Economic Freedom of the World

There is a short description of the Gender Disparity Index and its use to make the adjust- ment in the summary of chapter 3 below.1 Related research Since our first publication in 1996, numerous studies have used the data pub- lished in Economic Freedom of the World to examine the impact of economic free- dom on investment, economic growth, income levels, and poverty rates. [...] Chapters in the report Chapter 1: Economic Freedom of the World in 2015 The authors of the report, James Gwartney, Robert Lawson, and Joshua Hall, pro- vide an overview of the report and discuss why economic freedom is important. [...] Chapter 3: Adjusting for Gender Disparity in Economic Freedom and Why It Matters By Rosemarie Fike The adjustment for gender disparity applied this year to the index published in Economic Freedom of the World takes into account the fact that in many nations women are not legally accorded the same level of economic freedom as men. [...] Chapter 5: Economic Freedom in South Africa and the Constraints on Economic Policy By Richard J. Grant The index published in the Economic Freedom of the World covers two very distinct eras in South African history: the apartheid era and that after the transition to the “new South Africa” in 1994. [...] Chapter 1 Economic Freedom of the World in 2015 From the very beginning, the participants in the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) project recognized that development of the best possible measure of eco- nomic freedom, both across countries and through time, would be an ongoing project.