Global Benchmarking Project
not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
– William Bruce Cameron
Global benchmarking in world politics centres on the comparative assessment of actors and institutions in terms of their:
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quality of conduct
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quality of design
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quality of outcomes
The GLOBAL BENCHMARKING PROJECT analyses benchmarking as a transnational practice to monitor, assess, and change performance.
For a short introduction see:
Research themes
1. Country performance
Aim: to investigate the use of benchmarks to judge national performance across an increasingly wide range of policy domains.
2. Track and trace
Aim: to track and explain the growing demand for and supply of benchmarks used for governance and advocacy. View our Database.
3. Global transparency
Aim: to analyse the political dynamics linking changes in transparency norms with global benchmarking.
4. Causal logics
Aim: to establish why some global benchmarks are more powerful than others in shaping political agendas.