The Worldwide Governance Indicators Project : Answering the Critics

Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4149

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The Worldwide Governance Indicators Project : Answering the Critics

dc.contributor.author	Kaufmann, Daniel
dc.contributor.author	Kraay, Aart
dc.contributor.author	Mastruzzi, Massimo
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-05T21:37:01Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-05T21:37:01Z
dc.date.issued	2007-03
dc.description.abstract	The Worldwide Governance Indicators, reporting estimates of six dimensions of governance for over 200 countries between 1996 and 2005, have become widely used among policymakers and academics. They have also attracted some explicit written criticisms. In this short paper the authors synthesize 11 critiques offered by four recent papers. They then refute them as either conceptually incorrect or empirically unsubstantiated.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7411664/worldwide-governance-indicators-project-answering-critics
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7203
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4149
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION
dc.subject	AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATOR
dc.subject	AGGREGATE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject	AGGREGATE INDICATOR
dc.subject	AGGREGATE INDICATORS
dc.subject	AGGREGATION METHOD
dc.subject	AGGREGATION METHODOLOGY
dc.subject	AUTOCORRELATION
dc.subject	AVERAGE RESPONSES
dc.subject	BIASES
dc.subject	CAUSAL EFFECT
dc.subject	CHOICE OF UNITS FOR GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL RISK RATING AGENCIES
dc.subject	COMPARISONS ACROSS COUNTRIES
dc.subject	COMPARISONS OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
dc.subject	CONTROL OF CORRUPTION
dc.subject	CORRELATIONS
dc.subject	CORRUPTION
dc.subject	CORRUPTION INDICATOR
dc.subject	CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS
dc.subject	COUNTRY COVERAGE
dc.subject	COUNTRY RATING
dc.subject	COUNTRY RISK GUIDE
dc.subject	DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	DISCLOSURE
dc.subject	DOMESTIC FIRMS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTORS
dc.subject	GOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE DATA
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE DIAGNOSTICS
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE ESTIMATES
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE INDICATOR
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE PERCEPTIONS
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE RATING
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE RATINGS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject	GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	JUDICIAL CORRUPTION
dc.subject	JUDICIARY
dc.subject	LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	MEASURE OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT ERROR IN GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subject	MEASURING GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	MEDIA
dc.subject	MOTIVATIONS
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	NATIONS
dc.subject	NOTIONS OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subject	PETTY CORRUPTION
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLITICAL RISK
dc.subject	PRECISION
dc.subject	PROCUREMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE ACROSS COUNTRIES
dc.subject	RISK RATING AGENCIES
dc.subject	RULE OF LAW
dc.subject	SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
dc.subject	STANDARD DEVIATION
dc.subject	TAXATION
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	VALIDITY
dc.subject	WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.title	The Worldwide Governance Indicators Project : Answering the Critics	en
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okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7411664/worldwide-governance-indicators-project-answering-critics
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice	Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-4149
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000016406_20070223093027
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	7411664
okr.identifier.report	WPS4149
okr.language.supported	en
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okr.topic	Statistical and Mathematical Sciences
okr.topic	Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures
okr.topic	Economic Policy
okr.topic	Institutions and Governance
okr.topic	Governance :: National Governance
okr.topic	Governance :: Governance Indicators
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.topic	Science and Technology Development
okr.topic	Public Sector Development
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	1 of 1
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