Citizen-centric Governance Indicators : Measuring and Monitoring Governance by Listening to the People and Not the Interest Groups

Citizen-centric Governance Indicators : Measuring and Monitoring Governance by Listening to the People and Not the Interest Groups

Governance indicators are now widely used as tools for conducting development dialogue, allocating external assistance, and influencing foreign direct investment. This paper argues that available governance indicators are not suitable for these pur...

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Main Authors: Ivanyna, Maksym, Shah, Anwar
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABUSES
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCE
AGGREGATE INDICATORS
AGGREGATION PROCEDURE
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
ANTI-CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
AUDITOR
AUTHORITY
AVERAGE LEVEL
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITALS
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
CIVIL RIGHTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
COMMUNIST
COMPARISONS ACROSS COUNTRIES
COMPARISONS OF GOVERNANCE
COMPOSITE INDICATOR
CONFIDENCE
CONSENSUS
CORRUPT
CORRUPT PRACTICES
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX
COUNTRY GOVERNANCE
COUNTRY RANKINGS
DECISION MAKING
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS
DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE
DIRECT INVESTMENT
DUE PROCESS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL SITUATION
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FRAUD
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNANCE ESTIMATE
GOVERNANCE INDEX
GOVERNANCE INDICATOR
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNANCE OUTCOMES
GOVERNANCE QUALITY
GOVERNANCE RATINGS
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPROVEMENT IN GOVERNANCE
IMPROVING GOVERNANCE
INCOME
INTEGRITY
INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTIGATION
LACK OF CLARITY
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
LAWS
LEGISLATURE
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MALFEASANCE
MANDATES
MASS MEDIA
MEASURING GOVERNANCE
MONARCHY
MONOPOLY
NATIONS
OLIGARCHIES
PARLIAMENT
POLICE
POLICY DIALOGUE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POOR GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC OPINION
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE
QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE ACROSS COUNTRIES
QUALITY OF INSTITUTIONS
RECALL OF OFFICIALS
REFORM EFFORTS
REVOLUTION
RULE OF LAW
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEWAGE
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL OUTCOMES
TELEVISION
TRANSPARENCY
WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100114114441
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3699
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Summary:Governance indicators are now widely used as tools for conducting development dialogue, allocating external assistance, and influencing foreign direct investment. This paper argues that available governance indicators are not suitable for these purposes as they do not conceptualize governance and fail to capture how citizens perceive the governance environment and outcomes in their countries. The paper attempts to fill this void by conceptualizing governance and implementing a uniform and consistent framework for measuring governance quality across countries and over time based on citizens' evaluations. Using data from the World Values Survey (and other sources) we implement this framework into practice and build citizen-centric governance indicators for 120 countries over the period 1994 to 2005.

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