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1 1 ISSN: 2306-9376 RWANDA GOVERNANCE BOARD (RGB) RWANDA GOVERNANCE SCORECARD 2012 December 2012 2 RWANDA GOVERNANCE Board (RGB) Zigama CSS Plaza, Remera Box 6819 Kigali RWANDA Tel. (+250)255112023 Twitter logo: @rgb_rw Facebook logo: RWANDA GOVERNANCE Board RWANDA GOVERNANCE Board December, 2012 All rights reserved. No party of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any electronic means, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission by RWANDA GOVERNANCE Board.

2 ISSN: 2306-9376 Design & Printing: National Electoral Commission (NEC) 3 ISSN: 2306-9376 RWANDA GOVERNANCE BOARD (RGB) RWANDA GOVERNANCE SCORECARD 2012 December 2012 4 This publication was created by the RWANDA GOVERNANCE Board, under the direction of Professor Shyaka Anastase. The following researchers participated in the development of the RWANDA GOVERNANCE SCORECARD : Dr. F licien Usengumukiza Pacifique Barihuta Nadine Umutoni Gatsinzi Solange Uwizeye Pacifique Niyitegeka Butera Tom Aim e Burume Umutesi RWANDA GOVERNANCE Board extends its gratitude to all institutions and individuals who provided data, insights and major achievements in RWANDA for the purpose of this SCORECARD .

3 RWANDA GOVERNANCE Board-RGB Kigali, RWANDA December 2012 5 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .. 5 I. SUMMARY OF THE RWANDA GOVERNANCE SCORECARD 2012 .. 7 II. INTRODUCTION .. 8 III. METHODOLOGY .. 9 INDICATORS, SUB-INDICATORS AND SUB SUB-INDICATORS .. 9 SOURCE OF INDICATORS, SUB-INDICATORS AND SUB SUB-INDICATORS .. 10 SOURCE OF DATA .. 11 HARD DATA .. 11 PERCEPTION SURVEYS .. 11 EXPERT SURVEYS .. 11 INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT, DATA IDENTIFICATION AND COLLECTION AND SCORING .. 12 DEVELOPING 12 IDENTIFYING DATA SOURCE .. 12 GATHERING AND VERIFYING DATA .. 12 SCORING AND DATA ANALYSIS .. 13 SCORING METHODS: FROM DATABASE TO SCORECARDS.

4 13 RANKING SYSTEM .. 14 IV. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RWANDA GOVERNANCE SCORECARD 2012 .. 15 RATING SUMMARY OF INDICATORS AND SUB-INDICATORS .. 15 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INDICATORS: .. 16 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SUB-INDICATORS: .. 18 IV. 4. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SUB SUB-INDICATORS: BEST AND LEAST PERFORMING SUB SUB-INDICATORS .. 20 V. DETAILED SCORES PER INDICATOR .. 22 RULE OF LAW .. 22 DETAILED DATA AND SCORES OF RULE OF LAW .. 23 KEY FINDINGS OF RULE OF LAW .. 24 POLITICAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES .. 25 DETAILED DATA AND SCORES OF POLITICAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES .. 25 KEY FINDINGS OF POLITICAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.

5 27 PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSIVENESS .. 29 DETAILED DATA AND SCORES OF PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSIVENESS .. 30 KEY FINDINGS OF PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSIVENESS .. 31 SAFETY AND SECURITY .. 32 DETAILED DATA AND SCORES OF SAFETY AND SECURITY .. 33 KEY FINDINGS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY .. 34 INVESTING IN PEOPLE .. 35 DETAILED DATA AND SCORES OF INVESTING IN PEOPLE .. 35 KEY FINDINGS OF INVESTING IN PEOPLE .. 36 CONTROL OF CORRUPTION, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY .. 38 DETAILED DATA AND SCORES OF CONTROL OF CORRUPTION, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY .. 38 6 KEY FINDINGS OF CONTROL OF CORRUPTION, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

6 39 QUALITY OF SERVICE DELIVERY .. 41 DETAILED DATA AND SCORES OF QUALITY OF SERVICE DELIVERY .. 41 KEY FINDINGS OF QUALITY OF SERVICE DELIVERY .. 42 ECONOMIC AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE .. 44 DETAILED DATA AND SCORES OF ECONOMIC AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE .. 44 KEY FINDINGS OF ECONOMIC AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE .. 45 VI. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .. 47 CONCLUSION .. 47 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS .. 49 IMPLEMENTATION: GOING FORWARD .. 51 7 I. SUMMARY OF THE RWANDA GOVERNANCE SCORECARD 2012 1. Rural of Law Separation of power Performance of the Prosecution Performance of the Judiciary Access to legal Aid 2.

7 Political Rights and Civil Liberties Quality of Democracy Vibrancy of Non-State actors in policy formulation Political parties Registration and operations Access to public information Respect for human rights Core international human rights conventions 3. Participation and Inclusiveness Decentralization and citizen participation Civil society participation Gender parity in leadership Power sharing 4. Safety and Security Maintaining security National Security Personal and Property safety Reconciliation, social cohesion and Unity 5. Investing in People Education Health 6.

8 Control of Corruption, Transparency and Accountability Incidence of Corruption Control of Corruption Transparency and Accountability 7. Quality of Service Delivery Local Government Justice Sector Health Sector Educ. Sector Land Sector Agri. Sector Water Sector Infra. Sector 8. Economic and Corporate GOVERNANCE Macroeconomic Indicators Business Environment Promotion SMEs development and cross-border trade Private sector promotion 0-25 R A Y 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.

9 Therefore, an increased score indicates a better performance just as a lower score indicates greater needs for improvement. 8 II. INTRODUCTION The RWANDA GOVERNANCE SCORECARD (RGS) 2012 is an annual publication of the RWANDA GOVERNANCE Board (RGB) that seeks to accurately gauge the state of GOVERNANCE in RWANDA . The 2012 edition of RGS captures data for 2011. The RGS is a comprehensive GOVERNANCE assessment tool constructed from data based on over 200 questions, which are structured based on a set of 8 indicators, 35 sub-indicators and 143 sub-sub-indicators.

10 This initiative reflects a continued commitment to evidence-based policies and objective self-assessment in order to identify areas for improvement and drive policy reforms. It has now become customary for RWANDA to produce evidence of its rapid economic development in various domains, including GOVERNANCE , to feed and inform a number of external comparative assessments. A unique and significant aspect of the RGS vis- -vis external assessments is that it utilizes a plethora of new, locally-generated data sources, such as citizen perception surveys and detailed institutional data, which are often not considered by external indexes.