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What can we learn about country performance from conditional comparisons across countries?, Volume 1

Author:	Ravallion, Martin;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 2342
Date Stored:	2001/04/25	Document Date:	2000/05/31
Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper	Language:	English
Major Sector:	(Historic)Economic Policy	Report Number:	WPS2342
Sub Sectors:	Macro/Non-Trade	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Achieving Shared Growth; Rural Poverty Reduction; Health Monitoring & Evaluation; Services & Transfers to Poor; Health Economics & Finance; Public Health Promotion; Safety Nets and Transfers
Volume No:	1

Summary: There have been many attempts to infer latent performance attributes of governments (or other institutions) from conditional comparisons that control for observed variables. Success in doing do could greatly improve government performance. The author critically reviews the econometric foundations of the methods used. He argues that latent heterogeneity remains a fundamental, but unresolved problem. Locating a benchmark for measuring performance, adds a further problem. Current methods do not yield a consistent estimate of even the mean latent performance attribute. An assessment of country performance by these methods could well be wildly wrong.


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