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A Questionnaire for Assessing Governance
The World Governance Assessment uses
a standard questionnaire to capture subjective perceptions
on governance at the national level. The questionnaire
contains 36 questions covering rules throughout the
governance realm, ones that are thought to affect the
legitimacy of the polity at large and its policy performance.
In addition to the 36 indicators, we also collect additional
information regarding separation of powers, gender issues,
the role of ethnicity, poverty and government support
for reform. The questionnaire has been tested in the
first phase of the WGA project - and found acceptable
in 16 diverse countries representing 51% of the world's
population. We believe it provides a valuable way to
assess governance in a coherent and comprehensive manner.
The assessment instrument is a pre-coded,
multiple-choice questionnaire. It seeks ratings on the
present governance situation as well as five years previous.
In addition to indicating which standard answer comes
closest for each question, we seek additional comments
to better explain the situation in each country.
The questionnaire comprises 41 questions
and is divided into 7 parts:
- Part I: covers the extent of participation
in the political process.
- Part II: covers the way interests
in society are aggregated in the political process.
- Part III: covers government stewardship
of the system as a whole.
- Part IV: covers policy implementation,
particularly the bureaucracy.
- Part V: covers the relationship between
the state and the market.
- Part VI: covers dispute resolution,
particularly the judiciary.
- Part VII: asks a few general questions.
View the Questionnaire
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Source:
Conclusions
in 16 Developing Countries Goran Hyden, Julius
Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) World Governance Survey
Discussion Paper 10.
Making
Sense of Governance: The Need for Involving Local Stakeholders
Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) Development
Dialog.
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