Indicators of Governance & Institutional Quality

New Data on Governance

• TI's 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index
• WBI Worldwide Governance Indicators
• World Bank Enterprise Surveys
• EBRD/World Bank BEEPS (enterprise surveys in ECA)
• "Doing Business": Regulations and Their Enforcement
• Global Integrity
• Open Budget Index
• TI's Global Corruption Barometer (household surveys)
• Reporters Without Borders Press Freedoms Index
• PEFA Performance Assessments
• IADB/DfiD Governance Indicators Database
• Governance in Social Sectors
  • Afrobarometer Service Experiences (xls)
  • Afrobarometer Survey Questions on Social Service Delivery

Literature on Measuring Corruption and Governance

• Arndt, Christiane and Charles Oman (2006). "Uses and Abuses of Governance Indicators." Paris: OECD Development Centre.
• Besancon, Marie (2003). "Good Governance Rankings: The Art of Measurement." WPF Report no. 36. Cambridge, Mass.: World Peace Foundation.
• Galtung, Fredrik (2005). "Measuring the Immeasurable: Boundaries and Functions of (Macro) Corruption Indices." London: Tiri.
• Kaufmann, Dani, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi (2006). "Governance Indicators VI." World Bank Institute.
• Knack, Stephen (2006). "Measuring Corruption in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Critique of the Cross-Country Indicators." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper
• Lambsdorff, Johann Graf (2007). "The Methodology of the 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index." University of Passau and Transparency International.
• Razafindrakoto, Mireille and Francois Roubaud (2007). "Are International Databases on Corruption Reliable? A Comparison of Expert Opinion Surveys and Household Surveys in sub-Saharan Africa." DIAL Working Paper 2006-17, Paris
• Thomas, Melissa (2007). "What do the Worldwide Governance Indicators Measure?" School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC.  
• UNDP (2004). "Governance Indicators: A User's Guide." New York: United Nations Development Program (in collaboration with Eurostat).

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