Institute for Economics and Peace

The main index produced by IEP is the Global Peace Index (GPI), a widely cited benchmark measuring peace.{{cite news | title = The Purchasing Power of Peace| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8050737.stm| accessdate =2010-04-13 | work=BBC News | date=2009-06-03}}{{cite web | title = UN Global Compact Meeting| url= http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/news_events/upcoming/Mumbai_meetingJune08.pdf | accessdate =2010-04-13}} The GPI has been incorporated into the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Year Book (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014),{{cite web | title = Appendix 2B. The Global Peace Index 2009| url= http://www.sipri.org/yearbook/2009/02/02B| accessdate =2010-04-13}} and was analyzed by the World Bank's World Development Report 2011 team.{{cite web| title = World Development Report 2011| url = http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2011/0,,menuPK:6406091~pagePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:6406083,00.html| accessdate = 2010-04-13| archive-date = 2011-02-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110211215501/http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2011/0,,menuPK:6406091~pagePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:6406083,00.html| url-status = dead}} The data for the Global Peace Index is collected and collated partly by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU),{{cite web | title = Detailed information can be found from | url= http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=corporate_landing_united_nations&rf=0| accessdate =2010-04-13}} the research and analysis arm of the Economist Group, and the methodology is informed and reviewed by an international panel of peace and statistics experts.{{cite web | title = Peaceful Nations|publisher= Alliance for Peacebuilding |url= http://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/documents/GSPNPeacefulNationsReportFinal_001.pdf| accessdate =2010-04-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} The GPI is released annually.{{cite web| title = Global Peace Index| url = http://jcpredelman.com/case-studies/global-peace-index-gpi| accessdate = 2010-04-13| archive-date = 2016-01-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160130221234/http://jcpredelman.com/case-studies/global-peace-index-gpi| url-status = dead}}{{cite web| title = Video: Global Peace Index: an initiative of The Institute for Economics and Peace| url = http://csis.org/multimedia/video-global-peace-index-initiative-institute-economics-and-peace| accessdate = 2010-04-13| archive-date = 2010-04-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100411075957/http://csis.org/multimedia/video-global-peace-index-initiative-institute-economics-and-peace| url-status = dead}} In addition, the GPI was the empirical basis for the Symposium of Peaceful Nations, a three-day conference hosted in November 2009 to honor the most peaceful countries in each of nine regions of the world{{cite web | title = Symposium of Peaceful Nations| url= http://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/documents/GSPNPeacefulNationsReportFinal_001.pdf| accessdate =2010-04-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} at which Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, delivered the keynote address.{{cite web| title = Helen Clark: Statement at the Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations| url = http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2009/november/helen-clark-statement-at-the-global-symposium-of-peaceful-nations.en| accessdate = 2010-04-13| archive-date = 2010-02-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100228165855/http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2009/november/helen-clark-statement-at-the-global-symposium-of-peaceful-nations.en| url-status = dead}} The GPI is used by the UN and World Bank.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} The 9th annual Global Peace Index launched in 2015 includes 162 countries.

IEP launched a series of National Peace Indices beginning with the United States Peace Index (USPI) in April 2011, The USPI ranks each state in the US by peacefulness and, unlike the Global Peace Index, uses only five indicators: incarceration rate, the number of police officers, the number of homicides, the availability of small arms, and the number of violent crimes. Maine is the most peaceful state, while Louisiana is the least peaceful.{{cite web|url=https://www.visionofhumanity.org/|title=Vision of Humanity | Destination for Peace|website=Vision of Humanity}}

The Mexico Peace Index (MPI) is the latest in the series of National Peace Indices. There have been two editions of the MPI to date, the first published in 2013 and most recently in 2015. The MPI uses seven indicators to gauge the level of peace in the 32 Mexican states from 2003 to 2014. The indicators are: homicide rates, violent crimes, weapons crime, incarceration, police funding, efficiency of the justice system, and the level of organized crime. Guanajuato, Michoacan, Sinaloa, Morelos and Guerrero are the least peaceful cities while Hidalgo, Yucatán and Querétaro are the most peaceful.{{cite web|url=https://www.provincia.com.mx/|title=Noticias de actualidad, emprendimientos de éxito en el ambito del cine para adultos o Porno}} Mexico was found to be the 6th largest spender on violence containment in the world.{{cite web|url=http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/1507/violencia-cuesta-mexico-221-mil-mdd/ |title=Economía – Noticieros Televisa |publisher=Noticieros.televisa.com |date= |accessdate=2021-03-09}} It is estimated that it has cost the national economy 17% of their GDP to contain and manage the effects of direct and indirect violence.{{cite web|url=https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion-mexico/2015/impreso/mexico-el-menos-pacifico-ipg-227498.html|title=México, el menos pacífico: IPG|website=El Universal}}

