Dataset/
Unit(s)/
Developer(s)* | Main Content and Concept Measured/
Number of Indicators* | Data Source* | Number and Names of Countries or Areas Covered* | Period Covered/
Periodicity of Data Collection/ Coverage* | Data Comparability (cross country)/
Comments* |
Bank Regulation and Supervision datasets Financial Sector Operations & Policy G. Caprio,
R. Levine,
J. Barth | Existing regulations and supervision of banks, as well as selective features of bank structure and deposit insurance schemes, for a broader cross-section of countries. | Official data/ surveys | 142 Worldwide | 1998-2008 Every 5 years Sector specific | Full comparability Link to "Regulation and Supervision of Banks Around the World - A New Database" paper (Access PDF). |
Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS I) (BEEPS II) (BEEPS III) World Bank Institute, Poverty Reduction & Economic Management D. Kaufmann,
J. Anderson,
J. Hellman | Quality of governance, the investment climate and the competitive environment. | Firm surveys | BEEPS I: 22 BEEPS II: 27 BEEPS III: 27
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
| 1999 2002 2005 Other Country wide | Full comparability BEEPS I: over 4,000 firms in 22 countries. BEEPS II: over 6,000 firms in 27 countries. BEEPS III: over 10,000 firms in 27 countries. Jointly owned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank. |
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Poverty Reduction & Economic Management Stephen Knack
Satish Mannan
Rui Coutinho | Assesses the quality of IBRD and IDA borrowers’ policy and institutional performance in areas relevant to economic growth and poverty reduction. It includes 20 equally weighted criteria grouped in 4 clusters: Economic Management Policies, Policies for Social Inclusion and Equity and Public Sector Management and Institutions | Official data & documents/information from WB sources and other international organizations | 136 Worldwide (IDA countries) | 1996-2007 Annual Country wide | Disclosure of the CPIA is limited to quintile-based information up until 2005. They are publicly available since 2005 for IDA countries only. |
Cross-national data on government and wages Public Sector Group A. Mukherjee,
G. de Tommaso | Provides information regarding employment levels and wage adequacy across countries. | Official data & documents/ key informant interviews/ surveys/ published information from other international organizations. | 200+ Worldwide | 1991-2000 Other Country wide | Full comparability |
Doing Business Indicators Private Sector Development S. Djankov | Measures of business regulations and their enforcement by creating new, quantitative indicators on business regulations and their enforcement and by analyzing the relationship of these regulations to economic outcomes. | Surveys/ Key informant interviews/ published & unpublished information from other international organizations and national laws and regulations. | 178 Worldwide | 2003-2008 Annual Country wide | Full comparability 22 OECD economies as benchmarks, Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 25, Africa: 33, South Asia: 5, Latin America: 21, Middle East and North Africa: 14, and East Asia and the Pacific: 13. |
Fiscal Decentralization Indicators Public Sector Group D. Weist | Measures decentralization by assessing fiscal flows to, from and among different levels of government. | Official data | 107 Worldwide | 1972-2000 Annual | Full comparability Data from IMF's Government Finance Statistics. |
Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) Private Sector Development A. Peuker,
M. Safavian | Analyzes conditions for private investment and enterprise growth in countries throughout the world. | Firm surveys/ analysis with other expert analysis/ information drawn from other studies and from discussions and meetings with key stakeholder groups in-country. | 62 Worldwide | 2000-2007 Other Sector/ firm specific | Full comparability ICAs should be updated every 3 to 5 years. Data presented in ICA reports. |
Knowledge Assessment Methodology (KAM) World Bank Institute A. Adhar Utz,
C. Dahlman | How an economy compares with its neighbors, competitors or countries it wishes to emulate. | Official data/ surveys | 100 121 128 140 Worldwide | 2002 2004 2006 2008 Other Country wide | Full comparability 2002 KAM: 69 variables 2004 KAM: 76 variables 2006 KAM: 80 variables 2008 KAM: 83 variables |
Living Standards Measurement Surveys Development Research Group P. Lanjouw | Monitoring progress in raising levels of living to identify the consequences for households of current and proposed government policies. | Official data & documents/ key informant interviews/ surveys. | 34 Worldwide (developing countries) | 1985-2005 Other Country wide | Full comparability Periodicity: between three to five years.
Breakdown of number of surveys by region- Latin America & Caribbean: 8, Eastern Europe & Central Asia: 11, South Asia: 3, East Asia & Pacific: 3, Africa: 4, Middle East & North Africa: 1. |
New Tools and New Tests in Comparative Political Economy: The Database of Political Institutions (DPI) Development Research Group T. Beck,
G. Clarke,
P. Keefer,
A. Groff,
P. Walsh | Studies issues such as determinants of democratic consolidation, political conditions for economic reform, political and institutional roots of corruption, and elements of appropriate and institutionally sensitive design of economic policy. 113 variables. | Official data/ WB data | 177 Worldwide | 1975-2006 Other Country wide | Full comparability Variables: elections, electoral rules, type of political system, party composition of the opposition and government coalition, and the extent of military influence on the government. |
Qualitative Decentralization Indicators Public Sector Group D. Weist | Measures decentralization based on four categories: "expenditure assignment, revenue assignment, regulatory framework for sub-national borrowing and character of the transfer system. | Official data | 39 Worldwide | 1995-1999 | Full comparability Data from IMF's Government Finance Statistics and country reports from the World Bank and other international organizations like OECD, Inter-American Development Bank and USAID. |
Regulatory Discretion and the Unofficial Economy Development Research Group S. Johnson,
D. Kaufmann,
P. Zoido-Lobatón | How regulation and taxation affect the share of the unofficial economy. | | 69 Worldwide | 1994–1997 Country wide | Full comparability Countries from Latin America, OECD, Transition economies. |
World Business Environment Survey (WBES) World Bank Institute, Private Sector Development D. Kaufmann,
A. Stone | Examines a wide range of interactions between firms and the state. | Firm surveys/ Key informant interviews | 80 Worldwide | 1999-2000 One time Country wide | Full comparability 10,000 firms in 80 countries and one territory. |
World Development Report 1997 Dataset: Enterprise Survey Development Research Group | Constraints imposed by government action that hinder development of private business. | Firm surveys (interviews of private entrepreneurs). | 67 Worldwide | 1996-1997 One time Country wide | Full comparability |
Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) Dataset
World Bank Institute D. Kaufmann,
A. Kraay,
M. Mastruzzi | Perception-based governance indicators developed by the World Bank Institute for all countries at an aggregate level and are used to create awareness and debate globally and within countries on their performance on six different dimensions of governance: control of corruption; rule of law; voice and accountability; government effectiveness; political stability; regulatory quality. | Official data & documents/ Surveys of enterprises, citizens and experts/ published and unpublished information from other international organizations. | 212 Worldwide | 1996-2007 Other Country wide | Full comparability Data updated every two years between 1996 and 2004. Data updated annually from 2005 onward. |
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