IMF Working Papers

Reported Social Unrest Index: August 2023 Update

By Philip Barrett, Euihyun Bae

August 18, 2023

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Philip Barrett, and Euihyun Bae. Reported Social Unrest Index: August 2023 Update, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2023) accessed December 11, 2024

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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

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    8

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2023/168

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2023168

  • ISBN:

    9798400252266

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941