Toward More Operationally Relevant Indicators of Governance

Increasing awareness of the importance of governance has been accompanied by an increase in the number of commercial firms and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) producing broad indicators of the quality of governance and public institutions. First generation governance indicators, e.g., International Country Risk Guide, Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, are useful to identify countries with severe corruption and other governance-related problems. However most of them have limited relevance for public sector reform. There is a need for second generation indicators which are expected to be more specific in measuring performance and pay more attention to measuring government processes and institutional arrangements - not just performance.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Knack, Stephen, Manning, Nick
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2000-12
Subjects:	GOVERNANCE, CORRUPTION, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, LEGAL SYSTEMS, JUDICIAL SYSTEM, BUSINESS SURVEYS, INFORMATION COLLECTION ACCOUNTABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION, ANTICORRUPTION, BUREAUCRACY, BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION, BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY, BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE, CAREER STABILITY, CAREER STABILITY INDEX, CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL SERVICE COMPENSATION INDEX, CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, CORRUPT PRACTICES, CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS, COUNTRY EXPERTS, COUNTRY RISK GUIDE, DATA COLLECTION, DECENTRALIZATION, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC REFORM, ECONOMICS, ELECTORAL RULES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FISCAL, FOREIGN INVESTORS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE INDICATOR, GOVERNANCE INDICATORS, GOVERNANCE RESEARCH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS, GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE, INCIDENCE OF CORRUPTION, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT, INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LAW INDEX, MERITOCRATIC HIRING, NATIONS, PER CAPITA INCOME, PERCEPTIONS INDEX, PERFORMANCE MEASURES, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRESIDENCY, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY, QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE, RULE OF LAW, TRANSPARENCY, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/891715/toward-more-operationally-relevant-indicators-governance https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11407
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