The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Six, One, or None?

• Tác giả: Laura Langbein
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 341.26 +States
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 291284
• Chủ đề: 1. Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; 2. Bureaucracy; 3. Corruption D730; 4. Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720; 5. Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government H110

Tóm tắt

Aggregate indexes of the quality of governance, covering large samples of countries, have become popular in comparative political analysis. Few studies examine the validity or reliability of these indexes. To partially fill this gap, this study uses factor, confirmatory factor and path analysis to test both measurement and causal models of the six Worldwide Governance indicators. They purportedly measure distinct concepts of control of corruption, rule of law, government effectiveness, rule quality, political stability, and voice and accountability. Rather than distinguishing among aspects of the quality of governance, we find that they appear to be measuring the same broad concept.