By contrast, they work very badly when viewed as a policy framework. It is common – but almost never wise – to think that the goal of policy should be to improve countries’ rankings.
总的来说，这些指数的最佳用途是作为问题争论的催化剂。而作为政策框架则效果最差。认为政策目标应该是改善一国排名的想法是很不明智的（但最为普遍）。