Governance Indicators : Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going?
Scholars, policymakers, aid donors, and aid recipients acknowledge the importance of good governance for development. This understanding has spurred an intense interest in more refined, nuanced, and policy-relevant indicators of governance. In th...
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ABUSES ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AGGREGATE INDICATOR AGGREGATE INDICATORS AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION AGENCY ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSIONS ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY AUDITORS AUTHORITY AVERAGE RESPONSES BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES COMPOSITE INDICATORS CONFIDENCE CONSENSUS CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CONSTITUTIONS CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CORRUPT CORRUPTION CONTROL CORRUPTION DIAGNOSTICS CORRUPTION INDICATOR CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX CORRUPTION SURVEYS COUNTRY COMPARABILITY COUNTRY COMPARISONS COUNTRY COVERAGE COUNTRY RANKINGS COUNTRY RATINGS CPI DECISION-MAKERS DEFINITION OF GOVERNANCE DEGREE OF MEASUREMENT ERROR DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE DOMESTIC FIRMS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ETHICS EXCHANGE OF IDEAS FAILURE OF GOVERNANCE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION FREEDOM OF SPEECH FREEDOM OF THE PRESS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES GOVERNANCE INDICATOR GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT GOVERNANCE OUTCOMES GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GOVERNMENT STABILITY HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INTEGRITY INVESTMENT CLIMATE JUDICIAL CORRUPTION JUSTICE LAWS LAWYERS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION MACROECONOMICS MEASURE OF GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT CHALLENGES MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASURING CORRUPTION MEASURING GOVERNANCE MEDIA MINISTER MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS NOTIONS OF GOVERNANCE OUTCOME INDICATORS PEER REVIEW PER CAPITA INCOME PERCEPTIONS INDEX PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PETTY CORRUPTION POLICE POLICY ACTION POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ANALYSIS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL INTERFERENCE POLITICAL RISK PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF PUBLIC REFORM EFFORTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGIME RULE OF LAW SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBJECTIVE DATA SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS SUBJECTIVE RATINGS TAXATION TRANSPARENCY UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL UNOBSERVED GOVERNANCE VOTING WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS |
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ABUSES ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AGGREGATE INDICATOR AGGREGATE INDICATORS AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION AGENCY ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSIONS ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY AUDITORS AUTHORITY AVERAGE RESPONSES BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES COMPOSITE INDICATORS CONFIDENCE CONSENSUS CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CONSTITUTIONS CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CORRUPT CORRUPTION CONTROL CORRUPTION DIAGNOSTICS CORRUPTION INDICATOR CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX CORRUPTION SURVEYS COUNTRY COMPARABILITY COUNTRY COMPARISONS COUNTRY COVERAGE COUNTRY RANKINGS COUNTRY RATINGS CPI DECISION-MAKERS DEFINITION OF GOVERNANCE DEGREE OF MEASUREMENT ERROR DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE DOMESTIC FIRMS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ETHICS EXCHANGE OF IDEAS FAILURE OF GOVERNANCE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION FREEDOM OF SPEECH FREEDOM OF THE PRESS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES GOVERNANCE INDICATOR GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT GOVERNANCE OUTCOMES GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GOVERNMENT STABILITY HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INTEGRITY INVESTMENT CLIMATE JUDICIAL CORRUPTION JUSTICE LAWS LAWYERS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION MACROECONOMICS MEASURE OF GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT CHALLENGES MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASURING CORRUPTION MEASURING GOVERNANCE MEDIA MINISTER MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS NOTIONS OF GOVERNANCE OUTCOME INDICATORS PEER REVIEW PER CAPITA INCOME PERCEPTIONS INDEX PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PETTY CORRUPTION POLICE POLICY ACTION POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ANALYSIS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL INTERFERENCE POLITICAL RISK PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF PUBLIC REFORM EFFORTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGIME RULE OF LAW SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBJECTIVE DATA SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS SUBJECTIVE RATINGS TAXATION TRANSPARENCY UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL UNOBSERVED GOVERNANCE VOTING WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart Governance Indicators : Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going? |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4370 |
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Scholars, policymakers, aid donors, and
aid recipients acknowledge the importance of good governance
for development. This understanding has spurred an intense
interest in more refined, nuanced, and policy-relevant
indicators of governance. In this paper we review progress
to date in the area of measuring governance, using a simple
framework of analysis focusing on two key questions: (i)
what do we measure? and, (ii) whose views do we rely on?
