|CCR|Freedom House|Countries at the<br>Crossroads|32 countries, rotatng<br>sample.|Annual, used in<br>WGI 2004-2012.|Expert/NGO|Expert assessment scored by Freedom House staf. This report<br>series was discontnued by Freedom House in 2012. Link to<br>methodologyandpast reportshere.|
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|EBR|European Bank<br>for<br>Reconstructon<br>and<br>Development|Transiton<br>Report<br>Transiton<br>Indicators|35 countries in Eastern<br>Europe and Central<br>Asia.|Annual, used in<br>WGI 1996-2016.|Expert/GOV|Expert assessment of regulatory environment scored by EBRD<br>staf. Afer 2014, the methodology for this indicator changed<br>so that it was no longer based on primary analysis by EBRD<br>staf but instead became based on existng other data sources,<br>and therefore became ineligible for inclusion in the WGI. The<br>2014 data was used in WGI for 2015 and 2016 as well while<br>the new EBRD methodology as under development.<br>Descripton of methodology provided in Transiton Report<br>availablehere.|
|EIU|Economist<br>Intelligence Unit|Country<br>Viewpoint<br>Operatonal Risk<br>Service;<br>Democracy<br>Index|Operatonal Risk<br>Service: 180 countries<br>covering a global<br>sample. Democracy<br>Index: 164 countries<br>covering a global<br>sample.|Monthly for<br>Operatonal Risk<br>Service; used in<br>WGI since 1996.<br>Annual for<br>Democracy<br>Index, used in<br>WGI since 2006.|Expert/CBIP|Expert assessment of multple dimensions of business<br>environment, scored by EIU staf in regional ofces subject to<br>centralized review. Data come from theEIU Country<br>Viewpoint Operatonal Risk Service. Data are commercially<br>available. Averages of questons as assigned to six WGI<br>indicators are publicly available on the WGI website. The<br>Democracy Index is publicly available, methodology is<br>described in accompanying report availablehere.Data from<br>December of each calendaryear is used in the WGI.|
|EQI|Quality of<br>Governance<br>Insttute|European<br>Quality of<br>Governance<br>Index|27 European<br>economies.|Every three<br>years. Used in<br>WGI since 2010.|Survey/HH|Household survey of perceptons of the quality of government.<br>Codebook with survey questons and details of sampling<br>methodology and weights is availablehere.Record-level<br>surveydata is available free of charge.|
|FRH|Freedom House|Freedom in the<br>World;Freedom<br>of the Net;<br>Natons in<br>Transit|Freedom in the World:<br>197 economies<br>covering a global<br>sample.<br>Freedom of the Net: 70<br>economies covering a<br>global sample.<br>Natons in Transit: 29<br>economies.|Annual. Used in<br>WGI since 1996<br>(Freedom in the<br>World and<br>Natons in<br>Transit) and<br>since 2019<br>(Freedom of the<br>Net).|Expert/NGO|Freedom in the World: An overview of the Freedom House<br>Freedom in the World methodology is availablehere.A<br>detailed descripton of the scoring criteria for the 2024 report<br>is availablehere.<br>Freedom of the Net: A detailed descripton of the<br>methodology, including scoring criteria, is availablehere.<br>Natons in Transit: A detailed descripton of the methodology,<br>including scoring criteria, is availablehere.<br>Note: between 1996 and 2017 the WGI also included data<br>from the Freedom House Freedom of the Press which was<br>discontnued in 2017. Data and methodology for this report is<br>availablehere.|
|GCB|Transparency<br>Internatonal|Global<br>Corrupton<br>Barometer|Varies with survey<br>rounds, latest round<br>covering Pacifc Islands<br>covered 10 countries.|Every 2-3 years<br>covering<br>regionally<br>rotatngsample.|Survey/HH|Household survey of corrupton perceptons. Documentaton<br>of survey methodology is provided separately for diferent<br>rounds of the surveyhere.For a link to the 2017 round<br>methodology,clickhere.|

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