Publications

Assessing Governance: Findings from 16 Countries
The World Governance Survey developed and tested a new approach to collecting governance data at the national level. The approach combines systematic quantitative comparisons with qualitative data on key issues. It thus provides new perspectives on political processes in the 16 study countries, which cover 51 per cent of the world’s population.

Governance and Development
Governance has become a key concept in the international development debate over the past ten years - in addition to 'getting prices right' there is increasing emphasis on ‘getting politics right’.

Measuring Governance: Methodological Issues
If governance matters, so does the need for more reliable and valid data. Yet, many challenges remain in effectively assessing and analyzing governance issues.

Assessing Governance: Policy Note
View the summary findings for governance assessments that were undertaken in 16 developing and transitional societies covering 51 per cent of the world’s population.

Assessing and Analysing Governance in India
The paper presents the findings of the governance survey in four of the Indian states. Corruption was identified as the most important governance challenge in the country.

Estrada, not People Power II, Weakened Democracy in the Philippines
The WGS findings point to a clear, widespread and significant deterioration in the quality of governance in the Philippines during the Estrada administration.

People Power II in the Philippines: The First e-Revolution?
People Power II was arguably the world's first 'eRevolution' - a change of government brought about by new forms of ICTs.