# **Table 5:  Significant Changes in WGI Estimates of Governance 1998-2007**

||**Gov**|**ernance S**|**core**||||**A/**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2007**<br>**(Level)**|**1998**<br>**(Level)**|**Change**|**Agree**|**No**<br>**change**|**Dis-**<br>**agree**|**gree**<br>**(agree+**<br>**Disagree)**|**Sources**<br>**Added**|**Balanced**<br>**Change**|**Bal Chng/**<br>**Actual Chng**|
|**Voice & Accountability**|||||||||||
|THAILAND|-0.61|0.40|-1.01|4|0|2|0.67|7|-0.75|0.75|
|ERITREA|-2.15|-1.18|-0.97|2|1|0|1.00|5|-0.75|0.77|
|BELARUS|-1.80|-0.86|-0.93|4|0|0|1.00|5|-0.94|1.01|
|SINGAPORE|-0.43|0.27|-0.69|3|0|3|0.50|5|-0.42|0.61|
|ZIMBABWE|-1.54|-0.86|-0.68|4|2|0|1.00|10|-0.88|1.28|
|IRAN|-1.52|-0.87|-0.65|2|2|1|0.67|6|-0.40|0.62|
|COTE D'IVOIRE|-1.26|-0.65|-0.61|5|1|0|1.00|4|-0.64|1.05|
|VENEZUELA|-0.58|0.00|-0.58|6|0|1|0.86|8|-0.82|1.41|
|PERU<br>|0.00<br>|-0.57<br>|0.56<br>|3<br>|1<br>|2<br>|0.60<br>|10<br>|0.68<br>|1.20<br>|
|IRAQ|-1.29|-1.93|0.64|4|0|1|0.80|3|0.76|1.18|
|NIGERIA|-0.54|-1.22|0.68|5|1|0|1.00|11|0.55|0.80|
|CROATIA|0.47|-0.31|0.77|5|0|0|1.00|7|0.79|1.02|
|LIBERIA|-0.35|-1.12|0.77|4|0|0|1.00|5|0.77|0.99|
|KENYA|-0.06|-0.92|0.85|4|2|0|1.00|11|0.54|0.63|
|INDONESIA|-0.17|-1.04|0.87|5|0|1|0.83|9|1.03|1.18|
|AFGHANISTAN|-1.17|-2.04|0.87|3|0|0|1.00|5|1.01|1.16|
|LESOTHO|0.12|-0.77|0.90|1|1|0|1.00|6|0.73|0.81|
|GHANA|0.50|-0.43|0.94|6|0|0|1.00|9|0.95|1.01|
|SIERRA LEONE|-0.33|-1.47|1.14|3|0|0|1.00|8|1.18|1.03|
|NIGER|-0.38|-1.54|1.16|4|0|0|1.00|7|1.09|0.94|
|SERBIA|0.20|-1.14|1.35|5|0|0|1.00|6|1.37|1.02|
|_Average_||||_3.90_|_0.52_|_0.52_|_0.90_|_7.00_|||
|**Political Stability and Absen**|**ce of Violenc**|**e**|||||||||
|COTE D'IVOIRE|-2.12|-0.28|-1.84|5|0|1|0.83|3|-1.63|0.88|
|THAILAND|-1.07|0.37|-1.44|5|0|1|0.83|5|-1.37|0.95|
|GUINEA|-2.02|-0.58|-1.43|2|0|1|0.67|4|-1.43|1.00|
|NEPAL|-2.13|-0.73|-1.40|2|0|0|1.00|4|-1.07|0.76|
|NIGERIA|-2.07|-0.84|-1.23|4|2|0|1.00|4|-1.20|0.97|
|LEBANON|-2.09|-0.86|-1.23|3|0|2|0.60|3|-0.89|0.72|
|PHILIPPINES|-1.38|-0.15|-1.23|4|1|1|0.80|5|-0.92|0.75|
|KYRGYZSTAN|-1.11|0.01|-1.12|2|0|1|0.67|4|-0.80|0.72|
|PAKISTAN|-2.44|-1.33|-1.12|6|0|0|1.00|4|-1.10|0.99|
|BANGLADESH|-1.44|-0.49|-0.95|4|0|1|0.80|4|-0.96|1.01|
|UZBEKISTAN|-1.42|-0.48|-0.94|2|0|1|0.67|5|-0.84|0.89|
|ETHIOPIA|-1.72|-0.82|-0.90|5|0|0|1.00|4|-1.11|1.24|
|IRAN|-1.33|-0.45|-0.88|5|1|0|1.00|3|-0.84|0.96|
|VENEZUELA|-1.23|-0.38|-0.85|5|0|1|0.83|5|-0.80|0.95|
|ARMENIA<br>|-0.01<br>|-0.86<br>|0.85<br>|4<br>|0<br>|0<br>|1.00<br>|4<br>|1.36<br>|1.60<br>|
|SOUTH AFRICA|0.18|-0.83|1.01|6|0|1|0.86|5|1.06|1.05|
|ALGERIA|-1.18|-2.33|1.15|5|0|1|0.83|4|1.31|1.14|
|SERBIA|-0.77|-1.96|1.18|4|0|0|1.00|4|1.41|1.19|
|CONGO|-0.83|-2.04|1.21|3|0|1|0.75|4|1.51|1.25|
|GUINEA-BISSAU|-041|-179|139|3|0|0|100|0|146|105|
|TAJIKISTAN|.<br>-0.87|.<br>-2.26|.<br>1.39|3|0|0|.<br>1.00|4|.<br>1.55|.<br>1.12|
|LIBYA|0.47|-1.23|1.70|5|0|0|1.00|4|1.74|1.02|
|ANGOLA|-046|-223|177|5|0|0|100|3|199|113|
|SIERRA LEONE|.<br>-0.30|.<br>-2.18|.<br>1.88|3|0|0|.<br>1.00|2|.<br>2.23|.<br>1.19|
|RWANDA|-0.19|-2.15|1.96|2|0|0|1.00|3|1.47|0.75|
|_Average_||||_3.88_|_0.16_|_0.52_|_0.89_|_3.76_|||
|Note: Shaded countries c|rreson|to inc|eases|in WG|I estim|tes of|overna|ce and|non-sha|ed areas|
|<br>correspond to declines.|p||||||g|,|||

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