Governance Matters III : Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002

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 u...

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Main Authors: Kaufmann, Daniel, Kraay, Aart, Mastruzzi, Massimo
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
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spelling okr-10986-171362021-04-23T14:03:29Z Governance Matters III : Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002 Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart Mastruzzi, Massimo AID ALLOCATION BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SERVICE CORRUPTION FOREIGN TRADE GOVERNANCE CLUSTERS GOVERNANCE INDICATORS POLITICAL RIGHTS PRICE CONTROLS SELECTION OF GOVERNMENTS 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 the earlier studies were updated forward to 2002 and backward to 1996, and previously estimated indicators for 1998 and 2000were revised to reflect the new data. The aggregation procedure, described in section two, provides not only estimates of governance for each country but also measures of the precision or reliability of these estimates. Although the new data have improved the precision of the governance indicators, the margins of error remain large relative to the units in which governance is measured, so that comparisons across countries and especially over time should be made with caution. 2014-02-24T18:20:01Z 2014-02-24T18:20:01Z 2004-05 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/17742613/governance-matters-three-governance-indicators-1996-1998-2000-2002 World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17136 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic AID ALLOCATION
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CIVIL SERVICE
CORRUPTION
FOREIGN TRADE
GOVERNANCE CLUSTERS
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
POLITICAL RIGHTS
PRICE CONTROLS
SELECTION OF GOVERNMENTS
spellingShingle AID ALLOCATION
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CIVIL SERVICE
CORRUPTION
FOREIGN TRADE
GOVERNANCE CLUSTERS
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
POLITICAL RIGHTS
PRICE CONTROLS
SELECTION OF GOVERNMENTS
Kaufmann, Daniel
Kraay, Aart
Mastruzzi, Massimo
Governance Matters III : Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002
description 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 the earlier studies were updated forward to 2002 and backward to 1996, and previously estimated indicators for 1998 and 2000were revised to reflect the new data. The aggregation procedure, described in section two, provides not only estimates of governance for each country but also measures of the precision or reliability of these estimates. Although the new data have improved the precision of the governance indicators, the margins of error remain large relative to the units in which governance is measured, so that comparisons across countries and especially over time should be made with caution.
format Journal Article
author Kaufmann, Daniel
Kraay, Aart
Mastruzzi, Massimo
author_facet Kaufmann, Daniel
Kraay, Aart
Mastruzzi, Massimo
author_sort Kaufmann, Daniel
title Governance Matters III : Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002
title_short Governance Matters III : Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002
title_full Governance Matters III : Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002
title_fullStr Governance Matters III : Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002
title_full_unstemmed Governance Matters III : Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002
title_sort governance matters iii : governance indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/17742613/governance-matters-three-governance-indicators-1996-1998-2000-2002
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17136
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