For the former question, we distinguish between indicators
measuring formal laws or rules 'on the books', and
indicators that measure the practical application or
outcomes of these rules 'on the ground', calling
attention to the strengths and weaknesses of both types of
indicators as well as the complementarities between them.
For the latter question, we distinguish between experts and
survey respondents on whose views governance assessments are
based, again highlighting their advantages, disadvantages,
and complementarities. We also review the merits of
aggregate as opposed to individual governance indicators.
We conclude with some simple principles to guide the
refinement of existing governance indicators and the
development of future indicators. We emphasize the need to:
transparently disclose and account for the margins of error
in all indicators; draw from a diversity of indicators and
exploit complementarities among them; submit all indicators
to rigorous public and academic scrutiny; and, in light of
the lessons of over a decade of existing indicators, to be
realistic in the expectations of future indicators. |
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Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart |
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Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart |
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Governance Indicators : Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going? |
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Governance Indicators : Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going? |
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Governance Indicators : Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going? |
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Governance Indicators : Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going? |
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Governance Indicators : Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going? |
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governance indicators : where are we, where should we be going? |
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okr-10986-75882021-04-23T14:02:34Z Governance Indicators : Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going? Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart ABUSES ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS AGGREGATE INDICATOR AGGREGATE INDICATORS AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION AGENCY ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSIONS ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY AUDITORS AUTHORITY AVERAGE RESPONSES BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES COMPOSITE INDICATORS CONFIDENCE CONSENSUS CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CONSTITUTIONS CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CORRUPT CORRUPTION CONTROL CORRUPTION DIAGNOSTICS CORRUPTION INDICATOR CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX CORRUPTION SURVEYS COUNTRY COMPARABILITY COUNTRY COMPARISONS COUNTRY COVERAGE COUNTRY RANKINGS COUNTRY RATINGS CPI DECISION-MAKERS DEFINITION OF GOVERNANCE DEGREE OF MEASUREMENT ERROR DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DIMENSION OF GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE DOMESTIC FIRMS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ETHICS EXCHANGE OF IDEAS FAILURE OF GOVERNANCE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION FREEDOM OF SPEECH FREEDOM OF THE PRESS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES GOVERNANCE INDICATOR GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT GOVERNANCE OUTCOMES GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GOVERNMENT STABILITY HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INTEGRITY INVESTMENT CLIMATE JUDICIAL CORRUPTION JUSTICE LAWS LAWYERS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION MACROECONOMICS MEASURE OF GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT CHALLENGES MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASURING CORRUPTION MEASURING GOVERNANCE MEDIA MINISTER MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS NOTIONS OF GOVERNANCE OUTCOME INDICATORS PEER REVIEW PER CAPITA INCOME PERCEPTIONS INDEX PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PETTY CORRUPTION POLICE POLICY ACTION POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ANALYSIS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL INTERFERENCE POLITICAL RISK PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF PUBLIC REFORM EFFORTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGIME RULE OF LAW SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBJECTIVE DATA SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS SUBJECTIVE RATINGS TAXATION TRANSPARENCY UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL UNOBSERVED GOVERNANCE VOTING WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS Scholars, policymakers, aid donors, and aid recipients acknowledge the importance of good governance for development. This understanding has spurred an intense interest in more refined, nuanced, and policy-relevant indicators of governance. In this paper we review progress to date in the area of measuring governance, using a simple framework of analysis focusing on two key questions: (i) what do we measure? and, (ii) whose views do we rely on? For the former question, we distinguish between indicators measuring formal laws or rules 'on the books', and indicators that measure the practical application or outcomes of these rules 'on the ground', calling attention to the strengths and weaknesses of both types of indicators as well as the complementarities between them. For the latter question, we distinguish between experts and survey respondents on whose views governance assessments are based, again highlighting their advantages, disadvantages, and complementarities. We also review the merits of aggregate as opposed to individual governance indicators. We conclude with some simple principles to guide the refinement of existing governance indicators and the development of future indicators. We emphasize the need to: transparently disclose and account for the margins of error in all indicators; draw from a diversity of indicators and exploit complementarities among them; submit all indicators to rigorous public and academic scrutiny; and, in light of the lessons of over a decade of existing indicators, to be realistic in the expectations of future indicators. 2012-06-08T20:13:43Z 2012-06-08T20:13:43Z 2007-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8607039/governance-indicators-going http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7588 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4370 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 |