comparability, we also utilize cross-country governance indicators. …

KNOWLEDGE ABOUT STATE CAPACITY IN NIGERIA BY TAKING STOCK OF ECONOMIC AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES. USING A SIMPLE GROWTH MODEL, WE …

This paper attempts to propose a methodology to combine different dimensions of governance indicators into a composite … index. The governance index is computed as the weighted average of principal components of the standardized governance … indicators, where weights are variances of successive principal components. Since the notion of good governance is multi …

This paper examines the statistical importance of governance infrastructure as a determinant of U.S. foreign direct … investment. In broad terms, governance infrastructure represents attributes of legislation, regulation, and legal systems that … recipient is estimated. The results indicate that countries that fail to achieve a minimum threshold of effective governance are …

topic of governance saw us fly off in many directions, and after some discussion of public sector reform processes we found … the aspects of governance, however, allows little to be studied in depth, and anyway that is not the objective of this … research project. This paper therefore begins by making clear the nature of governance generally and then how and why this …

We contribute to the field of urban governance and globalization through an empirically-based exploration of … indicators of globalization (at the country and city level), city governance, city performance (access and quality of … framework and a set of hypotheses, and then test them econometrically. The findings suggest that good governance and …

good governance (using latent variable approach) and a financial decentralisation index. Panel data is employed to explore … if better quality of institutional arrangements (of governance and more financial decentralisation) lead to better …