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WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Childcare, Public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing quality standards for the provision of center-based childcare services

The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing quality standards for the provision of center-based childcare services in practice. Experts rate enforcement on a five-point Likert scale (0–4), where 0 indicates no enforcement of laws establishing quality standards for the provision of center-based childcare services, and 4 indicates full enforcement of such laws.

Enforcement perceptions indicator-level score is contingent upon the score of the corresponding legal frameworks indicator and calculated by taking the median value of individual expert responses on the five-point Likert scale (0–4) at the economy level. For indicators that correspond to a partially scored legal frameworks indicator, a weighted approach is applied. For details on underlying questions and scoring assumptions, please refer to the WBL Methodology Handbook (link: https://wbl.worldbank.org/content/dam/sites/wbl/documents/2026/WBL-Methodology-Handbook-2026-FINAL.pdf).