Methodology
The CDI ranks 27 countries which are the richest, most developed countries in the world. Together, they constitute the full membership of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee which is the official organization of aid donors, along with four DAC observers (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia).
The CDI quantifies a range of rich-country policies in seven policy area. Scores on each component are scaled so that an average score in 2012 equals 5.0. A country’s final score is the average of those for each component. The CDI adjusts for size in order to compare how well countries are living up to their potential to help. Data for the CDI come from official sources such as the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the United Nations, or from academic researchers. CGD and its collaborators also collect information country by country for parts of the aid, migration and investment components. The 2012 technical paper and spreadsheet provide more detail.
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