The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International measures perceptions of corruption in the public sector in different countries around the world. Upon invitation of the CPI team, the JRC assessed the new methodology in the CPI 2012 and analyzed the consequences that come with...

The Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) was developed by the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development with a view to assess local-level poverty in rural regions around the globe. The MPAT is a survey-based thematic indicator of ten dimensions, from Food & Nutrition Security...

This paper looks at the ongoing debate within the European Commission on the EU 2020 strategy and in particular to the potential role of statistics-based knowledge in the strategy , and takes partly inspiration from a reflection on the Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs EU 2020 in the framework...

An assessment of the robustness of the 2008EPI results requires the evaluation of uncertainties underlying the index and the sensitivity of the country scores and rankings to the methodological choices made during the development of the Index. To test this robustness, the EPI team has continued...

Composite indicators are regularly used for benchmarking countries' performance, but equally often stir controversies about the unavoidable subjectivity that is connected with their construction. Data Envelopment Analysis helps to overcome some key limitations, viz., the undesirable dependence...

This Handbook aims to provide a guide for constructing and using composite indicators for policy makers, academics, the media and other interested parties. While there are several types of composite indicators, this Handbook is concerned with those which compare and rank country performance in...

In this paper we apply State Dependent Parameter (SDP) modelling (a model estimation approach, based on recursive filtering and smoothing estimation) to estimate the variance based main effect sensitivity indices of computational models (a popular method for quantitative sensitivity analysis)....

The purpose of the present work is to offer an easy to read manual for sensitivity analysis. This may help writing more robust or parsimonious models as well as making them more defensible when facing scientific or technical controversy. After an introduction on the role of models in the...

The DG JRC organised in 9-10 June 2015 a workshop "Significant Digits: Responsible Use of Quantitative Information", mostly targeted at European Commission's colleagues, which invited to reflection on the problem of irresponsible misuse of quantitative information in policy relevant matters.