Governance Matters VIII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996–2008

Governance Matters VIII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996–2008

This paper reports on the 2009 update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2008: Voice and Accountability, Political Stabil...

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Main Authors: Kaufmann, Daniel, Kraay, Aart, Mastruzzi, Massimo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE
ACCOUNTING
ADB
AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE
AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
AGGREGATE INDICATOR
AGGREGATE INDICATORS
AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
AGGREGATION METHODOLOGY
AGGREGATION PROCEDURE
ANTICORRUPTION
AUTHORITY
BANKS
BRIBE
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
BURDEN OF REGULATIONS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SURVEYS
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES
COMPARISONS OF GOVERNANCE
COMPOSITE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
COMPOSITE INDICATORS
CONFIDENCE
CONSEQUENCES OF GOVERNANCE
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CONTROL OF CORRUPTION
CORRUPT
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION INDICATOR
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
COUNTRY COMPARISONS
COUNTRY COVERAGE
COUNTRY ESTIMATE
COUNTRY RATINGS
COUNTRY RISK GUIDE
COUNTRY RISK SERVICE
CPI
CRIME
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEBT
DEMOCRACY
DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE
DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE
DOMESTIC FIRMS
EMPLOYMENT
ETHICS
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES
GOVERNANCE COMPONENT
GOVERNANCE DATA
GOVERNANCE ESTIMATE
GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES
GOVERNANCE INDEX
GOVERNANCE INDICATOR
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GOVERNANCE PERCEPTIONS
GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE
GOVERNANCE QUALITY
GOVERNANCE RATING
GOVERNANCE REFORMS
GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPROVEMENTS IN GOVERNANCE
INITIATIVE
INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE
INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY
INTEGRITY
INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
JUDICIARY
LABOR MARKET
LAWS
LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE
MACROECONOMICS
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASURING GOVERNANCE
MEDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OPERATIONAL RISK
ORGANIZED CRIME
PARLIAMENT
PERCEPTIONS INDEX
POLICE
POLICY ADVICE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMIC RISK
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL STABILITY
PRIVATE GAIN
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC POWER
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
PUBLIC-SECTOR
QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE
QUALITY OF PUBLIC
REGULATORY QUALITY
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RULE OF LAW
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
TERRORISM
TRADE POLICY
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL
UNOBSERVED GOVERNANCE
VIOLENCE
VOTING
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_20090629095443
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4170
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Summary:This paper reports on the 2009 update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2008: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. These aggregate indicators are based on hundreds of specific and disaggregated individual variables measuring various dimensions of governance, taken from 35 data sources provided by 33 different organizations. The data reflect the views on governance of public sector, private sector and NGO experts, as well as thousands of citizen and firm survey respondents worldwide. The authors also explicitly report the margins of error accompanying each country estimate. These reflect the inherent difficulties in measuring governance using any kind of data. They find that even after taking margins of error into account, the WGI permit meaningful cross-country comparisons as well as monitoring progress over time. The aggregate indicators, together with the disaggregated underlying indicators, are available at www.govindicators.org.

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