This layer shows the overall 2016 Environmental Democracy Index for 70 countries around the world. The map also shows the total population of each country for reference.The Environmental Democracy Index is an average of three overall pillars: transparency, participation, and justice. These pillars are made up of 23 guidelines adopted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which are arithmetic averages of 75 legal indicators. As described on the Background and Methodology page, the Environmental Democracy Index rides on the following:"Environmental democracy is rooted in the idea that meaningful public participation is critical to ensure that land and natural resource decisions adequately and equitably address citizens’ interests. At its core, environmental democracy involves three mutually reinforcing rights:the right to freely access information on environmental quality and problemsthe right to participate meaningfully in decision-makingthe right to seek enforcement of environmental laws or compensation for harm.Protecting these rights, especially for the most marginalized and vulnerable, is the first step to promoting equity and fairness in sustainable development. Without essential rights, information exchange between governments and the public is stifled and decisions that harm communities and the environment cannot be challenged or remedied. Establishing a strong legal foundation is the starting point for recognizing, protecting and enforcing environmental democracy. "The population estimate comes from the Esri 2016 World Population Estimate.

Environmental Democracy Index (EDI) consists of 75 legal indicators developed under 23 of the UNEP Bali Guidelines that are concerned with the development and implementation of legislation. In addition to the legal indicators, EDI includes 24 supplemental indicators that assess whether there is evidence that environmental democracy is being implemented in practice. The EDI legal indicators assess laws, constitutions, regulations and other legally binding, enforceable rules at the national level. Quality/Lineage: The data is downloaded from the above link http://environmentaldemocracyindex.org/rank-countries#all and manipulated only table format keeping the value same for all the countries as the requirement of the Strive database. The map is created based on the values of the country using rworldmap package in R.

Environmental Democracy Index (EDI) consists of 75 legal indicators developed under 23 of the UNEP Bali Guidelines that are concerned with the development and implementation of legislation. In addition to the legal indicators, EDI includes 24 supplemental indicators that assess whether there is evidence that environmental democracy is being implemented in practice. The EDI legal indicators assess laws, constitutions, regulations and other legally binding, enforceable rules at the national level. Participation Index rank contains following guidelines:- Guideline 8: "Early Public Participation" ? Guideline 9: "Proactive Public Consultation" ? Guideline 10: "Informed Participation" ? Guideline 11: "Due Account of Public Comments" ? Guideline 12: "Public Participation in Review" ? Guideline 13: "Integrating Public Input for Rule-making" ? Guideline 14: "Capacity Building for public participation (There are no indicators for this guideline)" Quality/Lineage: The data is downloaded from the above link http://environmentaldemocracyindex.org/rank-countries#all and manipulated only table format keeping the value same for all the countries as the requirement of the Strive database. The map is created based on the values of the country using rworldmap package in R.

Consolidated Open Source Global Development Dataset (COSGDD)

Executive Summary

Motivation

Welcome to the Consolidated Open Source Global Development Dataset (COSGDD)!

The Consolidated Open Source Global Development Dataset (COSGDD) was created to address the growing need for accessible, consolidated, and diverse global datasets for education, research, and policy-making. By combining data from publicly available, open-source datasets, COSGDD provides a one-stop resource for analyzing key socio-economic, environmental, and governance indicators across the globe.

Streamlit Dashboard Link (The LIME explanation graph will take time to load) - https://cosgdd.streamlit.app/ Github Code Repo Link - https://github.com/AkhilByteWrangler/Consolidated-Open-Source-Global-Development-Dataset

Overview

Imagine having a magical map of the world that shows you not just the roads and mountains but also how happy people are, how much money they make, how clean the air is, and how fair their governments are. This dataset is that magical map - but in the form of organized data!

It combines facts and figures from trusted sources to help researchers, governments, companies, and YOU understand how the world works and how to make it better.

Why Does This Dataset Exist?

The world is complicated. Happiness doesn’t depend on just one thing like money; it’s also about health, fairness, relationships, and even how clean the air is. But these pieces of the puzzle are scattered across many places. This dataset brings everything together in one place, making it easier to:
- Answer big questions like:
- What makes people happy?
- Is wealth or freedom more important for well-being?
- How does urbanization affect happiness?
- Find patterns and trends across countries.
- Make smart decisions based on real-world data.

Who Should Use This Dataset?

This dataset is for anyone curious about the world, including:
- Researchers: Study connections between happiness, governance, and sustainability.
- Policy Makers: Design better policies to improve quality of life.
- Data Enthusiasts: Explore trends and patterns using statistics or machine learning.
- Businesses: Understand societal needs to improve Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Description of Data

This dataset consolidates data from well-established sources such as the World Happiness Report, The Economist Democracy Index, environmental databases, and more. It includes engineered features to deepen understanding of well-being and sustainability.

