The SDG Gender Index of Equal Measures 2030 is a multidimensional index that aligns to the normative framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and covers 56 gender issues in 14 of the 17 global goals in 139 countries across five regions of the world. The developers invited the...

The HICP Methodological Manual represents a comprehensive overview of methods that are used in the compilation process for the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP). The manual intends to be a practical guide to all steps necessary to produce an HICP and is thus useful for statisticians who...

The European Skills Index (ESI) is a multidimensional index that ranks the skills systems of 31 countries (the EU27 countries, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) based on their performance on the three dimensions of skills development, skills activation and skills matching....

A technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted from July 15-19, 2024, to assist the State Statistical Service of Ukraine (SSSU) to develop new processes and methods for the compilation of the House Price Index (HPI). This was the second mission of a project that commenced in April 2024. The...

Soft power is difficult to measure directly, and existing indicators-mostly subjective and not always transparent-fail to take into account the multidimensional nature of soft power. In this paper, we introduce a new comprehensive Global Soft Power Index (GSPI) composed of six dimensions for a...

A technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted from May 19-27, 2024 to assist the Bangladesh Bank (BB) with the ongoing development of their Residential Property Price Index (RPPI). The mission completed the following tasks: (i) assisted with the practical implementation of improved methods...

Being geopolitically exposed, the Russian financial sector is vulnerable to various uncertainties. The aim of the article is to examine the quantile movements and dynamic connectedness of uncertainty indices with the financial stress index of Russia employing the cross-quantilogram (CQ),...