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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