"The authors present the latest update of their aggregate governance indicators, together with new analysis of several … issues related to the use of these measures. The governance indicators measure the following six dimensions of governance: (1 …. They are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 37 separate data …

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 …

A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We … distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge … underplaying the role of the private sector. We then challenge the notion that governance and corruption cannot be measured …

Kaufmann, Kraay and Mastruzzi present the newly updated estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 209 … individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 37 separate data sources constructed by 31 different … organizations. The authors assign these individual measures of governance to categories capturing key dimensions of governance, and …

improve governance. This note explains how empirical surveys can inform and transform the policy dialogue, so that a workable …

Progress in measuring governance is assessed using a simple framework that distinguishes between indicators that … governance indicators. Some simple principles are identified to guide the use and refinement of existing governance indicators … and the development of future indicators. These include transparently disclosing and accounting for the margins of error …

Thomas (2009) dismisses the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) as an 'elaborate and unsupported hypothesis' because …

This article presents estimates of six dimensions of governance for 199 countries and territories for 1996, 1998, 2000 …, and 2002 developed in the context of an ongoing project to measure governance across countries. Section one describes the … data used in developing this round of the governance indicators, which include several new sources. Data sources used in …