This data set 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 individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 25
separate data sources constructed by 18 different organizations. These
individual measures of governance are assigned to categories capturing key
dimensions of governance, and use an unobserved components model to construct
six aggregate governance indicators in each of the four periods. Point
estimates of the dimensions of governance are presented as well as the margins
of errors for each country for the four periods. The governance indicators
reported here are an update and expansion of previous work, part of a research
project on indicators initiated in 1998 (Kaufmann, Kraay
and Zoido-Lobatón 1999a,b
and 2002). Various methodological issues are also addressed, including the
interpretation and use of the data given the estimated margins of errors. The
data, as well as a web-based graphical interface, are available at http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/govdata2002/.
This data set contains 199 observations on 74 variables.
The data is available in the following
formats:
http://capricorn.bc.edu/data1/vdc/private/h0/govern.dta.gz
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http://capricorn.bc.edu/data1/vdc/private/h0/govern.tpt.gz
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http://capricorn.bc.edu/data1/vdc/private/h0/govern.por.gz
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