Core Features

• Happiness Metrics:
  • Life Ladder: Self-reported happiness scores.
• Economic Indicators:
  • Log GDP per capita: Log-transformed measure of wealth.
  • Tax Revenue: Government revenue as a share of GDP.
• Social Indicators:
  • Social support: Proportion of people with reliable social networks.
  • Freedom to make life choices: Self-reported freedom levels.
• Environmental Metrics:
  • Total Emissions: Aggregated greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Renewables Production: Share of renewable energy production.
• Governance Indicators:
  • Democracy_Index: Quantitative measure of democratic governance.
  • Rule_of_Law_Index: Assessment of the legal system’s strength.
• Engineered Features:
  • Freedom_Index: Combines wealth and freedom.
  • Generosity_Per_Dollar: Normalized generosity against GDP.
  • Environmental_Bonus: Evaluates environmental efficiency relative to economic output.
  • See full documentation for more.

Core Columns

1. Country

• Unit: Country name as a string.
• Source: Sourced from all contributing datasets (e.g., World Happiness Report, UN datasets).
• Significance:
  Identifies the geographic region for the data. Essential for country-specific analyses, comparisons, and aggregations.

2. Year

• Unit: Year as an integer (e.g., 2024).
• Source: Included across all datasets.
• Significance:
  Indicates the time frame of the data. Vital for studying trends, changes over time, and time-series modeling.

Happiness Metrics

3. Life Ladder

• Unit: Scale from 0 (worst possible life) to 10 (best possible life).
• Source: World Happiness Report.
• Significance:
  Captures subjective well-being based on self-reported happiness. A central measure for studying the quality of life globally.

4. Log GDP per Capita

• Unit: Logarithmic transformation of GDP per capita in constant international dollars.
• Source: World Happiness Report, based on World Bank data.
• Significance:
  Provides a no...

Government Performance Index is calculated taking account indicators like steering capability of government, Resource efficiency, consensus building and International cooperation. Government Performance Index is one of indicators contributing for Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI). The short description of Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI)is given below :- Advocating reforms aimed at supporting the development of a constitutional democracy and a socially responsible market economy, the BTI provides the framework for an exchange of good practices among agents of reform. The BTI publishes two rankings, the Status Index and the Management Index, both of which are based on in-depth assessments of 129 countries. The Status Index ranks the countries according to the state of their democracy and market economy, while the Management Index ranks them according to their respective leadership’s management performance. Distributed among the dimensions of democracy, market economy and management, a total of 17 criteria are subdivided into 49 questions. BTI countries are selected according to the following criteria: They have yet to achieve a fully consolidated democracy and market economy, have populations of more than two million (excepting seven states chosen as particularly interesting cases), and are recognized as sovereign states. Quality/Lineage: The data is downloaded from the above link https://www.bti-project.org/en/data/ and manipulated only table format keeping the value same for all the countries as the requirement of the Strive database. The map is created based on the values of the country using rworldmap package in R.

Market Economy Status index is calculated taking account indicators like Level of Socioeconomic Development, Organization of the Market and Competition, Currency and Price Stability, Private Property, welfare regime, economic performance and sustainability. Market Economy Status index is one of indicators contributing for Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI). The short description of Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI)is given below :- Advocating reforms aimed at supporting the development of a constitutional democracy and a socially responsible market economy, the BTI provides the framework for an exchange of good practices among agents of reform. The BTI publishes two rankings, the Status Index and the Management Index, both of which are based on in-depth assessments of 129 countries. The Status Index ranks the countries according to the state of their democracy and market economy, while the Management Index ranks them according to their respective leadership’s management performance. Distributed among the dimensions of democracy, market economy and management, a total of 17 criteria are subdivided into 49 questions. BTI countries are selected according to the following criteria: They have yet to achieve a fully consolidated democracy and market economy, have populations of more than two million (excepting seven states chosen as particularly interesting cases), and are recognized as sovereign states. Quality/Lineage: The data is downloaded from the above link https://www.bti-project.org/en/data/ and manipulated only table format keeping the value same for all the countries as the requirement of the Strive database. The map is created based on the values of the country using rworldmap package in R.

Trend Market Economy is calculated based on data of Market Economy status index for 2016 and 2018 whether it is increasing or decreasing. Market Economy Status index is calculated taking account indicators like Level of Socioeconomic Development, Organization of the Market and Competition, Currency and Price Stability, Private Property, welfare regime, economic performance and sustainability. Market Economy Status index is one of indicators contributing for Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI). The short description of Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI)is given below :- Advocating reforms aimed at supporting the development of a constitutional democracy and a socially responsible market economy, the BTI provides the framework for an exchange of good practices among agents of reform. The BTI publishes two rankings, the Status Index and the Management Index, both of which are based on in-depth assessments of 129 countries. The Status Index ranks the countries according to the state of their democracy and market economy, while the Management Index ranks them according to their respective leadership’s management performance. Distributed among the dimensions of democracy, market economy and management, a total of 17 criteria are subdivided into 49 questions. BTI countries are selected according to the following criteria: They have yet to achieve a fully consolidated democracy and market economy, have populations of more than two million (excepting seven states chosen as particularly interesting cases), and are recognized as sovereign states. Quality/Lineage: The data is downloaded from the above link https://www.bti-project.org/en/data/ and manipulated only table format keeping the value same for all the countries as the requirement of the Strive database. The map is created based on the values of the country using rworldmap package in R.