{"id":1024,"date":"2011-10-20T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/2011\/10\/basic-capabilities-index-2011\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T19:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:07:42","slug":"basic-capabilities-index-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/2011\/10\/basic-capabilities-index-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Capabilities Index 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The boom and the busted<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A lost decade in the fight against poverty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcc4 <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/BCI2011_eng.pdf\">Download BCI 2011 - full size (pdf version)<\/a><br>\ud83d\udccd <a href=\"#1\">Press Release<\/a><br>\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/map\/map\">See the BCI in an interactive map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/image.png 596w, https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/image-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Graphic: Social Watch<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/BoomBusted2011.pdf\">Download full size (pdf version)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World trade and per capita income grew faster in the first decade of the XXI century than the decade before, but progress against poverty slowed down. A gap widened, due to the unequal distribution of the benefits of prosperity. Now the boom years seem to give way to a bust. The vulnerable did not benefit from the accelerated growth in the economy, but they will undoubtedly suffer the most with a new contraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Basic Capabilities Index computed by Social Watch looks at basic social indicators. The 2011 figures show that economic performance and well-being of the people do not go hand in hand. Progress on education, health and nutrition was already too slow when gross income was growing fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While using the latest available figures, the Index does not yet capture the full impact of the global financial and economic crisis that started in 2008, because social indicators are gathered and published much slower than the economic numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social Watch is receiving evidence from its members on how the crisis is burdening the most those already vulnerable \u2014 and that situation can only become worse if the big industrialized countries enter into prolonged stagnation or recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>World Trade<\/strong><br><em>Total world exports multiplied almost five times in twenty years, growing from 781 billion USD in 1990 to 3.7 trillion in 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Per Capita Income<\/strong><br><em>The world average income more than doubled from 4,079 USD in 1990 to 9,116 USD a year in 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Basic Capabilities Index<\/strong><br><em>The world average in the index of essential social indicators computed by Social Watch only grew 10% in twenty years, from 79.3 to 87.1.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/node\/13750\">The world turns right instead of moving up<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/node\/13751\">BCI and CO\u2082 emissions by region<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/node\/13752\">The Basic Capabilities Index: It is not about money<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Progress and regression towards basic social goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Basic Capabilities Index 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcca <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/BCI_country_en.ods\">Download The Basic Capabilities Index 2011 (.ods)<\/a><br>\ud83d\udcc8 <a href=\"\/node\/13754\">BCI Trends, 1990 to 2011 \u2013 Slowing Down<\/a><br>\ud83c\udf0d <a href=\"\/node\/13755\">BCI Trends by Region, 1990, 2000 &amp; 2011<\/a><br>\ud83d\udcda <a href=\"\/node\/13756\">BCI Trends by Component Indicators<\/a><br>\ud83e\uddee <a href=\"\/node\/13757\">Technical Notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>BCI values for 2011 were computed for <strong>167 countries<\/strong> where data are available out of the 193 UN member states.<br>Values ranged from <strong>47.9 to 99.5<\/strong>, with <strong>Japan, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland and Iceland<\/strong> at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lowest BCI values are mostly from <strong>Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia<\/strong>, with <strong>Chad, Sierra Leone, Niger, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau<\/strong> at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As in previous Social Watch reports, the countries are categorized into five groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Basic:<\/strong> 98 and over<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medium:<\/strong> 91\u201397<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Low:<\/strong> 81\u201390<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Very Low:<\/strong> 71\u201380<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Critical:<\/strong> below 70<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Countries with a basic BCI level are close to the maximum possible values of the indicators that constitute the Index and are very likely to have met the MDG targets ahead of the 2015 deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Press Releases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Economic growth does not ensure human well-being<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udcc4 <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/press-SW-BCI2011-2.pdf\">PDF Version<\/a> | <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/press-SW-BCI2011-2.doc\">DOC Version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The boom and the busted<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udcc4 <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/press-SW-BCI2011-4.pdf\">PDF Version<\/a> | <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/press-SW-BCI2011-4.doc\">DOC Version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A lost decade in the fight against poverty<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udcc4 <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/press-SW-BCI2011-1.pdf\">PDF Version<\/a> | <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/press-SW-BCI2011-1.doc\">DOC Version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The virtuous few: clean and dignified<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udcc4 <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/press-SW-BCI2011-3.pdf\">PDF Version<\/a> | <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/press-SW-BCI2011-3.doc\">DOC Version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boom and the busted A lost decade in the fight against poverty \ud83d\udcc4 Download BCI 2011 - full size (pdf version)\ud83d\udccd Press Release\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f See the BCI in an interactive map Download full size (pdf version) World trade and per capita income grew faster in the first decade of the XXI century than the decade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,187,149,188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basic-capabilities-index","category-bci-2011","category-publications","category-statistics-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions\/1028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}