A flawed report on failed states

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Bibek Debroy Tags : Posted: Friday , Jul 18, 2008 at 0049 hrs

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India’s ranking in the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy Failed States Index

Indicator Mounting demographic pressures

Score 8.0

Indicator Massive movement of refugees or internally displaced persons

Score-3.2

Indicator Legacy of violence

Score7.0

Indicator Chronic and sustained human flight

Score6.9

Indicator Uneven economic development along group lines

Score8.9

Indicator Sharp and/or severe economic decline

Score4.6

Indicator Criminalisation and/or de-legitimisation of the state

Score4.8

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Indicator Progressive deterioration of public services

Score6.7

Indicator Suspension or arbitrary application of rule of law and widespread violation of human rights

Score6.0

Indicator The operation of a security apparatus as a "state within a state"

Score6.6

Indicator Rise of factionalised elites

Score6.0

Indicator Intervention of other states or external political actors

Score 4.2

The writer is a noted economist bdebroy@gmail.com

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