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
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