The Worldwide Governance Indicators : Methodology and Analytical Issues

The Worldwide Governance Indicators : Methodology and Analytical Issues

This paper summarizes the methodology of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project, and related analytical issues. The WGI cover over 200 countries and territories, measuring six dimensions of governance starting in 1996: Voice and Accounta...

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Main Authors: Kaufmann, Daniel, Kraay, Aart, Mastruzzi, Massimo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABUSE
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS
AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE
AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
AGGREGATE INDICATOR
AGGREGATE INDICATORS
AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
AGGREGATION METHODOLOGY
AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
AUTHORITY
AVERAGE LEVEL
BANKS
BIASES
BRIBE
BRIBES
BROADER ASPECT OF GOVERNANCE
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CHOICE OF UNITS FOR GOVERNANCE
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES
COMPARISONS OF GOVERNANCE
COMPOSITE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
COMPOSITE INDICATOR
COMPOSITE INDICATORS
COMPOSITE MEASURES
CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
CONSENSUS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CONTROL OF CORRUPTION
CORRUPT
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION INDICATOR
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
COUNTRY COVERAGE
COUNTRY ESTIMATE
COUNTRY RANKINGS
COUNTRY RISK GUIDE
CRIME
DEFINITION OF GOVERNANCE
DEMOCRACY
DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE
DISCLOSURE
DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNANCE
DISTURBANCE TERM
DOMESTIC FIRMS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
EMPIRICAL METHODS
EQUATIONS
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE COMPONENT
GOVERNANCE DATA
GOVERNANCE DIMENSION
GOVERNANCE ESTIMATE
GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES
GOVERNANCE INDICATOR
GOVERNANCE ISSUES
GOVERNANCE OUTCOMES
GOVERNANCE PERCEPTIONS
GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE
GOVERNANCE RATING
GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
HUMAN RIGHTS
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
JUSTICE
LAWS
MATRICES
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
MEASURE OF GOVERNANCE
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASURING GOVERNANCE
MEDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MISSING OBSERVATIONS
MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS
NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NOTIONS OF GOVERNANCE
OUTLIERS
PERCEPTIONS INDEX
POLICE
POLICY ADVICE
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMIC RISK
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL STABILITY
PRECISION
PRIVATE GAIN
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PROBABILITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC OFFICIAL
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC POWER
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF PUBLIC
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY QUALITY
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RULE OF LAW
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY
STANDARD DEVIATION
STANDARD ERRORS
STATISTICAL CONFIDENCE
STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
SUBJECTIVE DATA
TERRORISM
TIME SERIES
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL
UNOBSERVED GOVERNANCE
VALIDITY
VIOLENCE
VOTING
WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
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