quality of governance) and the degree of market segmentation (depending on the level of ethnic fractionalization). The model …. Our results have important implications for the conditions under which policy reform will enhance financial development. …

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 …

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 … wide variety of existing data sources. The data reflect the views on governance of survey respondents and public, private …

the inherent difficulties in measuring governance using any kind of data. The authors also briefly describe the evolution …This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 … countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2007: Voice and Accountability, Political …

explores the price and quantity components of the relationship between governance and service delivery using micro-level survey … data. The authors construct new measures of governance using data from users of public services from 13 government agencies …

Scholars, policymakers, aid donors, and aid recipients acknowledge the importance of good governance for development … principles to guide the refinement of existing governance indicators and the development of future indicators. We emphasize the …. This understanding has spurred an intense interest in more refined, nuanced, and policy-relevant indicators of governance …

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