countries need to improve their governance and build the capacity of the public sector to improve living standards, the Bank …'s performance in assisting governments in building state capacity and achieving better governance outcomes has been disappointing …

political institutions and civil society come onto the agenda only over the longer term; 2) Transformational governance has as … expectations in a positive direction; 3) For' just enough governance', the initial focus is on growth itself, with the aim of …

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

Governance is central to development outcomes in infrastructure, not least because corruption (a symptom of failed … governance) can have significantly negative impact on returns to infrastructure investment. This conclusion holds whether … infrastructure is in private or public hands. This paper looks at what has been learned about the role of governance in …

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

The authors report on the latest version of the worldwide governance indicators, covering 213 countries and territories … and measuring six dimensions of governance from 1996 until end-2005: voice and accountability, political stability and … experts worldwide. Although global averages of governance display no marked trends during 1996-2005, nearly one-third of …

adoption of two different types of participatory governance institutions influences municipal tax collection in Brazil …

The authors examine the role of governance-measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy-and ask how it … public spending can be explained by quality of governance. The authors find that public health spending lowers child and … infant mortality rates in countries with good governance. The results also indicate that as countries improve their …

organizations? recommendations for good governance. Yet the institutional design of multilayered government can create tensions as …