Institutional Strengthening is the “Tipping Point” to Competitiveness

Strengthening a society’s institutions strengthens society itself.   Weak institutional capacity is a major obstacle to economic development.  Societies are resilient if they are economically strong. When institutions are strong, they not only serve their communities but drive meaningful change at the institutional, national, and international level. As countries strive to be economically resilient, and as a result, competitive, they are finding that the strength of their institutions is key to their success.  Institutional Strengthening is proving to be the “tipping point”, the point

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Why “Social Cohesion” is so important for Resilience.

Across the globe, societies are being divided by oppositional thinking about such things as climate, migration, poverty reduction. It seems that we have forgotten what holds us together as communities, countries, and even, regions. Recently, when reading research about social cohesion, I was inspired by the fact that that particular research affirmed that resilient societies are built on social cohesion: “a sense of belonging”.  Social cohesion arises when bonds link members of a social group to one another and to the group

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GDP Meets SPI

While the historical rationale of GDP, and its unintentional shortcomings, is recognized, today moving beyond GDP is a competitive necessity to shift the measurement of our society to more comprehensive instruments to measure resiliency, sustainable economic growth and well-being. There is a movement toward adoption of a more revealing, more realistic, measurable instrument.  GDP meet SPI! GDP has become an attractive measure for those seeking a quick win, without much foresight for its consequences. Countries still use a 20th-century metric

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Government Legitimacy

Resilience Leads to Happiness and We Can Prove It!

Ask any parent what they want for their children, and the answer will be “Happiness!” There is a direct connection between resilience of a society and its people and the happiness of people within that society. According to data from the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the Nordics are once again in the top tier of the World’s Happiest People. This year’s report, which came out March 20, pulled together the scores from the last three years to build

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What Could Be the Matter? Part 2

As a country strives to be resilient, it must create and sustain a resilient set of institutions that can provide sound management of finances, diverse revenue streams and, the ability to attract business investment, allocate capital ad build financial reserves (emergency funds). A robust economic system is critical to sustaining the investment that a resilient society needs to maintain its infrastructure and provide for its community.  The leadership realizes the importance of flexible institutions with policies that attract direct foreign

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Research Areas

Government Legitimacy

Mindset

Social Cohesion

Digital litercy

Young Citizen Development

Integrity / Corruption

Media in democracy - PAP version
Media in democracy
Mindset
Social Cohesion
Resilient people