Citizen-centric governance indicators: Measuring and monitoring governance by listening to the people and not the interest groups

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Governance indicators are now widely used as tools for conducting development dialogue, allocating external assistance and influencing foreign direct investment. This paper argues that available governance indicators are not suitable for these purposes as they do not conceptualize governance and fail to capture how citizens perceive the governance environment and outcomes in their countries. This paper attempts to fill this void by conceptualizing governance and implementing a uniform and consistent framework for measuring governance quality across countries and over time based upon citizens' evaluations.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: BGPE Discussion Paper ; No. 77

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Structure and Scope of Government: General ; Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government ; Public Administration; Public Sector Accounting and Audits ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Economic Development: General
• Subject: citizen-centric governance indicators ; rule of law ; fair governance ; service delivery ; quality of life ; trust in government ; government oversight ; public opinion

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ivanyna, Maksym ; Shah, Anwar
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE)
• (where): Nürnberg
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/73410
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