This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time … of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources constructed by 18 different organizations. We assign these individual … measures of governance to categories capturing key dimensions of governance, and use an unobserved components model to …

emerging economies. We argue instead that sharper focus on external accountability is required, focusing on: transparency … financing reform, and transparency in parliaments, the judiciary and the executive. Recommendations on governance strategies for … worldwide governance, and present recent empirical evidence. Focusing on defining and unbundling key governance components, such …

existing literature on transparency in finance and governance, indicates remaining knowledge gaps, and offers some hypothesis … select consequences of transparency for national-level and local governance, identifying some policy implications and …The study of transparency is increasingly a more topical, broadly relevant, but also more under-researched enterprise …

, accountability, transparency, flexibility, and both goal and instrument independence; 2) Theoretical analysis of discrepancies of the …

significant public investment decisions. A plethora of participatory governance institutions have since proliferated in Brazil …. However, the OP constitutes one element in a broader complex system of participatory governance in Porto Alegre. Findings on …

significant public investment decisions. A plethora of participatory governance institutions have since proliferated in Brazil …. However, the OP constitutes one element in a broader complex system of participatory governance in Porto Alegre. Findings on …