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Measuring Governance: Indexes in Comparative Perspective

Measuring Governance: Indexes in Comparative Perspective. Aniket Bhushan Governance for Equitable Growth & Canadian International Development Platform The North-South Institute. Defining and Operationalizing “Governance”. “Governance” is fuzzy

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Measuring Governance: Indexes in Comparative Perspective

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  1. Measuring Governance: Indexes in Comparative Perspective Aniket Bhushan Governance for Equitable Growth & Canadian International Development Platform The North-South Institute

  2. Defining and Operationalizing “Governance” • “Governance” is fuzzy • Is it measureable? Objective, verifiable, replicable • Where on continuum? Input, process, output • Aid aimed at improving governance (“government and CS-general”) fastest growing aid sector ($17bn in 2011; compared to $11bn emergency, $9bn agric, $7bn basic health) • Rely on objective (hard) measures • Focus on governance as output

  3. Defining and Operationalizing “Governance” • “delivery of essential services or ‘political goods’to constituents, by constituted governments”

  4. Rating the Raters • Assess indexes against stated mission • Coverage (time, countries) • Availability of underlying data • Replicable method • Impact factor • Organize into basket of 5 political goods • Visualize via http://cidpnsi.ca/

  5. Looking ahead • As aid becomes even more “results based” (value for money) need for index-type measures will grow • What is available is far less objective or scientific than portrayed • Ability to directly integrate beneficiary feedback (near real-time) fundamentally changing nature of development data • Key is to reach better understanding how, where, index measures fit into policy processes

  6. Connect http://cidpnsi.ca/ • FOLLOW: @CIDPNSI • LIKE: http://www.facebook.com/CIDPNSI • LIKE: http://www.facebook.com/NSIINS • EMAIL: abhushan@nsi-ins.ca

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