{
  "phase4ReleaseId": "africa-intelligence-comparison-history-v1.0.0",
  "title": "Africa Infra Index comparison methodology",
  "version": "comparison-v1",
  "principles": [
    "Compare evidence cells side by side; do not collapse them into a score.",
    "Keep sourced zero distinct from missing evidence.",
    "Expose claim status, confidence, comparability and provenance for every cell.",
    "Treat the Cassava AI Factory indicator as provider-specific context, never as national AI-compute capacity.",
    "Do not infer trends from one release snapshot."
  ],
  "selection": {
    "minimumMarkets": 2,
    "maximumMarkets": 4
  },
  "ranking": {
    "enabled": false,
    "reason": "Fewer than three comparable national dimensions are available across all eight markets."
  },
  "trendPolicy": {
    "state": "BASELINE_ONLY",
    "minimumValidatedSnapshots": 2,
    "currentValidatedSnapshots": 1,
    "changeCalculationEnabled": false
  },
  "missingEvidencePolicy": {
    "imputationAllowed": false,
    "missingEncodedAsZero": false,
    "sourcedZeroRequiresEvidence": true
  }
}