# **Table A21:  Institutional Profiles Database (IPD)**

**Data Provider**

French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry and the Agence Francais de Developpement

**Description Website Data Source Type Respondents Frequency Coverage Public Access Description**

French Government http://www.cepii.fr/ProfilsInstitutionnelsDatabase.htm Country Security Risk Ratings Expert assessment Country office staff of the two ministries Every three years since 2006 Global sample of countries Yes The Institutional Profiles database presents a set of indicators on the institutional characteristics of 85 developed and developing countries. The subject scope covers a broad spectrum of these institutional characteristics: functioning of political institutions, public security, public governance, markets’ operating freedom, stakeholder co-ordination and strategic vision of the authorities and agents, security of transactions, market regulations and corporate governance, social dialogue, openness of society and markets, social cohesion.

|**Voice and Accountability**|2008|2007|2006|2005|2004|2003|2002|2000|1998|1996|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Political rights and functioning of political institutions|X|X|X||||||||
|Freedom of the press|X|X|X||||||||
|Freedom of asso ciation|X|X|X||||||||
|Freedom of asse mbly and demonstration|X|X|X||||||||
|Respect for minorities (ethnic, religious, linguistic, etc)|X|X|X||||||||
|Transparency of public action in the economic field|X|X|X||||||||
|Transparency of economic policy (fiscal, taxation, monetary, exchange-rate)|X|X|X||||||||
|Award of public procurement contracts and delegation of public service|X|X|X||||||||
|Free movement of persons, information, etc|X|X|X||||||||
|**Political Stability and Absence of Violence**|||||||||||
|Conflicts of ethnic, religious, regional nature ...|X|X|X||||||||
|Violent actions by underground political organisations|X|X|X||||||||
|Violent social conflicts|X|X|X||||||||
|External public security|X|X|X||||||||
|**Government Effectiveness**<br>Government-citizen relations|X|X|X||||||||
|Capacity of the tax administration to implement measures decided on|X|X|X|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|
|Quality of the supply of public goods: education and basic health|X|X|X||||||||
|Capacity of the political authorities|X|X|X||||||||
|**Regulatory Quality**|||||||||||
|Administrative business start-up formalities|X|X|X||||||||
|Administered prices and market prices|X|X|X||||||||
|Competition: productive sect or: ease of market entry for new firms|X|X|X||||||||
|Competition between businesses: competition regulation arrangements|X|X|X||||||||
|**Rule of Law**|||||||||||
|Respect for law in relations between citizens and the administration|X|X|X||||||||
|Security of persons and goods|X|X|X||||||||
|Organised criminal activity (drug-trafficking, arms-trafficking, etc.|X|X|X||||||||
|Importance of the informal economy|X|X|X||||||||
|Importance of tax evasion in the formal sect or|X|X|X||||||||
|Importance of cust oms evasion (smuggling, under-declaration, etc)|X|X|X||||||||
|Running of the justice system|X|X|X||||||||
|Security of traditional property rights|X|X|X||||||||
|Security of property rights: formal property rights|X|X|X||||||||
|Security of contracts between private agents|X|X|X||||||||
|Government respect for contracts|X|X|X||||||||
|Settlement of economic disputes: just ice in commercial matters|X|X|X||||||||
|Intellectual property|X|X|X||||||||
|Arrangements for the protection of intellect ual property|X|X|X||||||||
|Agricultural sector: security of rights and property transactions|X|X|X|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|
|**Control of Corruption**|||||||||||
|Corruption|X|X|X||||||||
|60<br>**Country coverage**|**85**|**85**|**85**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|
|**Year of Publication**|**2006**|**2006**|**2006**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|**..**|