In recent decades, IGOs, NGOs, private firms and even states have begun to regularly package and distribute information on the relative performance of states. From the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index to the Financial Action Task Force blacklist, global performance indicators (GPIs) are increasingly deployed to influence governance globally. We argue that GPIs derive influence from their ability to frame issues, extend the authority of the creator, and — most importantly — to invoke recurrent comparison that stimulates governments' concerns for their own and their country's reputation. Their public and ongoing ratings and rankings of states are particularly adept at capturing attention not only at elite policy levels but also among other domestic and transnational actors. GPIs thus raise new questions for research on politics and governance globally. What are the social and political effects of this form of information on discourse, policies and behavior? What types of actors can effectively wield GPIs and on what types of issues? In this symposium introduction, we define GPIs, describe their rise, and theorize and discuss these questions in light of the findings of the symposium contributions.

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简介：全球绩效指标的力量

近几十年来，政府间组织、非政府组织、私营公司甚至国家都开始定期打包和分发有关国家相对表现的信息。从世界银行的营商便利指数到金融行动特别工作组的黑名单，全球绩效指标 (GPI) 越来越多地用于影响全球治理。我们认为，GPI 的影响来自于它们对问题进行界定、扩大创造者的权威，以及——最重要的是——通过反复比较来激发政府对其自身和国家声誉的担忧。他们对国家的公开和持续评级和排名尤其擅长吸引精英政策层面的关注，以及其他国内和跨国行为者的关注。GPI 因此为全球政治和治理研究提出了新问题。这种信息形式对话语、政策和行为的社会和政治影响是什么？哪些类型的参与者可以有效地运用 GPI 以及在哪些类型的问题上？在本次研讨会介绍中，我们定义了 GPI，描述了它们的兴起，并根据研讨会贡献的结果对这些问题进行了理论化和讨论。