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Judicial Checks On the Executive

This sub-indicator assesses the extent to which government powers are effectively limited by the judiciary. It is based on the following criteria: the extent to which in practice, the government's power is not concentrated in one person, but is distributed among different independent branches; the government always obeys the decisions of the high courts; when legal questions or possible violations are raised, the judiciary reviews executive actions and uses its powers to declare government actions illegal or unconstitutional; national, local and electoral appeals courts are free of political influence in their application of power; government exercises undue influence to affect the outcome of the case.

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Top 10 countries

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('12-'21)

Bottom 10 countries

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('12-'21)

Most improved countries

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('12-'21)

Most deteriorated countries

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('12-'21)
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    • Public Perception of Overall Governance

    About Citizens’ Voices

    As citizens are the recipients of public leadership and governance, the assessment of governance performance of the IIAG is accompanied by the Citizens’ Voices dataset in an effort to contextualise the official and expert assessment data in the IIAG with the reality on the ground as perceived by citizens.

    MIF has been working with and supporting Afrobarometer, the leading pan-African research institution conducting public opinion surveys on the continent, and the 2022 IIAG framework gives these more prominence. Formerly scattered at various levels in the IIAG, citizens’ assessments of various governance components are now highlighted in a Citizens’ Voices section, providing a comprehensive 'reality check' to complement the IIAG results.

    This section mirrors the IIAG categories and provides public perception data on the closest proxies to the IIAG measures. However, whilst these measures are available to compare across the IIAG, it is important to note that their scores do not form part of the calculation for Overall Governance.

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