The worldwide governance indicators project : answering the critics, Vol. 1 of 1

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The worldwide governance indicators project : answering the critics

Author:	Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4149
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2007/02/23
Document Date:	2007/03/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS4149	SubTopics:	Governance Indicators; Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance; Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures; National Governance; Statistical & Mathematical Sciences
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The Worldwide Governance Indicators, reporting estimates of six dimensions of governance for over 200 countries between 1996 and 2005, have become widely used among policymakers and academics. They have also attracted some explicit written criticisms. In this short paper the authors synthesize 11 critiques offered by four recent papers. They then refute them as either conceptually incorrect or empirically unsubstantiated.


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