Sentence examples for existing indices from inspiring English sources

We interviewed key stakeholders and examined existing indices in the development sector and beyond, such as the millennium development goals (MDGs), but also the production support estimates that compare public support for agriculture in the OECD, or the programme for international student assessment that compares countries on their quality of education.

It also adds to existing indices by measuring the many ways digital networks can be used, from the availability of online shopping to the provision of e-government services like road taxes for cars.

Its advantages are clarified in comparison with existing indices like thermal efficiency, cold energy efficiency, and exergetic efficiency.

This study aimed to review the development and content of existing indices and to critically appraise their properties.

We studied the urbanisation effects on functional diversity using existing indices designed for the purpose of standardisation.

So far, there are extensive studies in this field, but few existing indices can meet all the requirements, such as simple, intuitive, and universal.

Such considerations may also apply to commodity and currency sectors where no current exchange-traded fund exists, but the linkage to an existing index with a long history overrides concerns about assets under management.

Jacques P. Perold, who runs Fidelity's six existing index funds, will manage the new funds, Mr. Griffin said.

Some of the existing indexes track a specific investing strategy, while others follow the overall hedge fund market.

The first change in the indexes will come on Nov. 30, 2001, when the indexes will reflect half the revisions resulting from a free-float adjustment for all existing index members.

This shows that the existing indexes in PostgreSQL are not suitable for such queries.