Governance indicators are now widely used as tools for conducting development dialogue, allocating external assistance …, and influencing foreign direct investment. This paper argues that available governance indicators are not suitable for … these purposes as they do not conceptualize governance and fail to capture how citizens perceive the governance environment …

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 …

industrial and developing countries differently in some cases. The authors also find that governance plays an important role as …

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 …

countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2008: Voice and Accountability, Political …This paper reports on the 2009 update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 … dimensions of governance, taken from 35 data sources provided by 33 different organizations. The data reflect the views on …

countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2007: Voice and Accountability, Political …This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 … various dimensions of governance, taken from 35 data sources provided by 32 different organizations. The data reflect the …

countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2006: Voice and Accountability, Political …This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 … various dimensions of governance, taken from 33 data sources provided by 30 different organizations. The data reflect the …

The Worldwide Governance Indicators, reporting estimates of six dimensions of governance for over 200 countries between …

and measuring six dimensions of governance from 1996 until end-2005: voice and accountability, political stability and … governance indicators is aimed at further enhancing the transparency of the methodology and of the resulting aggregate indicators …The authors report on the latest version of the worldwide governance indicators, covering 213 countries and territories …