Fragile States Index 2021
Rationale for Not Conducting FSI Research for 2021 The Covid-19 outbreak is leading to a crisis with considerable losses in terms of (long term) health but also to much of the global economy, with high social costs. The pandemic has not only bluntly reminded us of the fragility of some of our most basic human-made […]
Fragile States Index 2020
Fragile States Index 2020 What is the Fragile States Index? The Fragile States Index is an annual assessment of 178 countries based on a measurement of the social, economic, and political pressures that each country faces. The Index is unique, in that it is based on a platform of content analysis (using algorithms to analyze […]
Size of Government
Is Curaçao’s Government Too Big? It’s Not That Simple At the request of the Ministry of Planning, the Think To DO Institute compared Curaçao’s government to eleven other small island nations. The verdict on “too big” is nuanced: the real problem isn’t headcount but cost and disconnect. Curaçao’s wage bill is the highest share of […]
Using Personal Data Could Help Contribute to a COVID-19 Solution
Dr. Bonnie Benesh, CEO Think To DO Institute By working together and sharing knowledge, we have a better chance of beating the pandemic. Collective intelligence allows us to use large scale data to solve problems more quickly. Now our personal data can help slow and may even help find cures for the COVID-19 virus. There […]
Who will champion the preservation of democracy against disruptive forces?
Across the world, a pattern of introverted thinking is emerging by large and small democracies. Social cohesion is diminishing, and more autocratic decision-making is replacing representative democratic decision and policy making. So, who, now, will champion the preservation of democracy? What are the disruptive forces that threaten all forms of democratic societies? Over the past […]