25

Indicator:

Number of countries classified as free/partly free/not free

Source:

Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and

Civil Liberties, Freedom House.

Performance Goal 1:

Level of

YEAR

1993

1996

1999

freedom and participation

B

improved.

PLANNED

net

"+1" indicates an expected

positive movement in category

ACTUAL

14 F

18 F

in one country.

42 P

40 P

26 N

24 N

Africa

PLN

+1

F = Free

ACT

4

F

5

F

P = Partly Free

8

P

11 P

N = Not Free

15 N

11 N

B = Baseline

The Near East,

PLN

+1

net

= net change

South and East

Asia

ACT

1 F

2 F

9 P

6 P

4 N

6 N

Latin America

PLN

0

and the

Caribbean

ACT

4

F

4

F

10 P

11 P

1

N

0

N

Europe and the

PLN

+1

Newly

Independent

ACT

5

F

7

F

States

15 P

12 P

6

N

7 N