Admittedly, a leader’s integrity and competence are more difficult to measure than outcomes (such as per capita income, life expectancy, infant mortality, literacy, and crime). But some of the component indicators of the IIAG (such as rule of law, bureaucratic red tape, and fiscal policy) are more directly under government control.
必须承认，一个领导人的品质和能力要比其成果（诸如人均收入、预期寿命、新生儿死亡率，识字率和犯罪率）更加难以测量。但易卜拉欣非洲治理指数中的某些成分指数（例如法治成都，官僚办事作风以及财政政策）都更直接地处于政府当局控制之下。