The World Social Capital Monitor is an instrument for measuring

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and

social capital Social capital is "the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively". It involves the effective functioning of social groups through interpersonal relationships ...

created by the

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in partnership with civil society actors. The project identifies social values such as

trust Trust often refers to: * Trust (social science), confidence in or dependence on a person or quality It may also refer to: Business and law * Trust law, a body of law under which one person holds property for the benefit of another * Trust (bus ...

solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...

, helpfulness,

friendliness Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an "acquaintance" or an "association", such as a classmate, neighbor, coworker, or colleague. In some cultures, the concept of ...

hospitality Hospitality is the relationship between a guest and a host, wherein the host receives the guest with some amount of goodwill, including the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Louis de Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de J ...

and the willingness to finance public goods with the help of anonymous surveys. The surveys started in 2016 and so far 30,000 participants from 141 countries participated in the World Social Capital Monitor. The

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for the World Social Capital Monitor was developed by the sociologist Alexander Dill of the ''Basel Institute of Commons'' ''and Economics'' and the computer scientist Nazmus Saquib of the

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. The findings are expected to provide new insights into the 17

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(SDGs) and provide an alternative to traditional indices such as the

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, as they take into account intangible assets.

Methodology

The monitor is using eight questions who can be rated on a scale from 1 to 10. 1 is the worst possible value (like lowest friendliness) and 10 represents the best possible value (like highest confidence). *Climate ''(Please characterize the Social Climate of your place?)'' *Trust ''(Trust among the people?)'' *Measures ''(Will the people accept personal austerity measures in order to finance public goods like security, healthcare, education, environmental issues, infrastructure, social aid, public media, arts ?)'' *Taxes (''Will the people accept taxes and contributions to finance public goods like security, healthcare, education, environmental issues, infrastructure, social aid, public media, arts'' ?) *Local invest ''(Are people willing to invest in national and regional assets like shares in cooperatives, national and local stocks, shares in SME (small and medium enterprises), own or family business ?)'' *Helpfulness ''(Helpfulness across the people?)'' *Friendliness ''(Friendliness of the people?)'' *Hospitality ''(Hospitality of the people?)''

Results

Survey results in the 76 countries with sufficient data as of July 2019. Indicated are the average values from the answers of all persons to the corresponding question.

References

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