BUA 3345: International Business: Political

This is an index developed by the Fund for Peace. It measures political stability by cohesion, economic, political, and social indicators.

Ranks all the countries of the world by the following indicators: number of security officers, homicide, incarceration, access to weapons, intensity of internal conflict, violent demonstrations, violent crime, political instability, political terror

The enforcing contracts indicator measures the time and cost for resolving a commercial dispute through a local first-instance court, and the quality of judicial processes index, evaluating whether each economy has adopted a series of good practices that promote quality and efficiency in the court system.

ECOLEX is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP.
Its purpose is to build capacity worldwide by providing the most comprehensive possible global source of information on environmental law .

The 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world. Using 32 performance indicators across 11 issue categories, the EPI ranks 180 countries on environmental health and ecosystem vitality.

Based in Paris, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is an independent non-governmental organization (NGO) with consultative status with the United Nations, UNESCO and other organizations. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) provides information about the media freedom situation worldwide. After checking and corroborating our information, RSF issues press releases every day about abuses against journalists and about the many different kinds of censorship. Reporters without Borders compiles the The World Press Freedom Index every year to evaluate the level of freedom available to the media in 180 countries.

Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and democracy around the world. They analyze the challenges to freedom, advocate for greater political rights and civil liberties, and support frontline activists to defend human rights and promote democratic change. Founded in 1941, Freedom House was the first American organization to champion the advancement of freedom globally.

Provides a table with the latest tax rate figures for several countries including actual values, forecasts, statistics and historical data.

The Tax Foundation is the nation’s leading independent tax policy nonprofit. Since 1937, our principled research, insightful analysis, and engaged experts have improved lives through smarter tax policy.