Poor quality of institutional performance in SMPCs Critical Issue: Governance indicators by region, 2017 VA: Voice and Accountability PS: Political Stability Source: WGI (2017) Score Score GE: Government Effectiveness RQ: Regulatory Quality RL: Rule of Law CC: Control of Corruption 2007 2017 VA: Voice and Accountability PS: Political Stability GE: Government Effectiveness RQ: Regulatory Quality RL: Rule of Law CC: Control of Corruption VA PS GE RQ RL CC The following SMPCs are involved: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia. SMPCS score below all regions of the world on the six dimensions of the World Governance Indicators (WGIs). Previous institutional reforms have not resulted in significant, positive outcomes. However, some SMPCs perform better than others on some WGIs.