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Abstract:
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Measuring modern slavery is essential for developing effective public policies and allocating resources to address the crime. As a rare occurrence, this undertaking presents significant challenges and a number of attempts have been made to meet this challenge. The Global Slavery Index, which estimates the number of people in modern slavery in 167 countries, is an important recent initiative contributing to improvements in measurement. The Index is based on a methodology that involves extrapolating from nationally representative random sample surveys and takes a range of national-level risk factors for slavery, such as discrimination, state stability, human rights, slavery policy and human development, into account. The presentation will set out the methodology behind the Global Slavery Index, with a focus on the development of national random sample surveys and the experiences gained from these surveys. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of the challenges in gathering data for global measures.
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