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\n Indicator Descriptions\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
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\n Table of Contents\n <\/h2>\n
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\n \n 1.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Indicator Descriptions\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n \n 1.1\n <\/span>\n\n \n 1. Democratic Participation\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 1.2\n <\/span>\n\n \n 2. Government and Economic Efficiency\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 1.3\n <\/span>\n\n \n 3. Accountability\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 1.4\n <\/span>\n\n \n 4. Human Rights\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 1.5\n <\/span>\n\n \n 5. Political Stability and Violence\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 1.6\n <\/span>\n\n \n 6. Rule of Law\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Indicator Descriptions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Democratic Participation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Indicator Name<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Description<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Source<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Checks and Balances<\/td>Global ranking of governmental checks and balances<\/td>Database of Political Indicators, World Bank<\/td><\/tr>
Degree of Party Dominance<\/td>Number of opposition members in the national legislature as a proportion of the total<\/td>Database of Political Indicators, World Bank<\/td><\/tr>
Fractionalization of Legislature<\/td>Herfindal Index<\/td>Database of Political Indicators, World Bank<\/td><\/tr>
Percentage of Female Parliamentarians<\/td>Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament (%)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Polity Score<\/td>Net Democracy\/Autocracy Score<\/td>Polity IV<\/td><\/tr>
Executive Recruitment — Regulation<\/td>Global index measuring regulation of executive recruitment<\/td>Polity IV<\/td><\/tr>
Executive Recruitment — Competition<\/td>Global index measuring competitiveness of executive elections<\/td>Polity IV<\/td><\/tr>
Executive Constraints<\/td>Global index measuring legal and legislative constraints on executive activity<\/td>Polity IV<\/td><\/tr>
Female Parliamentary Quota<\/td>Quota for female parlimentaries (%)<\/td>Global database of quotas for women<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Access to Civil Services<\/td>Percentage of minority employees in the public service<\/td>MAR<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Voting Rights<\/td>Existence of voting rights for minorities, including the right to vote, degree of intimidation, access to polling station<\/td>MAR<\/td><\/tr>
Federalism – Municipal<\/td>Degree of autonomy provided to municipal governments<\/td>Database of Political Indicators, World Bank<\/td><\/tr>
Federalism – Provincial<\/td>Degree of autonomy provided to state\/provincial governments<\/td>Database of Political Indicators, World Bank<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2. Government and Economic Efficiency<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Indicator Name<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Description<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Source<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Economic growth — Percentage of GDP<\/td>GDP Growth %<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Economic Size — Relative — GDP per capita<\/td>GDP per capita (constant 2000 US $)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Economic Size — Total — GDP<\/td>GDP (constant 2000 US $)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
External Debt — percentage of GNI<\/td>Present value of debt (% of GNI)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Ease of Doing Business<\/td>Ease of Doing Business Survey  – Overall Rank<\/td>World Bank, Ease of Doing Business<\/td><\/tr>
Starting a Business<\/td>Starting a business rank<\/td>World Bank, Ease of Doing Business<\/td><\/tr>
Protecting Investors<\/td>Protecting investors rank<\/td>World Bank, Ease of Doing Business<\/td><\/tr>
Trading Across Borders<\/td>Trading across borders rank<\/td>World Bank, Ease of Doing Business<\/td><\/tr>
Closing a Business<\/td>Closing a business rank<\/td>World Bank, Ease of Doing Business<\/td><\/tr>
Economic Freedom<\/td>Economic Freedom score<\/td>Heritage Foundation, Index of Economic Freedom<\/td><\/tr>
National Savings Level<\/td>Gross domestic savings (% of GDP)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Foreign Investment Freedom<\/td>Investment Freedom<\/td>Heritage Foundation, Index of Economic Freedom<\/td><\/tr>
Intellectual Property<\/td>Protection of intellectual property<\/td>Fraser Institute\/ Free the World (Area 2C)<\/td><\/tr>
Contract Regulation<\/td>Contract Regulation<\/td>Heritage Foundation, Index of Economic Freedom<\/td><\/tr>
Enforcing Contracts<\/td>Enforcing Contracts Rank<\/td>World Bank, Ease of Doing Business<\/td><\/tr>
Dealing with Licences<\/td>Dealing with Licenses Rank<\/td>World Bank, Ease of Doing Business<\/td><\/tr>
Registering Property<\/td>Registering Property Rank<\/td>World Bank, Ease of Doing Business<\/td><\/tr>
Educational Attainment<\/td>Proportion over 15 with no schooling<\/td>World Bank, Thematic Data Educational Attainment<\/td><\/tr>
Enrolment Rates<\/td>Gross enrolment ratio, all levels combined (except pre-primary)<\/td>UNESCO Statistics<\/td><\/tr>
Health Expenditure<\/td>Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Access to Services — Improved Water<\/td>Access to an Improved water source (% of population with access)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Government Effectiveness<\/td>Government Effectiveness, point estimate<\/td>World Bank Group, Governance Matters V<\/td><\/tr>
FDI — percentage of GDP<\/td>Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Foreign Aid — percentage of Central Government Expenditures<\/td>Aid (% of central government expenditures)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Inequality — GINI Coefficient<\/td>GINI Coefficient<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Trade Balance — percentage of GDP<\/td>Current Account Balance (as % of GDP)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment — Total<\/td>Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Paying Taxes<\/td>Paying taxes rank<\/td>World Bank: Ease of Doing Business indicators<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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3. Accountability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Indicator Name<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Description<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Source<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Corruption — World Bank<\/td>Control of Corruption<\/td>World Bank Group, Governance Matters V<\/td><\/tr>
Voice and Accountability<\/td>Voice and accountability, point estimate<\/td>World Bank Group, Governance Matters V<\/td><\/tr>
Press Freedom<\/td>Index of Press Freedom<\/td>Freedom House<\/td><\/tr>
Political Donations<\/td>Provision for disclosure of contribution to parties (binary variable)<\/td>IDEA, Political Party Finance, Disclosure of Income<\/td><\/tr>
Party Financing<\/td>System of regulation for financing of political parties (binary variable)<\/td>IDEA, Political Party Finance, Regulation and Enforcement<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

