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Ranking according to how far a country deviates from a +2% inflation rate, with
inflation that is closer to +2% being favoured over inflation or deflation that is
further from this rate. A +2% inflation rate is used as the benchmark because it
Inflation is widely regarded as a target or healthy inflation rate by large international
banks. A country's inflation rate is based on a projection of how much its
Consumer Price Index, which measures the rise in prices of goods and services,
is expected to rise during the course of 2010.
Leading business executives' responses to the question in the World Economic
Forum's Executive Opinion Survey 2010 that asks, "How would you rate
Intellectual property intellectual property protection, including anti‐counterfeiting measures, in your
protection country? (1 = very weak; 7 = very strong)." The survey covers a random sample
of large and small companies in the agricultural, manufacturing, non‐
manufacturing, and service sectors.
Annual international tourist arrivals for 100 cities collected by Euromonitor
International tourists International. Euromonitor's figures include travellers who pass through a city,
as well as actual visitors to the city.
Leading business executives' responses to the question in the World Economic
Forum's Executive Opinion Survey 2010 that asks, "How would you rate the level
Internet access in
of access to the Internet in schools in your country? (1 = very limited; 7 =
schools
extensive)." The survey covers a random sample of large and small companies
in the agriculture, manufacturing, non‐manufacturing, and service sectors.
Measurement of the strength of minority shareholder protection against
misuse of corporate assets by directors for their personal gain. The Strength of
Level of shareholder the Investor Protection Index is the average of indices that measure
protection
"transparency of transactions," "liability for self‐dealing" and "shareholders'
ability to sue officers and directors for misconduct."
Libraries with public Number of libraries within each city that are open to the public divided by the
access total population and then multiplied by 100,000.
Number of officially licensed taxis in each city divided by the total population
Licensed taxis
and then multiplied by 1,000.
Average score in robust international surveys of country populations in
response to the question, "All things considered, how satisfied are you with
your life as a whole these days?" The (Un) Happy Planet Index 2.0
Life satisfaction predominantly drew its data from the 2006 Gallup World Poll, with the 2000
and 2005 World Values Surveys being used to fill in values for countries
excluded from the Gallup survey. Responses are scored on a numeric scale from
0 to 10, where 0 is dissatisfied and 10 is satisfied.
Measurement of a country's ability to generate, adopt and diffuse knowledge.
The World Bank's Knowledge Index is derived by averaging a country's
normalized performance scores on variables in three categories – education
Literacy and
enrollment and human resources, the innovation system, and information and
communications technology. The variables that compose education and human
resources are adult literacy rate, secondary education enrollment and tertiary
education enrollment.
Ratio of kilometers of mass transit track to every 100 square kilometers of the
developed and developable portions of a city's land area. A city's developable
Mass transit coverage
land area is derived by subtracting green space and governmentally protected
natural areas from total land area.

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