Governance is one of the key factors that shape the economic performance of an economy in terms of economic and trade … growth. However, accurately measuring the quality of governance is not an easy task. Research typically uses governance … governance indicator, which is free from perception and subjective biases. Our exercise is based on the inference that economies …

legitimacy and political leadership; and governance and state capacity. Overall, the selected indicators point to similar trends …

between aid and governance, both positive and negative. The second half of the chapter examines when donors should attach … countries where governance is strong. In other cases, donors may seek to attach conditions based on governance reform, and …

the quality of governance in an unbalanced panel data set consisting of all countries in the world (217 countries; due to … improvement in governance. These findings suggest an important virtuous circle between government revenue and governance. As a …