4. Human Rights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Indicator Name<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Description<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Source<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Disappearances<\/td>Disappearances, Number of Cases<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Extrajudicial Killings<\/td>Killings, number of cases<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Torture<\/td>Torture, number of cases<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Freedom of Movement<\/td>Freedom of Movement Index<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Freedom of Assembly and Association<\/td>Freedom of Assembly and Association Index<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Freedom of Speech<\/td>Freedom of Speech Index<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Women Political Rights<\/td>Women Political Rights Index<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Women Social Rights<\/td>Women Social Rights Index<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Women Economic Rights<\/td>Women Economic Rights Index<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Civil Liberties<\/td>Civil Liberties Index<\/td>Freedom House, Annual Survey of Freedom<\/td><\/tr>
Political Rights<\/td>Political Rights Index<\/td>Freedom House, Annual Survey of Freedom<\/td><\/tr>
Human Rights — Empowerment<\/td>Empowerment Rights Index<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Human Rights — Physical Integrity<\/td>Physical Integrity Rights Index<\/td>CIRI Human Rights Index<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Access to Education<\/td>Minority Access to Education<\/td>MAR<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Commerce<\/td>Minority ability to engage in commercial activities<\/td>MAR<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Professions<\/td>Minority presence in professions<\/td>MAR<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Official Positions<\/td>Minority presence in governmental institutions<\/td>MAR<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Organization<\/td>Minority ability and right to organize<\/td>MAR<\/td><\/tr>
Differential Ownership<\/td>Differential rules and practices regarding ownership of property<\/td>MAR<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Pol Mil recruitment<\/td>Recruitment of minorities in to the police and military<\/td>MAR<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

5. Political Stability and Violence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Indicator Name<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Description<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Source<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Permanence of Regime Type<\/td>Number of years since last regime change<\/td>Polity IV<\/td><\/tr>
Black Market<\/td>Informal Market<\/td>Heritage Foundation, Index of Economic Freedom<\/td><\/tr>
Battle-related Deaths<\/td>Number of Conflict-related deaths per year<\/td>Uppsala Conflict Database<\/td><\/tr>
Dependence on external support<\/td>Intervention of other states or external actors<\/td>Fund for Peace (FfP) Failed States Index<\/td><\/tr>
Military Expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>Military expenditure (% of GDP)<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Political Stability<\/td>Political stability\/no violence, point estimate<\/td>World Bank Group: Governance Matters V<\/td><\/tr>
Refugees Produced<\/td>Refugee population by country or territory of origin<\/td>World Development Indicators<\/td><\/tr>
Terrorism Fatalities<\/td>Total number of fatalities during recorded terrorist attacks per year<\/td>US National Counterterrorism Center<\/td><\/tr>
Terrorism Incidents<\/td>Total number of recorded terrorist attacks per year<\/td>US National Counterterrorism Center<\/td><\/tr>
Polity Fragmentation<\/td>Degree of fragmentation of the polity<\/td>Polity IV<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

6. Rule of Law<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Indicator Name<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Description<\/strong><\/th>Indicator Source<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Police, Law, and Criminality<\/td>Rule of Law<\/td>World Bank, Governance Matters database<\/td><\/tr>
Prison Population Rate<\/td>Prison Population Rate<\/td>International Centre for Prison Studies<\/td><\/tr>
Prison Occupancy Level<\/td>No. of detainees compared to capacity<\/td>Source:International Centre for Prison Studies<\/td><\/tr>
Number of Political Prisoners<\/td>Number of Political Prisoners<\/td>Fraser Institute\/Free the World<\/td><\/tr>
Judicial Independence<\/td>Independence of the Judiciary<\/td>Fraser Institute\/Free the World<\/td><\/tr>
Impartial Courts<\/td>Impartiality of the court<\/td>Fraser Institute\/ Free the World<\/td><\/tr>
Integrity of the Legal System<\/td>Integrity of the Legal System<\/td>Fraser Institute\/ Free the World<\/td><\/tr>
Military Interference in the Rule of Law<\/td>Presence of the military in political systems<\/td>Fraser Institute\/ Free the World<\/td><\/tr>
Property Rights<\/td>Protection of rights to private property<\/td>Heritage Foundation<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Legal Protection<\/td>Minority Legal Protection<\/td>Source Minorities at Risk (MAR)<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Dispossessed Land<\/td>Minority Dispossessed Land<\/td>Source Minorities at Risk (MAR)<\/td><\/tr>
Minority Legal Procedures<\/td>Minority Legal Procedures<\/td>Minorities at Risk<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Indicator Descriptions 1. Democratic Participation Indicator Name Indicator Description Indicator Source Checks and Balances Global ranking of governmental checks and balances Database of Political Indicators, World Bank Degree of Party Dominance Number of opposition members in the national legislature as a proportion of the total Database of Political Indicators, World Bank Fractionalization of Legislature Herfindal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/2436"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}