposition groups. The indicator considers the ability of a state to exercise basic functions that infer a population's confidence in its government and institutions. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9814,"Fragile States Index: Public Services (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Public Services refers to the presence of basic state functions that serve the people, for example providing essential services or protecting citizens from acts of violence. The indicator considers to whom the functions are provided to, whether it stays among ruling elites or reaches the general populace (both rural and urban populations). The indicator considers the level and maintenance of general infrastructure to the extent that its absence would negatively affect the country's actual or potential development. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9815,"Fragile States Index: Human Rights and Rule of Law (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Human Rights and Rule of Law considers the relationship between the state and its population insofar as fundamental human rights are protected and freedoms are observed and respected. The indicator assess the existence of widespread abuse of legal, political, and social rights from individuals, groups, and institutions. The indicator considers outbreaks of politically inspired violence perpetrated against civilians. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9816,"Fragile States Index: Security Apparatus (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Security Apparatus considers the security threats to a state, such as bombings, attacks and battle-related deaths, rebel movements, mutinies, coups, or terrorism. The indicator considers serious criminal factors (organized crime, homicides) and perceived trust of citizens in domestic security.  Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9817,"Fragile States Index: Factionalized Elites (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Factionalized Elites considers the fragmentation of state institutions along ethnic, class, clan, racial, or religious lines, as well as brinkmanship and gridlock between ruling elites. The indicator considers the use of nationalistic political rhetoric by ruling elites, in terms of nationalism, xenophobia, communal irredentism, or communal solidarity. The indicator measures power struggles, political competition, political transitions, and where elections occur, the credibility of electoral processes. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9818,"Fragile States Index: External Intervention (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"External Intervention considers the influence and impact of external actors in the functioning, particularly security and economic, of a state. The indicator considers humanitarian intervention, such as the deployment of an international peacekeeping mission. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9819,Fragile States Index: Overall Rank (lower is more fragile),"The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Overall Rank orders states based on the total scores of the twelve indicators. The total score will range from 12 to 120 with higher scores representing progressively less stability.  An overall rank of 1 is the most fragile, while higher ranks are more stable.","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."
9820,"Fragile States Index: Human Flight and Brain Drain (1-10, lower is more stable)","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index",5/18/2020,"Human Flight and Brain Drain considers the economic impact of human displacement (for economic and political reasons) and the consequences this may have on a country's development. The indicator considers the voluntary emigration of the middle class due to economic deterioration in their home country and the hope of better opportunities abroad, or, the forced displacement of professional and intellectuals due to feared persecution or repression. The indicator specifically measures the economic impact that displacement may wreak on an economy through the loss of productive, skilled professional labor. Scores are on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable).","The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index, 2020."