Arbeitspapier
The Good Governance Indicators of the Millennium Challenge Account: How many dimensions are really being measured
This paper assesses the validity of the perception-based governance indicators used by the US Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) for aid allocation decisions. By conducting Explanatory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of data from 1996 to 2009, we find that although the MCA purports to measure seven distinct dimensions of governance, only two discrete underlying dimensions, the 'participatory dimension of governance' and the 'overall quality of governance' can be identified. Our results also show that some of the doubts that have been raised concerning the validity of perception-based governance indicators are less warranted when the indicators are applied exclusively to developing countries.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2011/2
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Classification Methods; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Models
Foreign Aid
Economic Development: General
Economywide Country Studies: U.S.; Canada
- Thema
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Aid Allocation
Governance Indicators
Factor Analysis
MCA
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Knoll, Martin
Zloczysti, Petra
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
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Berlin
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2011
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Knoll, Martin
- Zloczysti, Petra
- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Entstanden
- 2011