|**Tabl**|**e B5**|**: Rule of Law**|
|---|---|---|
|**Code**|**Table**|**Concept Measured**|
|**Repr**|**esent**|**ative Sources**|
|**DRI**|A14|_Losses and Costs of Crime_: A 1-point increase on a scale from "0" to "10" in crime during any 12-month period.<br>_Kidnapping of Foreigners_: An increase in scope, intensity, or frequency of kidnapping of foreigners that reduces the GDP<br>growth rate by 1% during any 12-month period.<br>_Enforceability of Government Contracts_: A 1 point decline on a scale from "0" to "10" in the enforceability of contracts during<br>any 12-month period.<br> "" ""|
|||_Enforceability of Private Contracts:_A 1-point decline on a scale from 0 to 10 in the legal enforceability of contracts during|
|||any 12-month period|
|**EIU**|A9|.<br>Violent crime<br>Oid i|
|||rganze crme<br>Fairness of judicial process<br>Enforceability of contracts|
|||Speediness of judicial process<br>|
|||Confiscation/expropriation|
|**GCS**|A28|Common crime imposes costs on business<br>Organized crime imposes costs on business<br>Money laundering through banks is pervasive<br>Quality of Police|
|||The judiciary is independent from political influences of members of government, citizens or firms<br>Legal framework to challenge the legality of government actions is inefficient<br>Intellectual Property protection is weak<br>Protection of financial assets is weak|
|||Tax evasion|
|**HER**|A16|Black market<br>|
|||Property Rights|
|**HUM**|A26|Independence of Judiciary|
|**MIG**|A21|Oranised Crime|
|||g .<br>Legal Safeguards.|
|**PRS**|A23|_Law and Order._The Law sub-component is an assessment of the strength and impartiality of the legal system, while the<br>Order sub-component is an assessment of popular observance of the law (assessed separately).|
|**QLM**|A6|Direct Financial Fraud, Money Laundering and Organized Crime|
|**WMO**|A15|_Judicial Independence_An assessment of how far the state and other outside actors can influence and distort the legal<br>system. This will determine the level of legal impartiality investors can expect.|
|||_Crime_- How much of a threat businesses face from crime such as kidnapping, extortion, street violence, burglary...|
|**Non-**|**repre**|**sentative Sources**|
|<br>**ADB**|<br>A1|<br>Property Rights|
|**AFR**|A2|Based on your experiences, how easy or difficult is it to obtain help from the police when you need it?|
|**ASD**|A3|Rule of Law|
|**BPS**|A5|Fairness, honesty, enforceability, quickness and affordability of the court system<br>Property right protection|
|||<br>How problematic is organized crime for the growth of your business.|
|||How roblematic is judiciar for the rowth of our business|
|||p y g y .<br>How problematic is street crime for the growth of your business.|
|**BRI**|A6|<br>Enforceability of contracts|
|**BTI**|A4|Rule of Law|
|||<br>Private Property|
|**CCR**|A11|<br>Rule of Law|
|**CPIA**|A8|Property rights|
|**FHT**|A11|<br>_Rule of Law_: Considers judicial/constitutional matters as well as the legal and de facto status of ethnic minorities.|
|**GAL**|A12|Trust in the Legal System|
|**LBO**|A20|<br>Trust in Judiciary|
|||Trust in Police|
|||<br>Have you been a victim of crime?|
|**WCY**|A18|<br>Tax evasion is a common practice in your country|
|||Justice is not fairly administered in society|
|||<br>Personal security and private property are not adequately protected<br>Parallel economy impairs economic development in your country|
|||<br>Patent and copyright protection is not adequately enforced in your country|

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