countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2008: Voice and Accountability, Political …This paper reports on the 2009 update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 … dimensions of governance, taken from 35 data sources provided by 33 different organizations. The data reflect the views on …

This paper summarizes the methodology of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project, and related analytical … issues. The WGI cover over 200 countries and territories, measuring six dimensions of governance starting in 1996: Voice and … Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and …