The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories over the period 1996–, for six dimensions of governance:
These aggregate indicators combine the views of a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. They are based on over 30 individual data sources produced by a variety of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and private sector firms.
What is Governance?
Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country
is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored
and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement
sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that
govern economic and social interactions among them.
The WGI are produced by: