Governance survey

The World Bank has published a worldwide survey of governance effectiveness, Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008. The report is the result of a 2009 update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2008: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. These aggregate indicators are based on specific and disaggregated individual variables measuring various dimensions of governance, taken from 35 data sources provided by 33 different organizations. The data reflect the views on governance of public sector, private sector and NGO experts, as well as citizen and firm survey respondents worldwide. You can download the update from the Social Science Research Network web site.