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The Index Provider then matches each company’s country of risk against that country’s “Democracy Score” assigned by The Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd.’s Democracy Index. A country’s Democracy Score can range from 0-10 and is a composite of sixty indicators, which are grouped into the following five categories:
1. Electoral process and pluralism 2. Civil liberties 3. The functioning of government 4. Political participation 5. Political culture
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The Index Provider then matches each company’s country of risk against that country’s “Democracy Score” assigned by The Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd.’s Democracy Index. A country’s Democracy Score can range from 0-10 and is a composite of sixty indicators, which are grouped into the following five categories:
1. Electoral process and pluralism
2. Civil liberties
3. The functioning of government
4. Political participation
5. Political culture