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Measuring Governance

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  • Charles P. Oman

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  • Christiane Arndt

    (OECD)

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The use of governance indicators, as applied to developing countries, has grown spectacularly in recent years. Following the maxim that you cannot manage what you cannot measure, international investors and official development aid agencies, together with academics and the media, have turned widely to using quantitative governance indicators for both analytical and decision-making purposes – with far-reaching consequences for developing countries…

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  • Charles P. Oman & Christiane Arndt, 2010. "Measuring Governance," OECD Development Centre Policy Briefs 39, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:devaab:39-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5km5z9nnxwxw-en
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    2. Katja Kalkschmied, 2020. "Rebundling Institutions," Graz Economics Papers 2020-03, University of Graz, Department of Economics.
    3. John Richards, 2013. "Diplomacy, Trade and Aid: Searching for "Synergies"," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 394, November.
    4. Gisselquist, Rachel M., 2013. "Evaluating Governance Indexes: Critical and Less Critical Questions," WIDER Working Paper Series 068, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    5. Rachel M. Gisselquist, 2013. "Evaluating Governance Indexes: Critical and Less Critical Questions," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2013-068, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    6. D’Emery, Raphael & Pinto, Hugo & Almeida, Cláudia, 2018. "Governance Networks And Second Home Tourism: Insights From A Sun And Sea Destination," Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, Cinturs - Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, University of Algarve, vol. 6(4), pages 375-391.
    7. Kalkschmied, Katja, 2023. "Rebundling Institutions: How property rights and contracting institutions combine for growth," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 477-500.

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