• 2016-12-19
IPM goes on publishing government success index. For reminding, we measure Index of the efficiency of government activity which is nothing more than the government's current activities. Also in the scopes of this project, effect of government’s activities in 2-5 years perspective is also measured, we call it Success expectation indexand According to the base of 2 above-described indexes, government rate is measured by its activities. You can see more technical information below.
 
Index of the efficiency of government activity
 
Index is based on the attitude of the society towards the steps taken in this or that field within a month.
The diagram below shows that the meaning of index is still highest for healthcare field (index-67). Police activities is also evaluated as above-average, for which the index is 62 Survey revealed distinctly negative results in Economical activity (index-33), Territorial integrity (index-32) and especially in field of Employment (index-26).
GAR1 eng 
The table below shows the Government’s general rating on 5-point scale.
 
GAR2 eng We identified the key fields, success in which, most significantly contributes to the population’s general satisfaction with Government activity. These fields are:
  1. Government’s attitude towards the population
  2. Economical activity/Unemployment level
  3. Foreign affairs
  4. Security, army
  5. Healthcare field
Success expectation index
 
We asked the respondents if the situation in different fields will deteriorate, improve or stay the same under Government’s current policies and reforms.
 
As we can see, index value for all of the fields is close to 0. Considering the wording of the question, such index value indicates that the population has neither hope for improvement nor expectations of deterioration. In other words, if the Government’s activity stays the same, situation in all of the fields will either insignificantly improve or stay as it is now.
 
GAR3 eng
 
Government Activity Rating
 
Government activity rate is formed on the bases of the two indexes given above.
 
Government activity rate is below-avarage for every research topic. Healthcare field is traditionally distinguished by highest meaning of index – 47. Extremely low rate is observed in Employment, Economical activity and Territorial integrity.
 
GAR4 eng
 
Technical information
 

Within the framework of research the population’s attitudes and expectations towards Government activity, in the most important fields are evaluated, resulting in 3 types of indexes:

  • Index of the efficiency of government activity
  • Success expectation Index
  • Government activity rate
The research was conducted in January 2017. 600 respondents from Tbilisi, over the age of 18, were surveyed by random selection method. Respondents were asked questions about Government’s activity concerning following fields:
 
  • Healthcare field
  • Education and science
  • Economical activity
  • Employment
  • Caring for socially vulnerable people (including pensioners)
  • Foreign affairs
  • Territorial integrity
  • Security, army
  • Police
  • Human rights
  • Government’s attitude towards the population
Explanation of indexes, terminology
 
Index of the efficiency of government activity expresses the attitude of the society towards the steps taken in this or that field within a month. The index depends on the proportion of positive and negative answers in each field. It makes sense from -100 to +100.
 
Success expectation Index expresses the expectation of the society towards the steps of the government taken in this or that field. The index depends on the proportion of positive and negative answers in each field. It makes sense from -100 to +100.
 
Government activity rate is a total of two indexes that expresses how satisfied the society is with the government’s ongoing work and how it trusties the government in the future. It makes sense from 0 to 100.