|**Table**|**Appendix B: Components of Aggregate Governance Indicators in 2008**<br>**B1: Voice and Accountability**|
|---|---|
|**Code**|**Concept Measured**|
|**Repr**<br>|**esentative Sources**<br>|
|**EIU**|Orderly transfers<br>Vested interests|
||Accountability of Public Officials<br>|
||Human Rights|
||Freedom of association|
||Democracy Index|
|**FRH**|_Civil liberties_: Freedom of speech, assembly, demonstration, religion, equal opportunity, excessive governmental intervention<br>|
||_Politica l Rights_: free and fair elect ions, representative legislative, free vote, political parties, no dominant group, respect for minorities|
|**FRP**|Freedom of the Press|
|**GAD**|Military Involvement in Politics|
||Inclusiveness / Patronage|
||Religious Freedom<br>|
|**GCS**|Opposition to the government<br>Newspapers can publish st ories of their choosing without fear of censorship or retaliation<br>When deciding upon policies and contract s, Government officials favor well-connected firms|
||Effect iveness of national Parliament/Congress as a law making and oversight institution<br>Passive voice|
|**GWP**|<br>Confidence in honesty of elections|
|**HUM**|Travel: domestic and foreign travel rest rictions|
||Freedom of political participation<br>_Imprisonments:_Are there any imprisoned people because of their ethnicity race or their political religious beliefs?|
||, , ,<br>Government censorship|
|**IPD**|Political rights and functioning of political institutions|
||Freedom of the press<br>Fd f ii|
||reeom o assocaton<br>Freedom of assembly and demonstration|
||Respect for minorities (ethnic, religious, linguistic, etc)|
||Transparency of public action in the economic field|
||Transparency of economic policy (fisca l, taxation, monetary, exchange-rate, etc)|
||Award of public procurement contract s and delegation of public service<br>Free movement of ersons information etc|
|**PRS**|p, ,<br>_Military in Politics_<br>The military are not elected by anyone, so their participation in government, either direct or indirect , reduces acco untability<br>and therefore represents a risk. The threat of military intervention might lead as well to an anticipated potentially inefficient change in policy or|
||<br>even in government|
||.<br>_Democratic Acco untability._ Quantifies how responsive government is to its people, on the basis that the less response there is the more likely is<br>that the government will fall, peacefully or violently. It includes not only if free and fair elect ions are in place, but also how like ly is the<br>government to remain in power|
|**RSF**|.<br>Press Freedom Index|
|**WMO**|_Institutional permanence:_An assessm ent of how mature and well-established the political system is.|
||<br>_Representativeness_:How well the population and organized interests can make their voices heard in the political system|
|**Non-r**|**epresentative Sources**|
|<br>**AFR**|<br>Elections are free and fair<br>Satisfaction with democracy|
||<br>Trust in Parliament|
|**BTI**|Stateness|
||Political Participation<br>Institutional Stability<br>Political and Social Integration|
|**CCR**|<br>Civil Liberties|
|**GII**|Accountability and public voice<br>Civil Society Organizations<br>|
||Media<br>Public Access to Information|
||Voting & Citizen Participation|
||<br>Election Integrity<br>|
||Political Financing<br>|
|**IFD**|Policy and legal framework for rural organizations<br>|
|**LBO**|Dialogue between government and rural organizations<br>Satisfaction with democracy<br>|
|**MSI**<br>|Trust in Parliament<br>Media Sustainability Index<br>|
|**OBI**|Open Budget Index|
|**VAB**|Trust in Parliament<br>|
|**WCY**|Satisfaction with democracy<br>Transparency of Government policy|

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