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The Pillars of Peace
Steve Killelea, Executive Chairman Institute for Economics and Peace
Vienna, Austria
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Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
“The Institute for Economics and Peace is an independent, not-for-profit, research institute dedicated to building a greater understanding of the key drivers and measures of peace and to identifying the economic benefits that increased peacefulness can deliver”
Sydney, New York
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Many Unprecedented Challenges Facing Humanity
Challenges are global, urgent and require unparalleled co-operation
Peace is the prerequisite for solving these problems
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Defining and Measuring Peace
Negative peaceMeasures
Crime Suppression Military War
Positive peaceDerived through statistical analysis of datasets, indices and attitudes with the GPI
The perfect state would have no Police, Jails or Crime
GPI
Positive Peace Index
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The Pillars of Peace:
“The attitudes, institutions and structures that help encourage and
sustain a peaceful society”
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The Pillars of PeaceThe attitudes, institutions and structures that sustain a peaceful society
Analysed over 4,700 variables covering: Macro-economy; Social relations and attitudes; Economic and social development; Economic and social integration; The functioning and structure of government.
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The Pillars of PeaceThe attitudes, institutions and structures that sustain a peaceful society
Free Flow of
Information
Peace & Resilience Good
Relations with
Neighbours
Acceptance of the Rights of Others
Equitable Distributio
n of Resources
Sound business
environment
Well functioning governme
nt
A High-Level of Human Capital
Low-Levels of
Corruption
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A Sound Business EnvironmentThe most peaceful countries consistently tended to have lower
levels of inflation.
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Equitable Distribution of Resources
Where the level of inequality in human development is lower, nations tend to be more peaceful.
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Acceptance of the Rights of Others
States which are more accepting tend to be more peaceful.
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Good Relations with Neighbours
More peaceful countries tended to have better regional relationships and a higher level of integration.
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A High-Level of Human CapitalThose countries with better education outcomes tended to be
more peaceful.
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Free-Flow of InformationCountries where access, production and the dissemination of
information was better tended to be more peaceful.
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Low-Levels of CorruptionThe most peaceful regions, tended to be the least corrupt.
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Peaceful Societies are more Resilient Pillars of Peace Operate as a System Pillars of Peace are statistically
associated with: Strong Business Environments Gender Equality Transparency Better personal Relations
Optimum Environment for Human Potential to Flourish
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Equitable Distribution of Resources
Acceptance of the Rights of Others
Good Relations with Neighbours
Free Flow of Information
High Levels of Human Capital
Low Levels of Corruption
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10.0%
Weaker PillarStronger Pillar
Weaker pillars = higher declines in peace over time.
Stronger pillars = lower declines in peace over time.
The Pillars of Peace and Resilience
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The Positive Peace Index
Derived through Statistical analysis of datasets, indices and attitudes with the Global Peace Index.
Describes the strength of the Pillars of Peace in a nation.
Measuring the strength of the Pillars
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Positive Peace Index Indicators
INSERT MAP
Positive Peace Index 2013
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Weak Pillars = Greater Vulnerability
Big fallers with positive peace deficits in 2008:
Syria RwandaMadagascarEgypt
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Peace, MDGs and Development
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Developing nations with stronger pillars have achieve more of their MDGs.
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