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Provide updated composite measures for six core dimensions of governance across 199 countries and territories between 1996 and 2002 while quantifying the statistical precision of these estimates.

January 2, 2004The World Bank Economic ReviewOpen Access

Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002

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DKDaniel KaufmannBrookings Institution

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Longitudinal analysis reveals significant margins of error across six governance dimensions in 199 countries, highlighting the need for caution when comparing institutions over time.

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Provide updated composite measures for six core dimensions of governance across 199 countries and territories between 1996 and 2002 while quantifying the statistical precision of these estimates.
Aggregated diverse perception and expert assessment data sources across 199 countries and territories for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002.
Applied an unobserved components aggregation methodology to construct six composite governance indicators along with explicit measures of precision and margins of error.
Incorporating new data sources improved the overall statistical precision of the governance indicator estimates across panels.
Margins of error remained large relative to the scale of measurement, indicating that cross-country differences and longitudinal shifts carry substantial uncertainty.

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Daniel Kaufmann (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a15893379ff98d0de4ec6cd https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhh041

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Longitudinal analysis reveals significant margins of error across six governance dimensions in 199 countries, highlighting the need for caution when comparing institutions over time.

Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002

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Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002

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