**Table A12:  Freedom House (FRH, CCR)**

**Data Provider** Freedom House **Description** Freedom House is a non-governmental organization promoting democratic values around the world and is headquartered in New York, United States. **Website** www.freedomhouse.org **Data Source** Freedom in the World (FRW), Freedom of the Press (FRP), Nations in Transit (FNT) and Countries at the Crossroads (CCR) **Type** Expert assessments **Respondents** Freedom House staff and consultants, subject to centralized review process **Frequency** FRW:  Annual since 1955 FRP:  Annual since 1980 FNT:  Annual since 1995 CCR:  Annual since 2004 but covering alternating sets of countries **Coverage** FRW:  Global sample of countries FRP:  Global sample of countries FNT:  Transition economies in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union CCR:  Developing country sample **Public Access** Yes **Description** FRW and FRP provide indicators of political rights (7-point scale), civil liberties (7-point scale), and press freedoms (100-point scale) based on checklists of underlying indicators listed below.  The indicators are complemented with country narratives justifying the scores.   FNT and CCR are series of more detailed narrative country reports including common sets of quantitative indicators on democratic and economic issues, typically scored on a 7-point scale.  These too are based on a checklist of underlying indicators.  We average data from FRW, FRP and FNT and treat it as a single source that we refer to as FRH, as these are produced by the same teams.  We treat CCR as a distinct source as it is produced separately.  Note that the indicators refer to data from the previous year:  we therefore lag the data from this source by one year. Note also that in each year we carry forward CCR scores for those countries that were covered in earlier years (up to two) but not in current year.

|**Voice and Accountability**|2008|2007|2006|2005|2004|2003|2002|2000|1998|1996|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|_Freedom of the World:_<br>|||||||||||
|Political Rights<br>|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|
|Civil Liberties|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|
|_Freedom of the Press_|||||||||||
|Press Freedom Index|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|
|_Nations in Transit_<br>|||||||||||
|Media|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|
|Civil Society<br>|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|
|Electoral Process|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|
|_Countries at the Crossroads_<br>|||||||||||
|Civil Liberties<br>|X|X|X|X|X||||||
|Accountability and public voice|X|X|X|X|X||||||
|**Political Stability and Absence of Violence**|||||||||||
|NA|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|
|**Government Effectiveness**|||||||||||
|NA|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|
|**Regulatory Quality**|||||||||||
|N/A|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|
|**Rule of Law**|||||||||||
|_Nations in Transit:_Judicial framework and independence<br>|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|
|_Countries at the Crossroads:_Rule of Law|X|X|X|X|X||||||
|**Control of Corruption**|||||||||||
|_Nations in Transit:_Corruption|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X||
|_Countries at the Crossroads:_Anti-Corruption and Transparency|X|X|X|X|X||||||
|**Country coverage (FRH)**|**197**|**197**|**197**|**196**|**196**|**196**|**196**|**192**|**191**|**191**|
|**Country coverage (FRP)**|**195**|**195**|**195**|**194**|**194**|**193**|**193**|**187**|**186**|**187**|
|**Country coverage (FNT)**|**29**|**29**|**29**|**29**|**29**|**28**|**27**|**27**|**27**|**27**|
|**Country coverage (CCR)**|**62**|**62**|**62**|**62**|**60**|**30**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|
|**Year of Publication (FRH, FRP & FNT)**|**2009**|**2008**|**2007**|**2006**|**2005**|**2004**|**2003**|**2001**|**1999**|**1997**|
|**Year of Publication (CCR)**|**2007**|**2007**|**2006**|**2006**|**2005**|**2004**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|

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