Governance Matters Ii: Updated Indicators for 2000-01

ArXiv ID: ssrn-297497 “View on arXiv”

Authors: Unknown

Abstract

Updated governance indicators report estimates of six dimensions of governance for 175 countries in 2000-01. They can be compared with those constructed for 199

Keywords: Governance Indicators, World Bank, Macro-economics, Institutional Quality, Risk Assessment, Macro-Economics

Complexity vs Empirical Score

• Math Complexity: 1.0/10
• Empirical Rigor: 8.0/10
• Quadrant: Street Traders
• Why: The paper focuses on updating and reporting empirical governance indicators for countries, which involves data collection and statistical aggregation, but contains minimal mathematical derivations or advanced formulas.

  flowchart TD
    A["Research Goal: Update Governance Indicators<br>for 175 Countries (2000-01)"] --> B["Data Collection<br>175 Country Expert Surveys"]
    B --> C["Computational Process<br>Unobserved Components Model"]
    C --> D["Statistical Aggregation<br>Estimate 6 Governance Dimensions"]
    D --> E{"Outcomes: Key Findings"}
    E --> F["Updated Indicators for 2000-01"]
    E --> G["Cross-Country Comparisons<br>vs. 1996-97 Baseline"]