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in Prison
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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
39.16 %
[8th of 38]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
65.71 %
[4th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights
60.41 %
[4th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
33.19 %
[2nd of 39]
Death penalty > Abolition date
1,979
[50th of 64]
Death penalty > Last executed
1,930
[36th of 55]
Illicit drugs
transshipment point for cocaine destined for the US and transshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing
Murders committed by youths
139
[30th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita
7.3
[22nd of 57]
Prisoners
7,198 prisoners
[79th of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita
143 per 100,000 people
[63rd of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
30.8%
[71st of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
113%
[72nd of 128]
Software piracy rate
80%
[26th of 107]
United States extradition treaties > Citation
35 Stat. 1869.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed
March 1, 1905
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
July 14, 2007
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
4.9
[85th of 143]
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SOURCES:
World Development Indicators database
; Last updated: 01/04/03; All
CIA World Factbooks
18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008;
World Health Organization: World report on violence and health
, 2002; 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);
International Centre for Prison Studies
- World Prison Brief;
Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
; Wikipedia:
List of United States extradition treaties
;
Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2006
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Nicaragua, Republic of Nicaragua, Republica de Nicaragua
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