Reported Social Unrest Index: August 2023 Update

ByPhilip Barrett, Euihyun Bae

August 18, 2023

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Summary

This paper is the second update of the Reported Social Unrest Index (Barrett et al. 2022), outlining developments in global social unrest since March 2022. It shows that the fraction of countries experiencing major social unrest events has been stable. Reasons for social unrest can be broadly categorized as stemming from sdebate over constitutional issues, protests connected to specific policies, and other generalized disorder.

Subject: COVID-19, Expenditure, Financial markets, Health, Machine learning, Pension reform, Pension spending, Stock markets, Technology

Keywords: attempts to proxy, copyright page, COVID-19, fraction of country, Global, IMF surveillance, Machine learning, Pension reform, Pension spending, Stock markets, update of the Reported Social Unrest Index

Pages:
8
Volume:
2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400252266.001
Issue:
168
Series:
Working Paper No. 2023/168
Stock No:
WPIEA2023168
ISBN:
9798400252266
ISSN:
1018-5941

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