This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. These indicators are based on several hundred i..

In this discussion draft, linking research findings with concrete operational challenges, we review key issues in worldwide governance, and present recent empirical evidence. Focusing on defining and..

Per capita incomes and the quality of governance are strongly positively correlated across countries. This can be seen in Figures 1A-C, which plot three measures of governance on the horizontal axis (..

It is over a year since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed into law in the United States, over a year and a half since Enron, the emblem of poor corporate governance, filed for bankruptcy. The flood o..

Debates on the appropriate role of the state and appropriate policies and institutions to further this role are typically carried out by relying upon anecdotal evidence in the absence of a quantifiab..