Sri Lanka Ranks 94 in CRI Index released by Oxfam.

Sri Lanka Ranks 94 in CRI Index released by Oxfam.

Sri Lanka has ranked in 94th position among 158 countries in the 2020 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index. The third edition of the index focuses on Fighting Inequality in the time of Pandemic. The 2020 CRI index has been topped by Norway. South Sudan is the lowest ranking country in the index at 158th position.

CRI Index ranking of 158 Countries - Top 10 Countries.

1. Norway 
2. Denmark 
3. Germany 
4. Belgium 
5. Finland 
6. Canada 
7. France 
8. New Zealand 
9. Austria 
10. Sweden 

About Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index.

The index is released by the international charitable organisation ‘Oxfam International’ in partnership with Development Finance International and with inputs from independent experts. It monitors what governments are doing through their policy commitments to reduce inequality and tackle the gap between rich and poor. The index is based upon three basic pillars: Public Services Pillar, Progressive Tax Pillar and Workers Rights Pillar.

This is the third edition of the CRI Index, which ranks 158 governments across the world on their commitment to reducing inequality. It measures government policies and actions in three areas that are proven to be directly related to reducing inequality.

1. Public services (health, education and social protection)

2. Taxation

3. Workers’ rights

While these three thematic pillars remain unchanged, the 2020 CRI Index has seen significant

changes in methodology from 2018. Each pillar now contains three levels of indicator:

1. Policy commitment indicators: these measure the commitment of governments through their

policies (which may not always be implemented in practice);

2. Coverage or implementation indicators: these look at who is covered (or not) as a result of policy

actions, or how well a government puts policies on paper into practice;

3. Impact indicators: these measure the impact of policy actions on levels of inequality.

These changes to the index’s methodology mean that a straight comparison between the scores of a country in the 2020 index and those for 2018 may not give an accurate picture of that country’s performance. For this reason, our analysis of change focuses on concrete policy changes since the 2018 index.

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