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 …

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 …

Six dimensions of governance are estimated covering 199 countries and territories for four periods: 1996, 1998, 2000 …, and 2002. The indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance drawn from … dimensions of governance. An unobserved-components model is used to construct six aggregate governance indicators in each of the …

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 …

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