Applying a simple measure of good governance to the debate on fiscal decentralization (English)

Debates about the appropriate role, policies, and institutions of the state are often hampered by the lack of a definition for good government. To provide a quantifiable measure of good government, the authors develop an index for the quality of governance for a sample of 80 countries. They apply the index to the debate on the appropriate level of fiscal decentralization. In measuring the quality of governance, the authors develop indices for the...

DETAILS

Author

Huther, Jeff;

Shah, Anwar;
Document Date
1998/03/31
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1894
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Applying a simple measure of good governance to the debate on fiscal decentralization
Keywords
governance quality

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc)

Official PDF
TXT*
Download Stats
*The text version is uncorrected OCR text and is included solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Citation

Huther, Jeff; Shah, Anwar.

Applying a simple measure of good governance to the debate on fiscal decentralization (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1894 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/673221468766535925

Applying a simple measure of good governance to the debate on fiscal decentralization (English)

DETAILS

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Citation

SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL ALERTS