Chile, Uruguay and Costa Rica take first place in Latin America, according to an index of development. Argentina, Brazil and Mexico and Venezuela have trouble subsided. Germany's Bertelsmann Foundation publishes a biennial Transformation Index (BTI), which reflects the progress of 125 countries in terms of democracy, economy and governance. In the last report, which was just released, called the attention Venezuela, which fell from 65 to 79 place in terms of democracy and economic development.
Transformation Index measures two aspects. "For both reflect the status of development in 125 developing countries, emerging and changing, "he told DW-WORLD Hauke \u200b\u200bHartmann, project manager of Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI). "I mean," he added, "we discussed in an international comparison two elements that we go together: the quality of democracy and market economy." To this, the index calls BTI status. But the ISS also analyzes another aspect. "Indeed, it is management index, which reflects governance, ie what is the quality management: how to use resources, seek consensus and cooperation internationally. "The combination of both, the status and management of government," for us adequately reflects the level of overall development of each country. "
Chile, Uruguay and Costa Rica: high status of development in Latin America and the Caribbean, in status, "the countries that occupy the top positions are Chile (8 in the classification of 125 countries), Uruguay (9 ), Costa Rica (12) and, somewhat less, Jamaica (21). As for management, there is a clear winner: Chile (1). Socialist Cuba is in place BTI 95 in the index 109 in status and that of management. The large Latin American economies are still some problems, according to BTI.
"Brazil has made some democratic progress and improved its economic situation. But Argentina has serious shortcomings with regard to the rule of law, particularly in regard to the division of powers and independence of judges, but has been politically stable. Mexico
fallen on hard times in terms of democracy, after the disputed elections. As in Argentina, the democratic-institutional assurance of the current economic boom does not work very well in Mexico. "
Latin America for the Bertelsmann Foundation, a region clearly divided two parts.
"There is a difference between social-oriented countries and countries with populist governments. For the Southern Cone, the outlook is positive. There takes place a strategic economic planning and democracy is well developed.
In the Andean countries and some Central Americans, however, there are serious problems. "
Venezuela: rule of law and governance on the ground particularly worrisome is the situation the rule of law and representative political system in Venezuela. The country fell in the ranking Democratic on the place 71 and the market economy, the 90, or weighted average of status to that place 79. In terms of quality of management of government is in place 119. Worse as the BTI management have only Eritrea, Turkmenistan, North Korea, Simbabwe, Myanmar and Somalia.
rates are determined in cooperation with 250 experts worldwide, or two per country. "To develop the index of each of the countries the Bertelsmann Foundation uses a European expert, usually a scientist, and a commentator's own country. The rates are therefore a synthesis of European perspective and local insight. "
results are also internationally comparable "Because scientists and commentators working all with the same code, defined from a total of 52 standardized items," Hartmann concluded.
The full report is available in http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0, 2144,3199545,00. Html
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