Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2007
This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2007: Voice and Accountability, Political Stab...
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ACCOUNTABILITY ADB AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AGGREGATE INDICATOR AGGREGATE INDICATORS AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AGGREGATION METHODOLOGY AGGREGATION PROCEDURE AUTHORITY BRIBE BUDGET MANAGEMENT BURDEN OF REGULATIONS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SURVEYS CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SERVICE COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES COMPARISONS OF GOVERNANCE COMPOSITE INDICATORS CONFIDENCE CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CORRUPT CORRUPTION CORRUPTION INDICATOR CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX COUNTRY COMPARISONS COUNTRY COVERAGE COUNTRY ESTIMATE COUNTRY RANKINGS COUNTRY RATINGS COUNTRY RISK GUIDE CPI CRIME DATA AVAILABILITY DEMOCRACY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE DOMESTIC FIRMS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY EMPLOYMENT ETHICS EXCHANGE OF IDEAS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE COMPONENT GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE ESTIMATE GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES GOVERNANCE INDEX GOVERNANCE INDICATOR GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE PERCEPTIONS GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE GOVERNANCE PROGRAM 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 LABOR MARKET POLICIES LAWS LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE MACROECONOMICS MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASURING GOVERNANCE MEDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NOTIONS OF GOVERNANCE 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 DEBT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POWER PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC-SECTOR QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE QUALITY OF PUBLIC REGULATORY QUALITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RULE OF LAW SOCIAL INTERACTIONS STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY TERRORISM TRADE POLICY TRANSPARENCY TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL UNOBSERVED GOVERNANCE VIOLENCE VOTING WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ADB AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AGGREGATE INDICATOR AGGREGATE INDICATORS AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AGGREGATION METHODOLOGY AGGREGATION PROCEDURE AUTHORITY BRIBE BUDGET MANAGEMENT BURDEN OF REGULATIONS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SURVEYS CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SERVICE COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES COMPARISONS OF GOVERNANCE COMPOSITE INDICATORS CONFIDENCE CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CORRUPT CORRUPTION CORRUPTION INDICATOR CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX COUNTRY COMPARISONS COUNTRY COVERAGE COUNTRY ESTIMATE COUNTRY RANKINGS COUNTRY RATINGS COUNTRY RISK GUIDE CPI CRIME DATA AVAILABILITY DEMOCRACY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE DOMESTIC FIRMS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY EMPLOYMENT ETHICS EXCHANGE OF IDEAS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE COMPONENT GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE ESTIMATE GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES GOVERNANCE INDEX GOVERNANCE INDICATOR GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE PERCEPTIONS GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE GOVERNANCE PROGRAM 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 LABOR MARKET POLICIES LAWS LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE MACROECONOMICS MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASURING GOVERNANCE MEDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NOTIONS OF GOVERNANCE 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 DEBT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POWER PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC-SECTOR QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE QUALITY OF PUBLIC REGULATORY QUALITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RULE OF LAW SOCIAL INTERACTIONS STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY TERRORISM TRADE POLICY TRANSPARENCY TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL UNOBSERVED GOVERNANCE VIOLENCE VOTING WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart Mastruzzi, Massimo Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2007 |
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Policy Research Working Paper No. 4654 |
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This paper reports on the latest update
of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research
project, covering 212 countries and territories and
measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and
2007: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and
Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness,
Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption.
The latest aggregate indicators are based on hundreds of
specific and disaggregated individual variables measuring
various dimensions of governance, taken from 35 data sources
provided by 32 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. The authors also briefly
describe the evolution of the WGI since its inception, and
show that the margins of error on the aggregate governance
indicators have declined over the years, even though they
still remain non-trivial. The authors find that even after
taking margins of error into account, the WGI permit
meaningful cross-country comparisons as well as monitoring
progress over time. In less than a decade, a substantial
number of countries exhibit statistically significant
improvements in at least one dimension of governance, while
other countries exhibit deterioration in some dimensions.
These aggregate indicators, spanning more than a decade,
together with the disaggregated individual indicators, are
available at www.govindicators.org. |
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Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart Mastruzzi, Massimo |
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Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart Mastruzzi, Massimo |
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Kaufmann, Daniel |
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Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2007 |
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Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2007 |
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Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2007 |
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Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2007 |
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Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2007 |
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governance matters vii : aggregate and individual governance indicators 1996-2007 |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9590599/governance-matters-vii-aggregate-individual-governance-indicators-1996-2007 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6870 |
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okr-10986-68702021-04-23T14:02:32Z Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2007 Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart Mastruzzi, Massimo ACCOUNTABILITY ADB AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AGGREGATE INDICATOR AGGREGATE INDICATORS AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AGGREGATION METHODOLOGY AGGREGATION PROCEDURE AUTHORITY BRIBE BUDGET MANAGEMENT BURDEN OF REGULATIONS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SURVEYS CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SERVICE COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES COMPARISONS OF GOVERNANCE COMPOSITE INDICATORS CONFIDENCE CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CORRUPT CORRUPTION CORRUPTION INDICATOR CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX COUNTRY COMPARISONS COUNTRY COVERAGE COUNTRY ESTIMATE COUNTRY RANKINGS COUNTRY RATINGS COUNTRY RISK GUIDE CPI CRIME DATA AVAILABILITY DEMOCRACY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE DOMESTIC FIRMS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY EMPLOYMENT ETHICS EXCHANGE OF IDEAS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE COMPONENT GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE ESTIMATE GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES GOVERNANCE INDEX GOVERNANCE INDICATOR GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE PERCEPTIONS GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE GOVERNANCE PROGRAM 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 LABOR MARKET POLICIES LAWS LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE MACROECONOMICS MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASURING GOVERNANCE MEDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NOTIONS OF GOVERNANCE 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 DEBT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POWER PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC-SECTOR QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE QUALITY OF PUBLIC REGULATORY QUALITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RULE OF LAW SOCIAL INTERACTIONS STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY TERRORISM TRADE POLICY TRANSPARENCY TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL UNOBSERVED GOVERNANCE VIOLENCE VOTING WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2007: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. The latest aggregate indicators are based on hundreds of specific and disaggregated individual variables measuring various dimensions of governance, taken from 35 data sources provided by 32 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. The authors also briefly describe the evolution of the WGI since its inception, and show that the margins of error on the aggregate governance indicators have declined over the years, even though they still remain non-trivial. The authors find that even after taking margins of error into account, the WGI permit meaningful cross-country comparisons as well as monitoring progress over time. In less than a decade, a substantial number of countries exhibit statistically significant improvements in at least one dimension of governance, while other countries exhibit deterioration in some dimensions. These aggregate indicators, spanning more than a decade, together with the disaggregated individual indicators, are available at www.govindicators.org. 2012-06-01T16:14:23Z 2012-06-01T16:14:23Z 2008-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9590599/governance-matters-vii-aggregate-individual-governance-indicators-1996-2007 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6870 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4654 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |