Variable: Practice: appointments to audit institution support agency's independence

QoG Code: (aii_q08)


Dataset: Africa Integrity Indicators

Description:

Sub-score (0-100). Question no. 8. In practice, appointments to the supreme audit institution support the independence of the agency.

A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) appointments to positions in the agency follow a merit-based system,
2) appointees are free of conflicts of interest due to personal loyalties, family connections, political party affiliations or other biases, and
3) auditors are disciplined/removed/transferred only through due process by a peer panel/oversight body.

A 50 score is earned where any of the following conditions apply:
1) appointments don't always follow a merit-based system,
2) appointees sometimes have conflicts of interest, or
3) auditors are sometimes disciplined/removed/transferred without observing due process by a peer panel/oversight body.

A 0 score is earned where at least one of the following conditions apply:
1) appointments to positions in the agency rarely or never follow a merit-based system, or the merit-based system is so weak that individuals with less merit are usually appointed over those with more merit,
2) appointees usually have conflicts of interest due to personal loyalties, family connections, political party affiliations or other biases, or
3) appointees are usually disciplined/removed/transferred without observing due process by a peer panel/oversight body.

Type of variable: Continuous

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Last updated by source: 2023-07-04


Categories:

Quality of Government


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