Ivanyna, MaksymShah, Anwar2012-03-192012-03-192010-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3699Governance indicators are now widely used as tools for conducting development dialogue, allocating external assistance, and influencing foreign direct investment. This paper argues that available governance indicators are not suitable for these purposes as they do not conceptualize governance and fail to capture how citizens perceive the governance environment and outcomes in their countries. The paper attempts to fill this void by conceptualizing governance and implementing a uniform and consistent framework for measuring governance quality across countries and over time based on citizens' evaluations. Using data from the World Values Survey (and other sources) we implement this framework into practice and build citizen-centric governance indicators for 120 countries over the period 1994 to 2005.CC BY 3.0 IGOABUSESACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCEAGGREGATE INDICATORSAGGREGATION PROCEDUREAMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEWANTI-CORRUPTIONANTICORRUPTIONAUDITORAUTHORITYAVERAGE LEVELBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCAPITALSCITIZENCITIZENSCITIZENSHIPCIVIL RIGHTSCIVIL SOCIETYCOMMUNISTCOMPARISONS ACROSS COUNTRIESCOMPARISONS OF GOVERNANCECOMPOSITE INDICATORCONFIDENCECONSENSUSCORRUPTCORRUPT PRACTICESCORRUPTIONCORRUPTION PERCEPTIONCORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEXCOUNTRY GOVERNANCECOUNTRY RANKINGSDECISION MAKINGDEMOCRACYDEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCEDEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESSDIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCEDIRECT INVESTMENTDUE PROCESSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEEXCHANGE OF IDEASEXTERNAL ASSISTANCEFIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTIONFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL SITUATIONFISCAL DECENTRALIZATIONFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFRAUDGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTGOVERNANCE ESTIMATEGOVERNANCE INDEXGOVERNANCE INDICATORGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONSGOVERNANCE OUTCOMESGOVERNANCE QUALITYGOVERNANCE RATINGSGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITYGOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESSGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONGOVERNMENT PERFORMANCEHUMAN RIGHTSIMPROVEMENT IN GOVERNANCEIMPROVING GOVERNANCEINCOMEINTEGRITYINTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINVESTIGATIONLACK OF CLARITYLACK OF TRANSPARENCYLAWSLEGISLATURELEVEL PLAYING FIELDLOCAL GOVERNANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMALFEASANCEMANDATESMASS MEDIAMEASURING GOVERNANCEMONARCHYMONOPOLYNATIONSOLIGARCHIESPARLIAMENTPOLICEPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL RIGHTSPOOR GOVERNANCEPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC MANAGEMENTPUBLIC OFFICIALSPUBLIC OPINIONPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE PROVISIONPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF GOVERNANCEQUALITY OF GOVERNANCE ACROSS COUNTRIESQUALITY OF INSTITUTIONSRECALL OF OFFICIALSREFORM EFFORTSREVOLUTIONRULE OF LAWSERVICE DELIVERYSEWAGESOCIAL JUSTICESOCIAL OUTCOMESTELEVISIONTRANSPARENCYWORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5181