Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate And Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2008

This paper reports on the 2009 update of
\n the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project,
\n covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six
\n dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2008: Voice and
\n Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of
\n Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory
\n Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. These
\n aggregate indicators are based on hundreds of specific and
\n disaggregated individual variables measuring various
\n dimensions of governance, taken from 35 data sources
\n provided by 33 different organizations. The data reflect the
\n views on governance of public sector,…

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  International Fund for Agricultural Development