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The
Governance group supports the collection, rigorous
analysis, careful interpretation, and transparent
dissemination of data for empirical research, capacity-building,
and learning programs. The data and associated analysis
and research does not necessarily reflect the views
of the institution or its executive directors, and
care needs to be exercised in its use and interpretation
as per detailed description in each dataset. Some
datasets listed below are accessible for interactive
interface with the web user as an 'e-learning' tool.
Visit
our interactive data
page for a quick access to the interactive governance
datasets.
NEW:
Web-Interactive Inventory
of Datasets and Empirical Tools
NEW:
Executive Opinion Survey in the Global
Competitiveness Report 2004-2005 - World Economic
Forum.
- Worldwide Governance Research
Indicators Dataset, 1996–2004 and Interactive
Web Access (or view
related publications)
- Corporate Corruption/Ethics Indices 2004
(Papers and Data)
- World Business Environment Survey
2000
- Transition Economies Enterprise
Survey (BEEPS, 1999/2000 and 2002 (or view
related publications)
- World Development Report Business
Survey 1997
- Unofficial Economy Dataset
- In-Country Diagnostic Surveys
- Data Group (General, DEC)
- General Research Datasets
(DEC)
- On Institutional Quality Indicators
(PREM)
- Other Data Links
- Ongoing Internet-Based Surveys
I.
Worldwide Governance Research Indicators Dataset,
2004
This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 209 countries and territories for fivetime periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004. These indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 37 separate data sources constructed by 31 different organizations. We assign these individual measures of governance to categories capturing key dimensions of governance, and use an unobserved components model to construct six aggregate governance indicators in each of the four periods. We present the point estimates of the dimensions of governance as well as the margins of error for each country for the four periods. These margins of error are not unique to perceptions-based measures of governance, but are an important feature of all efforts to measure governance, including objective indicators. We also address various methodological issues, including the interpretation and use of the data given the estimated margins of error, significance of changes over time, and correlation between governance and income.
View
the 2004 Governance Research Indicators Dataset
II.
World Business Environment Survey (WBES)
The
WBES, administered to enterprises in 80 countries
and one territory, utilizes a standard core enterprise
and fairly uniform survey methodology to generate
indicators that allow comparisons across countries
and over time.
View
the WBES website
View
the interactive WBES website
Publications
utilizing the WBES:
Pathways
Out of Poverty: Private Firms and Economic Mobility
in Developing Countries
(September 2003, Edited by G. Fields and G. Pfeffermann)
Investment
Climate Around the World: Voices of the Firms from
the World Business Environment Survey (May
2003, G. Batra, D. Kaufmann and A. Stone)
III.
Transition Economies Enterprise Survey
(BEEPS)
The
Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey
(BEEPS), developed jointly by the World Bank and the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
is a survey of managers and owners of firms across
the countries of Eastern Europe, the former Soviet
Union, and Turkey designed to generate comparative
measurements of the quality of governance, the investment
climate and the competitive environment, which can
then be related to different characteristics of the
firm and to firm performance. The first round of the
BEEPS was conducted in 1999 and the data is accesible
interactively at http://info.worldbank.org/governance/beeps/.
The second round of the survey (BEEPS II) was conducted
in 2002 and the results are available at http://info.worldbank.org/governance/beeps2002/.
View
publications on transition economies
IV.
World Development Report 1997 Business Survey
The purpose of the survey was to better understand
the constraints imposed by government action that
hinder development of private business. This data
covers 67 countries.
View
the WDR 1997 Business Survey Data Set
V.
Unofficial Economy Dataset
This
dataset contains measures of the unofficial economy
for 69 countries across the world. An exposition and
analysis of this data can be found in the Journal
of Public Economics paper "Dodging
the Grabbing Hand."
Download
Unofficial Economy data (134 kb Excel spreadsheet)
VI.
In-Country Diagnostic Surveys
Diagnostic
survey results and data for many countries, including
Paraguay, Cambodia, Latvia, Albania, and Slovakia.
View
the capacity building and diagnostic surveys website
VII.
Data Group (General, DEC)
The
Data Group's homepage has a comprehensive listing
of the World Bank's country and regional data, including
data profiles, country at a glance tables, indicator
tables, sectoral data, a data query, advice on methods
and modelling tools for working with data, some sample
maps, and a listing of data publications.
View
the Data Group website
VIII.
General Research Datasets (DEC)
Search
World Bank datasets or view them by topic.
View
the General Research Datasets webpage
IX.
On Institutional Quality Indicators (PREM)
In
response to the interest in measuring the performance
of governments using indicators of governance and
institutional quality, this website provides access
to many existing indicators, by indicator source for
all countries. It also provides a brief "User's
Guide" to help in selecting the indicators that
are most appropriate for one's particular purposes.
View
the Institutional Quality Indicators website
X.
Other Data Links
Links
to other data resources at the World Bank and around
the world.
View
the other data links
XI.
Web-based Surveys
Two
Ongoing Internet-Based Surveys:
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