Afghanistan ≈ stable 1 movements coded · 1978 → 1978 · final composite drift: +7.0
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Composite statist-drift trajectory with movements fiscal axes — what moved and which way spending level fiscal fiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
↑ higher spending share ↓ lower spending share transfer expansion fiscal fiscal.transfer_expansion
Size of cash and near-cash transfer programmes (unemployment benefits, means-tested assistance, universal child benefits). Architecturally distinct from forced-saving schemes — see condition welfare_architecture.
↑ larger transfer footprint ↓ smaller transfer footprint
regulatory axes — what moved and which way product market competition regulatory regulatory.product_market_competition
Product-market regulation, entry barriers, licensing burdens, network-industry regulation, price controls.
↑ more competition-friendly (lower entry barriers) ↓ more restrictive regulation, higher entry barriers
institutional axes — what moved and which way property rights institutional institutional.property_rights
Security of private property rights — formal recognition, expropriation risk, titling systems.
↑ stronger property rights ↓ weaker property rights
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