Up to eight dimensions of tenure contribution
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Every national leader, scored across up to eight dimensions of tenure contribution — from governance and economy to politics and crisis response. Compare current form against the legacy they'll leave behind.
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V-Dem V-Party — economic left–right (v2pariglef, expert-coded), high confidence, party position coded 1998.
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Strongest on politics — sharpest weakness governance.
The story
Sixto Durán-Ballén served as President of Ecuador. Sixto Durán-Ballén holds a moderate Legacy Rating of 62 out of 100. Their standout dimension is Politics (74/100).
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No sourced crisis signal. The World Bank GDP, UCDP battle-death and WGI political-stability series that drive this score don't cover this leader's mandate years.
Uneven profile — 32-point spread from Politics to Governance.
Country scores are blended with live World Bank data where available. Difficulty reflects the structural challenge of governing this nation — not the leader's individual performance.
Uneven profile — 32-point spread from Politics to Governance. No archetype rule matches that shape. This is a reading of the sourced stats — not a data gap.
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Sixto Durán-Ballén is a former President of Ecuador, from the Conservative Party.
Sixto Durán-Ballén holds a moderate Legacy Rating of 62 out of 100. It is a derived blend of sourced leadership dimensions — governance, communication, diplomacy and others — never an estimate.
Sixto Durán-Ballén's strongest leadership dimension is Politics (74/100); the weakest is Governance (42/100), ranked from the leadership radar.
Political coalition-building and governability
State management and policy execution capacity
Perceived transparency and anti-corruption track record