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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	5.13 %		[26th of 38]
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	3.21 %		[38th of 39]
DEFINITION: Corruption measures the share of senior managers who ranked corruption as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	28.86 %		[30th of 39]
DEFINITION: Lack confidence that courts uphold property rights is the share of senior managers who do not agree with the statement: “I am confident that the judicial system will enforce my contractual and property rights in business disputes.”		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	1.28 %		[39th of 39]
DEFINITION: Courts measure the share of senior managers who ranked courts and dispute resolution systems as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Prisoners	8,566 prisoners		[70th of 168]
DEFINITION: Total persons incarcerated
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Prisoners > Female	1.2%		[125th of 134]
DEFINITION: Female prisoners, expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population. Data for 2003.
SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Prisoners > Per capita	70 per 100,000 people		[115th of 164]
DEFINITION: Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	23.5%		[92nd of 143]
DEFINITION: The percentage of the prison population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	155.7%		[29th of 128]
DEFINITION: The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
United States extradition treaties > Citation 47 Stat. 2122. 18 UST 1822.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
United States extradition treaties > Date signed	December 22, 1931
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force June 24, 1935 April 4, 1967
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	13		[48th of 143]
DEFINITION: Average Unpaid Annual New York City Parking Violations per Diplomat, 11/1997 to 11/2002.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties

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