The Worldwide Governance Indicators : Methodology and Analytical Issues

Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo

dc.creator	Kaufmann, Daniel
dc.creator	Kraay, Aart
dc.creator	Mastruzzi, Massimo
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:42:03Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:42:03Z
dc.date	2010-09-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:05:51Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:05:51Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100924120727
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3913
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244883
dc.description	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 Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. The aggregate indicators are based on several hundred individual underlying variables, taken from a wide variety of existing data sources. The data reflect the views on governance of survey respondents and public, private, and NGO sector experts worldwide. The WGI also explicitly report margins of error accompanying each country estimate. These reflect the inherent difficulties in measuring governance using any kind of data. Even after taking these margins of error into account, the WGI permit meaningful cross-country and over-time comparisons. The aggregate indicators, together with the disaggregated underlying source data, are available at www.govindicators.org.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5430
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABUSE
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS
dc.subject	AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject	AGGREGATE INDICATOR
dc.subject	AGGREGATE INDICATORS
dc.subject	AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject	AGGREGATION METHODOLOGY
dc.subject	AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
dc.subject	AUTHORITY
dc.subject	AVERAGE LEVEL
dc.subject	BANKS
dc.subject	BIASES
dc.subject	BRIBE
dc.subject	BRIBES
dc.subject	BROADER ASPECT OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	CHOICE OF UNITS FOR GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CIVIL SERVICE
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES
dc.subject	COMPARISONS OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	COMPOSITE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject	COMPOSITE INDICATOR
dc.subject	COMPOSITE INDICATORS
dc.subject	COMPOSITE MEASURES
dc.subject	CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
dc.subject	CONSENSUS
dc.subject	CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject	CONTROL OF CORRUPTION
dc.subject	CORRUPT
dc.subject	CORRUPTION
dc.subject	CORRUPTION INDICATOR
dc.subject	CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS
dc.subject	CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
dc.subject	COUNTRY COVERAGE
dc.subject	COUNTRY ESTIMATE
dc.subject	COUNTRY RANKINGS
dc.subject	COUNTRY RISK GUIDE
dc.subject	CRIME
dc.subject	DEFINITION OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	DISCLOSURE
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	DISTURBANCE TERM
dc.subject	DOMESTIC FIRMS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL METHODS
dc.subject	EQUATIONS
dc.subject	EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	GOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE COMPONENT
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE DATA
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE DIMENSION
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE ESTIMATE
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE INDICATOR
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE ISSUES
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE OUTCOMES
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE PERCEPTIONS
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE RATING
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject	INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY
dc.subject	INTEGRITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	JUSTICE
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	MATRICES
dc.subject	MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
dc.subject	MEASURE OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subject	MEASURING GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	MEDIA
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF FINANCE
dc.subject	MISSING OBSERVATIONS
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	NOTIONS OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	OUTLIERS
dc.subject	PERCEPTIONS INDEX
dc.subject	POLICE
dc.subject	POLICY ADVICE
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMIC RISK
dc.subject	POLITICAL RISK
dc.subject	POLITICAL STABILITY
dc.subject	PRECISION
dc.subject	PRIVATE GAIN
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	PROBABILITY
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC OFFICIAL
dc.subject	PUBLIC OFFICIALS
dc.subject	PUBLIC POWER
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	QUALITY OF PUBLIC
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	REGULATORY QUALITY
dc.subject	RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject	RULE OF LAW
dc.subject	SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
dc.subject	SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY
dc.subject	STANDARD DEVIATION
dc.subject	STANDARD ERRORS
dc.subject	STATISTICAL CONFIDENCE
dc.subject	STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
dc.subject	SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject	SUBJECTIVE DATA
dc.subject	TERRORISM
dc.subject	TIME SERIES
dc.subject	TRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL
dc.subject	UNOBSERVED GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	VALIDITY
dc.subject	VIOLENCE
dc.subject	VOTING
dc.subject	WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.title	The Worldwide Governance Indicators : Methodology and Analytical Issues
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region