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Definition: <br/>Source: Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division<br/>Number of countries: 183

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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.<br/>Source: World Development Indicators database<br/>Number of countries: 75

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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.<br/>Source: World Development Indicators database<br/>Number of countries: 75

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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.<br/>Source: World Development Indicators database<br/>Number of countries: 75

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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.<br/>Source: World Development Indicators database<br/>Number of countries: 75

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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.<br/>Source: World Development Indicators database<br/>Number of countries: 75

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Definition: report by Freedom House representing only one point of view <br/>Source: Wikipedia: Post-Soviet states <br/>Number of countries: 15

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Definition: report by Freedom House representing only one point of view <br/>Source: Wikipedia: Post-Soviet states <br/>Number of countries: 15

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Definition: report by Freedom House representing only one point of view <br/>Source: Wikipedia: Post-Soviet states <br/>Number of countries: 15

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Definition: <br/>Source: Wikipedia: Jewish Emancipation <br/>Number of countries: 13

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