RAPS-China

Certainly! This is one of the main functions of the RAPS tool.

The software includes special modules to browse, filter, sort, and select variables from the database that can be combined into indices.

Each variable in an index has its own weighing factor and positive or negative sign, in order to determine a positive or negative contribution to the index. One can easily add or remove variables from an index and recalculate and visualize the results. This makes it very easy to develop specialized indices for certain analyses, such as a "Water Resources Index" or a "Water Consumption Efficiency Index."

Moreover, it is possible to combine various specialized indices into one composite index. For instance, one might combine a "Human Development Index," a "Economic Development Index" and a "Natural Resource Index" into an "Overall Development Index." Of course, the contribution of each individual index to the composite index can have a weighing factor and a positive or negative sign.