Context Is Everything : Measuring Institutional Change in Transition Economies

The author presents measures with which to map institution building during the transition from centrally planned to market economies. Data collection and indicators are measured in terms of five institutional dimensions of governance: a) accountabi...

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Main Author:	Campos, Nauro F.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AUTHORITY AVERAGE LEVEL BAD POLICIES BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK INTELLIGENCE CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL CODE COMMUNISM COMMUNIST CONSENSUS CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK GUIDE COURT SYSTEM CRIMINAL CODE DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DEMOCRACY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EFFECTS OF GOVERNANCE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES EXCHANGE OF IDEAS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATES HEAD OF STATE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPRISONMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN GOVERNANCE INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSURGENCY JUDICIAL DECISIONS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK MARKET ECONOMY MEDIA NATIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY CHOICES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL CONTROL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RIGHTS PRESIDENCY PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES RULE OF LAW SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIALISM TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/439013/context-everything-measuring-institutional-change-transition-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22281

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spelling	okr-10986-222812021-04-23T14:04:07Z Context Is Everything : Measuring Institutional Change in Transition Economies Campos, Nauro F. AUTHORITY AVERAGE LEVEL BAD POLICIES BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK INTELLIGENCE CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL CODE COMMUNISM COMMUNIST CONSENSUS CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK GUIDE COURT SYSTEM CRIMINAL CODE DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DEMOCRACY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EFFECTS OF GOVERNANCE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES EXCHANGE OF IDEAS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATES HEAD OF STATE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPRISONMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN GOVERNANCE INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSURGENCY JUDICIAL DECISIONS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK MARKET ECONOMY MEDIA NATIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY CHOICES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL CONTROL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RIGHTS PRESIDENCY PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES RULE OF LAW SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIALISM TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY The author presents measures with which to map institution building during the transition from centrally planned to market economies. Data collection and indicators are measured in terms of five institutional dimensions of governance: a) accountability; b) quality of the bureaucracy; c) rule of law; d) character of policy-making process; and e) strength of civil society. The author highlights the differences over time and between Central and Eastern European countries and those of the former Soviet Union. In terms of effects of per capita income and school enrollment, he finds the rule of law to be the most important institutional dimension, both for the sample as a whole and for differences between the two regions. In terms of life expectancy, however, the quality of the bureaucracy plays the most crucial role. One important message the author draws from the results is that institutions do change over time and are by no means as immutable as the literature has suggested. The range of feasible policy choices (for changing institutions) may be much wider than is often assumed. 2015-07-23T15:38:46Z 2015-07-23T15:38:46Z 2000-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/439013/context-everything-measuring-institutional-change-transition-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22281 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2269 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia
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topic	AUTHORITY AVERAGE LEVEL BAD POLICIES BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK INTELLIGENCE CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL CODE COMMUNISM COMMUNIST CONSENSUS CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK GUIDE COURT SYSTEM CRIMINAL CODE DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DEMOCRACY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EFFECTS OF GOVERNANCE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES EXCHANGE OF IDEAS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATES HEAD OF STATE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPRISONMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN GOVERNANCE INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSURGENCY JUDICIAL DECISIONS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK MARKET ECONOMY MEDIA NATIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY CHOICES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL CONTROL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RIGHTS PRESIDENCY PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES RULE OF LAW SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIALISM TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle	AUTHORITY AVERAGE LEVEL BAD POLICIES BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK INTELLIGENCE CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL CODE COMMUNISM COMMUNIST CONSENSUS CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK GUIDE COURT SYSTEM CRIMINAL CODE DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DEMOCRACY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EFFECTS OF GOVERNANCE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES EXCHANGE OF IDEAS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATES HEAD OF STATE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPRISONMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN GOVERNANCE INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSURGENCY JUDICIAL DECISIONS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK MARKET ECONOMY MEDIA NATIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY CHOICES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL CONTROL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RIGHTS PRESIDENCY PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES RULE OF LAW SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIALISM TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY Campos, Nauro F. Context Is Everything : Measuring Institutional Change in Transition Economies
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2269
description	The author presents measures with which to map institution building during the transition from centrally planned to market economies. Data collection and indicators are measured in terms of five institutional dimensions of governance: a) accountability; b) quality of the bureaucracy; c) rule of law; d) character of policy-making process; and e) strength of civil society. The author highlights the differences over time and between Central and Eastern European countries and those of the former Soviet Union. In terms of effects of per capita income and school enrollment, he finds the rule of law to be the most important institutional dimension, both for the sample as a whole and for differences between the two regions. In terms of life expectancy, however, the quality of the bureaucracy plays the most crucial role. One important message the author draws from the results is that institutions do change over time and are by no means as immutable as the literature has suggested. The range of feasible policy choices (for changing institutions) may be much wider than is often assumed.
format	Working Paper
author	Campos, Nauro F.
author_facet	Campos, Nauro F.
author_sort	Campos, Nauro F.
title	Context Is Everything : Measuring Institutional Change in Transition Economies
title_short	Context Is Everything : Measuring Institutional Change in Transition Economies
title_full	Context Is Everything : Measuring Institutional Change in Transition Economies
title_fullStr	Context Is Everything : Measuring Institutional Change in Transition Economies
title_full_unstemmed	Context Is Everything : Measuring Institutional Change in Transition Economies
title_sort	context is everything : measuring institutional change in transition economies
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/439013/context-everything-measuring-institutional-change-transition-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22281
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Context Is Everything : Measuring Institutional Change in Transition Economies

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