Toward More Operationally Relevant Indicators of Governance

Increasing awareness of the importance of governance has been accompanied by an increase in the number of commercial firms and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) producing broad indicators of the quality of governance and public institutions. Fir...

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Main Authors: Knack, Stephen, Manning, Nick
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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spelling okr-10986-114072021-06-14T11:01:43Z Toward More Operationally Relevant Indicators of Governance Knack, Stephen Manning, Nick GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS LEGAL SYSTEMS JUDICIAL SYSTEM BUSINESS SURVEYS INFORMATION COLLECTION ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE CAREER STABILITY CAREER STABILITY INDEX CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE COMPENSATION INDEX CONVENTIONAL WISDOM CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS COUNTRY EXPERTS COUNTRY RISK GUIDE DATA COLLECTION DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMICS ELECTORAL RULES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FISCAL FOREIGN INVESTORS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE INDICATOR GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE RESEARCH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE INCIDENCE OF CORRUPTION INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM LAW INDEX MERITOCRATIC HIRING NATIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PERCEPTIONS INDEX PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POVERTY REDUCTION PRESIDENCY PROGRAMS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE RULE OF LAW TRANSPARENCY WATER SUPPLY Increasing awareness of the importance of governance has been accompanied by an increase in the number of commercial firms and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) producing broad indicators of the quality of governance and public institutions. First generation governance indicators, e.g., International Country Risk Guide, Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, are useful to identify countries with severe corruption and other governance-related problems. However most of them have limited relevance for public sector reform. There is a need for second generation indicators which are expected to be more specific in measuring performance and pay more attention to measuring government processes and institutional arrangements - not just performance. 2012-08-13T14:59:06Z 2012-08-13T14:59:06Z 2000-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/891715/toward-more-operationally-relevant-indicators-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11407 English PREM Notes; No. 49 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
LEGAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
BUSINESS SURVEYS
INFORMATION COLLECTION ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
BUREAUCRACY
BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION
BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE
CAREER STABILITY
CAREER STABILITY INDEX
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SERVICE COMPENSATION INDEX
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
CORRUPT PRACTICES
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS
COUNTRY EXPERTS
COUNTRY RISK GUIDE
DATA COLLECTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DEMOCRACY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REFORM
ECONOMICS
ELECTORAL RULES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FISCAL
FOREIGN INVESTORS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE INDICATOR
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GOVERNANCE RESEARCH
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
INCIDENCE OF CORRUPTION
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
LAW INDEX
MERITOCRATIC HIRING
NATIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PERCEPTIONS INDEX
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRESIDENCY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE
RULE OF LAW
TRANSPARENCY
WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
LEGAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
BUSINESS SURVEYS
INFORMATION COLLECTION ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
BUREAUCRACY
BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION
BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE
CAREER STABILITY
CAREER STABILITY INDEX
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SERVICE COMPENSATION INDEX
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
CORRUPT PRACTICES
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS
COUNTRY EXPERTS
COUNTRY RISK GUIDE
DATA COLLECTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DEMOCRACY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REFORM
ECONOMICS
ELECTORAL RULES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FISCAL
FOREIGN INVESTORS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE INDICATOR
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GOVERNANCE RESEARCH
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
INCIDENCE OF CORRUPTION
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
LAW INDEX
MERITOCRATIC HIRING
NATIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PERCEPTIONS INDEX
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRESIDENCY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE
RULE OF LAW
TRANSPARENCY
WATER SUPPLY
Knack, Stephen
Manning, Nick
Toward More Operationally Relevant Indicators of Governance
relation PREM Notes; No. 49
description Increasing awareness of the importance of governance has been accompanied by an increase in the number of commercial firms and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) producing broad indicators of the quality of governance and public institutions. First generation governance indicators, e.g., International Country Risk Guide, Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, are useful to identify countries with severe corruption and other governance-related problems. However most of them have limited relevance for public sector reform. There is a need for second generation indicators which are expected to be more specific in measuring performance and pay more attention to measuring government processes and institutional arrangements - not just performance.
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author Knack, Stephen
Manning, Nick
author_facet Knack, Stephen
Manning, Nick
author_sort Knack, Stephen
title Toward More Operationally Relevant Indicators of Governance
title_short Toward More Operationally Relevant Indicators of Governance
title_full Toward More Operationally Relevant Indicators of Governance
title_fullStr Toward More Operationally Relevant Indicators of Governance
title_full_unstemmed Toward More Operationally Relevant Indicators of Governance
title_sort toward more operationally relevant indicators of governance
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/891715/toward-more-operationally-relevant-indicators-governance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11407
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