The Mexico Peace Index (MPI) is one in a series of National Peace Indices produced by the
Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). The MPI provides a comprehensive measure of peacefulness in Mexico, the fifth edition of the MPI was released in 2017. The report is released in both Spanish and English, and analyzes the economic benefits that would occur from increases in peace, and provides an estimate relating to the economic impact violence has had on Mexico.
The Index uses the same definition of peace as the
Global Peace Index
Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting ...
,
United States Peace Index and
United Kingdom Peace Index The United Kingdom Peace Index (UKPI) is a measurement of the United Kingdom's cities by their peacefulness. Created by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the creators of the Global Peace Index and the United States Peace Index, the United King ...
, which it defines as the absence of violence or the absence of the fear of violence.
Each year a large press conference is held and attended by many civil society reps, including
INEGI
The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Stat ...
, COMCE,
Coparmex,
FEMSA
Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., doing business as FEMSA, is a Mexican multinational beverage and retail company headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico. It operates the largest independent Coca-Cola bottling group in the world and the l ...
, Mexico Evalua, Mexico Contra la Delincuencia. Additionally the press conferences are attended by journalists from multiple media outlets including the
Wall Street Journal
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, AFP, EFE,
Xinhua
Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: )J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English, or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. Xinhua ...
,
NY Times
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,
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with prog ...
, Reforma,
El Universal,
El Economista,
TV Azteca
TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two nation ...
,
Milenio TV, Expansion, Radio Formula, MVS Radio, W Radio,
Notimex
Notimex is the official Mexican news agency, created on August 20, 1968 to handle coverage of the 1968 Summer Olympics. Notimex is headquartered in Mexico City and has five hundred and sixty-eight regional coordinating offices throughout Mexico. ...
. Each year the launch of the report generates wide spread domestic media coverage, with 500 media pieces covering the 2017 launch.
2017 report
The most peaceful states in the 2017 MPI report:
Least peaceful states in the 2017 MPI report :
The 2017 MPI Expert Panel:
* Edgar Guerrero Centeno Deputy Director General of Government Information Policies and National Government Censuses, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)
* Guillermo Zepeda Lecuona Director, Jurimetría, Iniciativas para el Estado de Derecho, A.C.
* Leonel Fernández Novelo Local Observatories Coordinator, Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano
* Juan Pablo Arango Orozco Researcher, Causa en Común
* Alberto Díaz-Cayeros Senior Fellow, Center for Democracy Development and Rule of Law, Freeman Spogli Institute of International Affairs, Stanford University
* Jonathan Furszyfer del Río Director of Security, México Evalúa
Indicators
The Mexico Peace Index uses five indicators to measure peace at the state level: detention without a sentence, homicides, violent crimes, weapons crimes, and organized crime.
References
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External links
Mexico Peace Index Interactive StoryboardVision of Humanity - Global Peace Index SiteInstitute for Economics and PeaceUppsala Conflict Data Program, an organized violence database
Think tanks based in Mexico
Peace and conflict studies