Worldwide Governance Indicators
The IFs system has collected information on governance quality from “Governance Matters VII: Governance Indicators for 1996–2007”, a World Bank Policy Research Working Paper published in 2008, authored by D. Kaufmann A. Kraay, and M. Mastruzzi. The dataset provides estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 212 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004-2006.
These indicators are estimated based on various individual variables measuring perceptions of governance. The governance indicators dataset collected information from 25 separate data sources constructed by 18 different organizations. The governance indicator dataset was initiated in 1998 and grouped in as six dimension of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, Control of Corruption. The dataset and detailed methodological description is available at http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007
Series taken from WGI:
| Series Name | Category | Description | Source | Last IFs update | Coverage | Used in preprocessor |
| SeriesGovernanceEffect | Government | Worldwide Governance Indicators | 2013/10/14 | 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002-2012 | SocioPol | |
| SeriesGovernanceRegQual | Government |
Worldwide Governance Indicators |
2013/10/14 |
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002-2012 |
SocioPol | |
| GovWBGovMatCorrupt | Government |
Worldwide Governance Indicators | 2013/10/14 |
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002-2012 |
No | |
| GovWBGovMatPolStab | Government |
Worldwide Governance Indicators |
2013/10/14 |
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002-2012 |
No | |
| GovWBGovMatRuleLaw |
Government |
Worldwide Governance Indicators |
2013/10/14 |
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002-2012 |
No | |
| GovWBGovMatVoiceAcct |
Government |
Worldwide Governance Indicators |
2013/10/14 |
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002-2012 |
No |