Governance Matters 2008

Governance Matters 2008 Worldwide Governance Indicators, 1996-2007
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The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) projectreports aggregate and individual governance indicators for 212 countries and territories over the period 1996–2007, for six dimensions of governance:
Voice and Accountability
Political Stability and Absence of Violence
Government Effectiveness
Regulatory Quality
Rule of Law
Control of Corruption
The aggregate indicators combine the views of a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. The individual data sources underlying the aggregate indicators are drawn from a diverse variety of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations.
The six aggregate indicators and the underlying data sources can be viewed interactively on the Governance Indicators webpage of this site. Documentation of the latest update of the WGI can be found in "Governance Matters VII: Governance Indicators for 1996–2007." Further documentation and research using the WGI is available on the Resources page of this website or at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.
Website (URL): http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.asp
Author(s): World Bank