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Purpose and objectives of RGS The purpose of RGS is to strengthen good governance and enhance performance in public administration organs so that national strategies and programmes geared towards poverty reduction and socio-economic development are effectively implemented and can achieve the set goals. RGS seeks to meet the following objectives: �� To generate credible and reliable data on governance issues for national and international stakeholders �� To serve as a practical tool that will drive policy reform through the identifi cation of areas for improvement and actionable recommendations �� To contribute to current knowledge about governance in Rwanda. The innovation itself RGS is an innovative governance assessment tool constructed from data based on over 200 questions. It measures governance along eight indicators made up of 35 sub-indicators and 143 qualitative and quantitative sub-sub-indicators. The eight key indicators that have been benchmarked are the following: Rule of Law; Political Rights and Civil Liberties; Participation and Inclusiveness; Safety and Security; Investing in People; Control of Corruption; Transparency and Accountability; Quality of Service Delivery; and Economic and Corporate Governance. One of the greatest strengths of the Rwanda Governance Scorecard is its use of multiple sources to construct the indicators, sub-indicators and sub-subindicators. They are developed on three main bases, namely: International frameworks, International indexes and homegrown indicators. RWANDA GOVERNANCE SCORECARD 2012 1 Rule of Law 73.37 Separation of power 75.45 Performance of the Prosecution 75.9 Performance of the Judiciary 74.96 Access to legal Aid 67.18 2 Political Rights and Civil Liberties 73.62 Quality of democracy 81.03 Vibrancy of non-state actors in policy formulation 65.51 Political parties registration and operations 75.83 Access to public information 57.5 Respect for human rights 78.6 Core international human rights conventions 83.27 3 Participation and Inclusiveness 75.26 Decentralisation and citizen participation 76.7 Civil society participation 62.57 Gender parity in leadership 78.91 Power sharing 82.84 4 Safety and Security 91.36 Maintaining security 96.25 National security 94.03 Personal and property safety 91.68 Reconciliation, social cohesion and Unity 83.45 5 Investing in People 78.80 Education 79.81 Health 77.78 6 Control of Corruption, Transparency and Accountability 77.10 Incidence of Corruption 73.46 Control of Corruption 79.65 Transparency and Accountability 78.2 7 Quality of Service Delivery 70.44 Local Government 77.27 Justice Sector 69.95 Health Sector 82.23 Education Sector 73.75 Land Sector 73.15 Agricultural Sector 77.7 Water Sector 56.7 Infrastructure Sector 52.8 8 Economic and Corporate Governance 74.93 Macroeconomic Indicators 62.29 Business Environment Promotion 86.88 SMEs development and cross-border trade 55.0 Private sector promotion 82.25 Generating evidence to drive policy reform 0 – 25 R 25.01 – 50 A 50.01 – 75 Y 75.01 – 100 G An important note: Scores are based on a scale of 0 – 100. The RGS scores should be interpreted with the understanding that the higher the score, the better. Contact P.O. Box 6819 Kigali-Rwanda Email: info@rgb.rw ceo@ rgb.rw www.rgb.rw @RGB_rw Rwanda Governance Board President of the Republic of Rwanda H.E. Paul Kagame (seated centre), and other senior government offi cials with District Mayors during the District Performance Contracts (Imihigo) Award 2012 and the launch of the Agaciro Development Fund


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