Variable: Practice: civil servants' work is not compromised by political interference

QoG Code: (aii_q38)


Dataset: Africa Integrity Indicators

Description:

Sub-score (0-100). Question no. 38. In practice, civil servants' work is not compromised by political interference.

A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) civil servants are disciplined/removed/transferred only through due process by a peer panel/oversight body, and
2) civil servants are not removed when a new administration takes power.

A 50 score is earned where any of the following conditions apply:
1) civil servants are occasionally disciplined/removed/transferred without following due process by a peer panel/oversight body, or
2) civil servants are occasionally removed when a new administration takes power.

A 0 score is earned where at least one of the following conditions apply:
1) the due process is so weak it doesn't protect civil servants (e.g. the members of the panel that conducts the due process have a particular interest in how the issue is decided), or
2) civil servants are usually removed when a new administration takes power.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-12-04
Last updated by source: 2023-07-04


Categories:

Quality of Government


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Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 54
Standard time-series: 54


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