Trend · rank 27 of 250

Outsourcing & public-private delivery

Public services and infrastructure increasingly depend on private contractors, making continuity in a crisis rest on contractor viability, enforceable obligations and enough retained expertise inside government to manage or replace suppliers.

Governance & IntegrityState capacity & governanceinstitutionsresilience

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
27of 250
Sensitivity
15.8rank 38
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
61.6rank 19
Eigenvector
59.8
Betweenness
16.6
Links
20trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
39.8

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
93
Over a year
−5%Steady
Over three years
−16%
Peak
12821 Jan 2024
Sources
Bothagreement -0.14
Coverage
22languages · 49 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (22 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English44%100−13%
Russian13%88+8%
Japanese5%82−14%
Spanish5%94−9%
German5%99−24%
Chinese4%112+17%
French4%96−16%
Portuguese2%97−13%
Indonesian2%73−16%
Hindi2%102−35%
Polish2%79−5%
Italian2%80−9%
Arabic2%86−21%
Turkish2%110+6%
Persian1%103+10%
Hebrew1%85−15%
Korean1%70−20%
Swedish1%90−35%
Dutch1%100+3%
Vietnamese1%73−55%
Bengali0%73−29%
Thai0%61−61%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

France

Zambia

Kenya

Tanzania

Singapore

India

Uganda

Nepal

Nigeria

Pakistan

United Kingdom

United States

100

86

75

74

71

58

58

50

50

48

45

43

The 12 highest of 49 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English103−4%−1%+19%
EuropeGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish87−1%−10%−20%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai89+5%−16%−14%
South AsiaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali106+26%−15%+5%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew111+28%+4%+11%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese88−0%−14%−38%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Russian72−4%−14%−41%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle124−16%−4%−48%
AustraliaGoogle111+22%+17%+84%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese83+4%−18%−33%
CanadaGoogle115−2%+89%+43%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French100−0%+2%−3%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German93−3%−12%−9%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali99+20%−23%−4%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian85−30%−4%−22%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian69−6%−18%−42%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese77+18%−23%−35%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean65+28%−39%−47%
MexicoGoogle68+28%−20%−64%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian88−13%+8%−28%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish118+41%+9%+13%
United KingdomGoogle80+1%+2%−26%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English101−3%−7%+14%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3 · ModerateHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
2 · LowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
1 · Very lowA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
1 · Very lowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highPublic procurement capabilityState capacity & governance6
4 · HighState capacity & deliveryState capacity & governance1
4 · HighLocal & city government capacityState capacity & governance11
4 · HighSocial protection coverage gapsState capacity & governance13
4 · HighDigital public infrastructureState capacity & governance31
3 · ModerateCivil service capability & payState capacity & governance2
3 · ModerateRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
3 · ModerateExecutive overreach & emergency powersState capacity & governance4
3 · ModerateCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
3 · ModerateRegulatory capture & lobbying powerState capacity & governance8
3 · ModeratePublic communication in crisisInformation & trust10
3 · ModerateErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
3 · ModerateFiscal rules & budget credibilityState capacity & governance17
3 · ModerateIllicit finance & beneficial ownershipState capacity & governance20
3 · ModerateOfficial statistics & data capacityState capacity & governance21
3 · ModerateAdaptive regulationState capacity & governance33
3 · ModerateInfrastructure ageing & maintenance backlogEnergy, networks & climate resilience39
3 · ModerateData protection & digital rightsState capacity & governance44
3 · ModerateFinancial market infrastructure resilienceMoney & debt73
3 · ModerateRansomware & cyber extortionConflict & security164