The worldwide governance indicators project: answering the critics

Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay () and Massimo Mastruzzi

No 4149, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Governance Indicators; National Governance; Statistical&Mathematical Sciences; Economic Policy; Institutions and Governance; Public Sector Corruption&Anticorruption Measures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-03-01
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