# **Table 5:  Global Trends in Governance 1996-2005 for Selected Sources**

||||**Wor**|**[Quas**<br>**ld Aver**|**i Bala**<br>**age**|**nced Sa**|**mple]* ***<br>**Std.**|*** *****<br>**Dev. Ac**|**ross C**|**ountries**||**tttiti**|**tttiti**|**tttiti**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Sample**|**1996**|**1998**|**2000**|**2002**|**2005**|**1996**|**1998**|**2000**|**2002**|**2005**|**-sasc**<br>**1996-2005**|**-sasc**<br>**1998-2005**|**-sasc**<br>**2002-2005**|
|**Voice and Accountability**|||||||||||||||
|EIU|115|0.41|0.42|0.42|0.46|0.45|_0.30_|_0.32_|_0.31_|_0.28_|_0.28_|1.15|0.89|-0.19|
|FRH|190|0.552|0.565|0.569|0.582|0.59|_0.31_|_0.31_|_0.30_|_0.30_|_0.30_|1.33|0.90|0.38|
|GCS (Press Freedom / Parliament) **|97|..|..|..|0.57|0.55|_.._|_.._|_.._|_0.15_|_0.15_|..|..|-0.81|
|PRS *|140|0.63|0.63|0.63|0.63|0.67|_0.25_|_0.27_|_0.27_|_0.26_|_0.26_|1.26|1.34|1.18|
|WMO|186|..|..|..|0.55|0.57|_.._|_.._|_.._|_0.26_|_0.25_|..|..|0.53|
|**Political Stability**|||||||||||||||
|EIU|115|0.54|0.51|0.56|0.54|0.56|_0.29_|_0.30_|_0.30_|_0.28_|_0.27_|0.53|1.33|0.43|
|GCS (cost of terrorism) **|97|..|..|..|0.66|0.67|_.._|_.._|_.._|_0.17_|_0.14_|..|..|0.44|
|PRS *|140|0.70|0.76|0.78|0.75|0.74|_0.13_|_0.14_|_0.11_|_0.12_|_0.11_|2.54|-1.79|-0.94|
|WMO|186|..|..|..|0.67|0.67|_.._|_.._|_.._|_0.24_|_0.22_|..|..|0.10|
|**Government Effectiveness**|||||||||||||||
|EIU|115|0.39|0.45|0.44|0.38|0.37|_0.30_|_0.24_|_0.24_|_0.29_|_0.31_|-0.46|-2.33|-0.40|
|GCS (infrastructure quality) **|97|0.49|0.52|0.54|0.53|0.50|0.22|0.21|0.25|0.24|0.23|0.55|-0.53|-0.80|
|PRS *|140|0.58|0.51|0.54|0.54|0.53|_0.24_|_0.21_|_0.29_|_0.29_|_0.28_|-1.47|0.80|-0.24|
|WMO|186|..|..|..|0.56|0.57|_.._|_.._|_.._|_0.23_|_0.23_|..|..|0.36|
|**Regulatory Quality**|||||||||||||||
|EIU|115|0.42|..|..|0.51|0.54|_0.25_|_.._|_.._|_0.25_|_0.24_|3.77|..|1.08|
|GCS (burden of regulations) **|97|0.44|0.48|0.42|0.30|0.34|0.15|0.15|0.12|0.13|0.11|-5.17|-7.59|2.60|
|HERITAGE ***|155|0.50|0.48|0.49|0.50|0.51|_0.30_|_0.31_|_0.31_|_0.29_|_0.18_|0.39|0.94|0.23|
|WMO|186|..|..|..|0.58|0.59|_.._|_.._|_.._|_0.25_|_0.25_|..|..|0.35|
|**Rule of Law**|||||||||||||||
|EIU|115|0.47|0.50|0.48|0.52|0.51|_0.27_|_0.30_|_0.30_|_0.26_|_0.26_|0.96|0.36|-0.38|
|GCS (cost of organized crime / quality of|||||||||||||||
|<br>police / independent judiciary) **|97|..|0.65|0.62|0.56|0.55|_.._|_0.21_|_0.23_|_0.21_|_0.19_|..|-3.45|-0.43|
|HERITAGE ***|155|0.50|0.48|0.46|0.44|0.44|_0.30_|_0.31_|_0.31_|_0.29_|_0.28_|-1.87|-1.12|-0.18|
|PRS *|140|0.72|0.62|0.65|0.62|0.64|_0.23_|_0.26_|_0.23_|_0.24_|_0.21_|-3.31|0.50|0.75|
|QLM|115|0.45|0.45|0.46|0.46|0.44|_0.29_|_0.29_|_0.30_|_0.30_|_0.30_|-0.07|-0.23|-0.34|
|WMO|186|..|..|..|0.58|0.59|_.._|_.._|_.._|_0.23_|_0.23_|..|..|0.38|
|**Control of Corruption**|||||||||||||||
|EIU|115|0.35|0.34|0.33|0.35|0.33|_0.31_|_0.32_|_0.31_|_0.32_|_0.35_|-0.29|-0.23|-0.33|
|GCS (bribe frequency)**|97|..|0.66|0.69|0.64|0.63|_.._|_0.29_|_0.25_|_0.22_|_0.18_|..|-0.86|-0.35|
|PRS *|140|0.59|0.51|0.47|0.41|0.41|_0.21_|_0.21_|_0.21_|_0.19_|_0.20_|-7.08|-3.85|0.33|
|QLM|115|0.39|0.40|0.40|0.40|0.38|_0.29_|_0.29_|_0.29_|_0.29_|_0.29_|-0.35|-0.54|-0.51|
|WMO|186||||052|053||||_027_|_026_|||032|
|* PRS Country coverage in 1996: 130, all<br>** GCS Country coverage in 1996: 58; in 1<br>*** Heritage Country coverage in 1996: 13|other peri<br>998: 59; i<br>7; all othe|..<br>ods 140<br>n 2000:<br>r periods|..<br>.<br>75; 20<br>155.|..<br>02:80; 2|.<br>003-20|.<br>05: 97.|_.._|_.._|_.._|_._|_._|..|..|.|

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