Regulatory Quality Index

The regulatory quality index measures the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. It is computed from survey data from multiple sources. The index values range from -2.5 (very poor performance) to +2.5 (excellent performance). This is also an MCC indicator, under the criterion of encouraging economic freedom. The MCC rescales the values as percentile rankings relative to the set of MCA eligible countries, ranging from a value from 0 (for very poor performance) to 100 (for excellent performance). Some country reports use the MCC scaling. World Bank Institute, http://www.govindicators.org

Source: World Bank, Governance Indicators

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