Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTITI)

Author(s): Sabine Donner
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 21
Pages: 6-7
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2007

Since 2003, the Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) has measured the progress made by 119 (as of the next issue, 124) transition and developing countries on their path to becoming democracies with rule of law and socially responsible free-market economies. The index also assesses the quality of political governance. So far, there have been two issues of this index (BTI 2003 and BTI 2006), which is intended as a metric of political and economic system transformation. Compared to other indices, the BTI stands out by virtue of its broad analytical approach.

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