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Lawful Transfers of Power

This sub-sub-indicator assesses the extent to which transition of power is subject to the law. This is based on the following criteria: the extent to which the chief executive (President, Prime Minister, etc.) was elected through a clean process and in accordance with rules and procedures set forth in the constitution, with coup d'états penalised; the extent to which local government officials are elected through a clean process; the extent to which there are detailed election results readily available for public scrutiny; the extent to which in practice proper checks and balances exist to maintain public confidence in the electoral process and the extent to which people can vote freely without feeling harassed or pressured; the extent to which in practice, the electoral appeals court is free of political influence in its application of power.

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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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