Mo Ibrahim Index on governance performance assesses countries with scores and ranking in the five categories namely: security, participation and human right, sustainable economic opportunity and human development.
The Index pointed out that Rwanda’s performance in human Development has been underpinned by improvements three sub-categories including Welfare, Education and Health.
Within the category of safety and Rule of Law, Rwanda’s highest sub-category score is in National Security (68.1) but there has been no improvement since 2011 and this score only places the country as 39th on the continent, the report said.
The index indicates that rule of Law [in the country’s system] has also slipped since 2011, with the sub-category score having fallen by -0.5 points. This decline has been especially driven by deteriorating performance in the Judicial Independence indicator (-2.7), it said.
In the participation and human rights category Rwanda scores 46.3 out of 100, making it to rank 30 out of 54 countries surveyed.
Rwanda’s best sub-category score is in Gender (85.0) in which the country is the best performer on the continent while the weakest sub-category performance is in Rights sub-category, in which it ranks 39th with a score of 34.5%, the report said.
It further noted that Rwanda is the most improved landlocked country in terms of Sustainable Economic Opportunity on the continent, having shown a score increase of +2.1 points since 2011. “Within Sustainable Economic Opportunity Rwanda’s best sub-category performance is in rural sector, with a score of 78.7%
Impressive 2014 results in the rural sector sub-category make Rwanda the 2nd best performer on the continent and the best in East Africa and in the East African Community, according to the index. Enditem
Source:Xinhua
