http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2009/11/17/what-does-the-legatum-prosperity-index-measure/ Citizen Economists is an online economics magazine written by citizen journalists. These ordinary citizens provide reports and commentary on the current events affecting the economics of the fields they work in. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:44:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2009/11/17/what-does-the-legatum-prosperity-index-measure/comment-page-1/#comment-23837 Winton Bates Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:01:57 +0000 http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/?p=2349#comment-23837 Hamish: Thanks for your clarification. I have included it as an addendum to the post on my blog. Hamish:
Thanks for your clarification. I have included it as an addendum to the post on my blog.

]]> http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2009/11/17/what-does-the-legatum-prosperity-index-measure/comment-page-1/#comment-23728 Hamish Banks Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:23:27 +0000 http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/?p=2349#comment-23728 Thank you for writing about the Prosperity Index; may I refer you to the Prosperity Index website where you may download both the 55 page Methodology and 85 page Technical Appendix, which should answer your questions on the the data sources? (http://prosperity.com/report.aspx) So far as possible we have been transparent with the sources and in some cases the data is publicly available; in others, like the Gallup World Poll, it is proprietary and not ours to publish. You are right in surmising that the non-inclusion of environmental quality is based on research findings: we did not simply choose the factors that appealed to us, but regressed more than 200 variables to the 79 for which there was a clear and strong correlation with prosperity - environmental quality qualified only, as you note, in the general health indicators. Thank you for writing about the Prosperity Index; may I refer you to the Prosperity Index website where you may download both the 55 page Methodology and 85 page Technical Appendix, which should answer your questions on the the data sources? (http://prosperity.com/report.aspx)
So far as possible we have been transparent with the sources and in some cases the data is publicly available; in others, like the Gallup World Poll, it is proprietary and not ours to publish.
You are right in surmising that the non-inclusion of environmental quality is based on research findings: we did not simply choose the factors that appealed to us, but regressed more than 200 variables to the 79 for which there was a clear and strong correlation with prosperity – environmental quality qualified only, as you note, in the general health indicators.

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