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is an attempt to systematically rank nations according to terrorist activity. Two editions have been released to date (2012 and 2014) and a third edition is expected in late 2015. According to reports, in the decade following 11 September 2001 the number of terrorist attacks each year has quadrupled.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/terrorist-attacks-soar-since-september-11_n_2235483|title=Terrorist Attacks More Than Quadrupled In Decade Since Sept. 11|date=4 December 2012|website=HuffPost}} The GTI also indicates an increase of 61% in deaths from terrorism from 2012 to 2013, largely due to the civil war in Syria and the spill-over effects in the region.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-30086435|title=Global terror attack deaths rose sharply in 2013, says report|work=BBC News|date=18 November 2014}} In 2013, 82% of those who died in terrorist attacks were in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Syria.{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/the-geography-of-terrorism/382915/|title=The Geography of Terrorism|first=Kathy|last=Gilsinan|date=18 November 2014|website=The Atlantic}}

The IEP launched its education program with the release of Building Blocks of Peace,{{cite web | title = The Commons-Synergos News| url= http://www.synergos.org/thecommons/201001.htm#11| accessdate =2010-04-13}} a 4-module curriculum resource that offers step-by-step guidance for high school teachers to introduce "a fresh perspective to the issues surrounds global peace" into the classroom.{{cite web | title =The Institute for Economics and Peace "Building Blocks of Peace" |publisher=Social Edge| url= http://www.socialedge.org/features/opportunities/archive/2009/05/26/the-institute-for-economics-and-peace-building-blocks-of-peace| accessdate =2010-04-13}}{{cite web | title = "Building Blocks of Peace" Teaching Resources| url= http://www.youthlearn.org/news/building-blocks-peace-teaching-resources| accessdate =2010-04-13}} Presented at both regional and national conferences, the Building Blocks of Peace materials are an addition to the resources available to teachers dedicated to educating global citizens.{{cite web | title = Institute for Economics and Peace-Education| url= http://www.economicsandpeace.org/page.aspx?docid=10| accessdate =2010-04-13}}

On 26 October 2010, The Institute for Economics and Peace and Media Tenor released "Measuring Peace in the Media", the first study that takes a fact-based approach into understanding the accuracy of international television networks' coverage of peace, violence and conflict.{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofhumanity.org/info-center/measuring-peace-in-the-media/ |title=Measuring Peace in the Media « Vision of Humanity |access-date=2011-01-28 |archive-date=2011-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107121303/http://www.visionofhumanity.org/info-center/measuring-peace-in-the-media/ |url-status=dead }} The results show broad inconsistencies across geographies and networks, with US broadcasters much more focused on violence and conflict than their European and Middle Eastern counterparts. The study analyzed 37 TV news and current affairs programs from 23 networks in 15 countries* and then cross-referenced this with the Global Peace Index which measures the levels of peace and violence in 149 countries. BBC 2 Newsnight and ZDF Heute Journal (Germany) were found to be the programs whose editorial policies aligned their coverage most closely with the rankings of the GPI.

In 2013, Steve Killelea's founding of IEP was recognized as one of the 50 most impactful philanthropic gifts in Australia's history by a coalition including the Myer Family Company, The Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund, Pro Bono Australia, Swinburne University and Philanthropy Australia.{{cite news|date=2013-10-14|title=Australia's Top 50 Philanthropic Gifts of All Time|publisher=ProBono Australia|url=http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2013/10/australia%E2%80%99s-top-50-philanthropic-gifts-all-time#sthash.HlK828IS.dpuf|accessdate=2013-12-13}}

In 2020 The Global Go To Think Tank Index, produced by the University of Pennsylvania, listed the Institute for Economics and Peace as a Think Tank to Watch and one of the top 15 Think Tanks with a Budget under $5 Million.{{Cite journal|last1=McGann|first1=James|date=28 January 2021|title=2020 Global Go to Think Tank Index Report|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/18/|journal=TTCSP Global Go to Think Tank Index Reports}}

• List of anti-war organizations
• List of peace activists
• Peace economics

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.economicsandpeace.org/ Institute for Economics and Peace website]
• [http://www.visionofhumanity.org/ Interactive maps of Indices developed by IEP]
• [http://www.ir.com/ IR] Steve Killelea is the founder of IR

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