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Civil and political liberties	0.5		[129th of 140]
CPIA gender equality rating	4.5		[3rd of 75]
DEFINITION: Gender equality assesses the extent to which the country has installed institutions and programs to enforce laws and policies that promote equal access for men and women in education, health, the economy, and protection under law.		View time series
SOURCE: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001
CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average	4.2		[2nd of 75]
DEFINITION: The policies for social inclusion and equity cluster includes gender equality, equity of public resource use, building human resources, social protection and labor, and policies and institutions for environmental sustainability.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating	3.5		[8th of 75]
DEFINITION: Property rights and rule-based governance assess the extent to which private economic activity is facilitated by an effective legal system and rule-based governance structure in which property and contract rights are reliably respected and enforced.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average	3.8		[4th of 75]
DEFINITION: The public sector management and institutions cluster includes property rights and rule-based governance, quality of budgetary and financial management, efficiency of revenue mobilization, quality of public administration, and transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating	4		[7th of 75]
DEFINITION: Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector assess the extent to which the executive can be held accountable for its use of funds and for the results of its actions by the electorate and by the legislature and judiciary, and the extent to which public employees within the executive are required to account for administrative decisions, use of resources, and results obtained. The three main dimensions assessed here are the accountability of the executive to oversight institutions and of public employees for their performance, access of civil society to information on public affairs, and state capture by narrow vested interests.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system	first-past-the-post
DEFINITION: worldpolicy.org
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system type	plurality
DEFINITION: worldpolicy.org
SOURCE: No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held
Female candidacy	1,953		[67th of 161]
DEFINITION: Year in which women received the right to stand for election. Data refer to the year in which right to vote or stand for election on a universal and equal basis was recognized. Where two years are shown, the first refers to the first partial recognition of the right to stand for election.
SOURCE: No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held
Female parliamentarians	9.3%		[98th of 157]
DEFINITION: Seats in parliament held by women (as % of total). Data are as of 8 March 2002. Where there are lower and upper houses, data refer to the weighted average of women's shares of seats in both houses.
SOURCE: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva
Female suffrage	1953
DEFINITION: Year in which women received the right to vote. Data refer to the year in which right to vote or stand for election on a universal and equal basis was recognized. Where two years are shown, the first refers to the first partial recognition of the right to vote.
SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian	1975 (elected)
DEFINITION: Year first woman elected or appointed to parliament.
SOURCE: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Adoption	No
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva.
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against discrimination	No
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality	Yes*
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Penalty	1 month - 1 year
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world

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