|
Dataset/
Unit(s)/
Developer(s)* |
Main Content and Concept Measured/
Number of Indicators* |
Data Source* |
Number and Names of Countries
or Areas Covered* |
Period Covered/
Periodicity of Data Collection/ Coverage* |
Data Comparability (cross country)/
Comments* |
|
Aggregate Governance
Indicators (KK) Dataset
World Bank Institute
D. Kaufmann,
A. Kraay,
M. Mastruzzi |
Perception-based governance indicators
developed by the World Bank Institute for
all countries at an aggregate level and are
used to create awareness and debate globally
and within countries on their performance
on six different dimensions of governance:
control of corruption; rule of law; voice
and accountability; government effectiveness;
political stability; regulatory quality. |
Official data & documents/
Surveys of enterprises, citizens and experts/
published and unpublished information from
other international organizations. |
209
Worldwide |
1996-2004
Other
Country wide |
Full comparability
209 countries and territories for five time periods:
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004. Updated every two
years. |
|
Bank
Regulation and Supervision datasets
Financial Sector Operations & Policy
G. Caprio,
R. Levine,
J. Barth |
Existing regulations and supervision
of banks, as well as selective features of
bank structure and deposit insurance schemes,
for a broader cross-section of countries. |
Official data/ surveys |
107
Worldwide |
1998-2000
Other
Sector specific |
Full comparability
Link to "Regulation and Supervision of Banks Around
the World - A New Database" paper (Access
PDF). |
|
Business Environment and Enterprise Performance
Survey
(BEEPS I)
(BEEPS II)
World Bank Institute, Poverty Reduction & Economic
Management
D. Kaufmann,
J. Anderson,
J. Hellman |
Quality of governance, the investment
climate and the competitive environment. |
Firm surveys |
BEEPS I: 22
BEEPS II: 27
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
|
1999
2002
Other
Country wide |
Full comparability
BEEPS I: over 4,000 firms in 22 countries.
BEEPS II: over 6,000 firms in 27 countries. Jointly owned
by the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) and the World Bank. |
|
Cross-national
data on government and wages
Public Sector Group
A. Mukherjee,
G. de Tommaso |
Provides information regarding
employment levels and wage adequacy across
countries. |
Official data & documents/
key informant interviews/ surveys/ published
information from other international organizations. |
80-100
Worldwide |
1991-2000
Other
Country wide |
Full
comparability |
|
Doing
Business Indicators
Private Sector Development
S. Djankov |
Measures of business regulations
and their enforcement by creating new, quantitative
indicators on business regulations and their
enforcement and by analyzing the relationship
of these regulations to economic outcomes. |
Surveys/ Key informant interviews/
published & unpublished information from
other international organizations and national
laws and regulations. |
133
Worldwide |
2003
Annual
Country wide |
Full comparability
22 OECD economies as benchmarks, Eastern Europe and Central
Asia: 25, Africa: 33, South Asia: 5, Latin
America: 21, Middle East and North Africa:
14, and East Asia and the Pacific: 13. |
|
Fiscal
Decentralization Indicators
Public Sector Group
D. Weist |
Measures decentralization by assessing
fiscal flows to, from and among different
levels of government. |
Official data |
100+
Worldwide |
1972-2000
Annual |
Full comparability
Data from IMF's Government Finance Statistics. |
|
Investment
Climate Assessment (ICA)
Private Sector Development
A. Peuker,
M. Safavian |
Analyzes conditions for private
investment and enterprise growth in countries
throughout the world. |
Firm surveys/ analysis with other
expert analysis/ information drawn from other
studies and from discussions and meetings
with key stakeholder groups in-country. |
36
Worldwide |
2000-2003
Other
Sector/ firm specific |
Full comparability
Breakdown by region: Africa: 8, Middle East & North
Africa: 3, Latin America & Caribbean:
6, Eastern Europe & Central Asia: 6, East
Asia & Pacific: 6, South Asia: 7. ICAs
should be updated every 3 to 5 years. Data
presented in ICA reports. |
|
Knowledge Assessment Methodology
(KAM)
World Bank Institute
A. Adhar Utz,
C. Dahlman |
How an economy compares with its
neighbors, competitors or countries it wishes
to emulate. |
Official data/ surveys |
100
121
Worldwide |
2002
2004
Other
Country wide |
Full comparability
2002 KAM: 69 variables
2004 KAM: 76 variables |
|
Living Standards Measurement
Surveys
Development Research Group
P. Lanjouw |
Monitoring progress in raising
levels of living to identify the consequences
for households of current and proposed government
policies. |
Official data & documents/
key informant interviews/ surveys. |
30
Worldwide (developing countries) |
1985-2002
Other
Country wide |
Full comparability
Periodicity: between three to five years.
Breakdown of number of surveys by region-
Latin America & Caribbean: 8, Eastern
Europe & Central Asia: 11, South Asia:
3, East Asia & Pacific: 3, Africa: 4,
Middle East & North Africa: 1. |
|
New
Tools and New Tests in Comparative Political
Economy: The Database of Political Institutions
(DPI)
Development Research Group
T. Beck,
G. Clarke,
P. Keefer,
A. Groff,
P. Walsh |
Studies issues such as determinants
of democratic consolidation, political conditions
for economic reform, political and institutional
roots of corruption, and elements of appropriate
and institutionally sensitive design of economic
policy. 113 variables. |
Official data/ WB data |
177
Worldwide |
1975-1995
Other
Country wide |
Full comparability
Variables: elections, electoral rules, type of political
system, party composition of the opposition
and government coalition, and the extent of
military influence on the government. |
|
Qualitative
Decentralization Indicators
Public Sector Group
D. Weist |
Measures decentralization based
on four categories: "expenditure assignment,
revenue assignment, regulatory framework for
sub-national borrowing and character of the
transfer system. |
Official data |
75
Worldwide |
N/A |
Full comparability
Data from IMF's Government Finance Statistics and country
reports from the World Bank and other international
organizations like OECD, Inter-American Development
Bank and USAID. |
|
Regulatory
Discretion and the Unofficial Economy
Development Research Group
S. Johnson,
D. Kaufmann,
P. Zoido-Lobatón |
How regulation and taxation affect
the share of the unofficial economy. |
|
49
Worldwide |
1994–1997
Country wide |
Full comparability
Countries from Latin America, OECD, Transition economies. |
|
World Business
Environment Survey (WBES)
World Bank Institute, Private Sector Development
D. Kaufmann,
A. Stone |
Examines a wide range of interactions
between firms and the state. |
Firm surveys/ Key informant interviews |
80
Worldwide |
1999-2000
One time
Country wide |
Full comparability
10,000 firms in 80 countries and one territory. |
|
World Development
Report 1997 Dataset: Enterprise Survey
Development Research Group |
Constraints imposed by government
action that hinder development of private
business. |
Firm surveys (interviews of private entrepreneurs). |
67
Worldwide |
1996-1997
One time
Country wide |
Full comparability |
