# **Table 1:  Sources of Governance Data Used in 2008 Update of WGI**

|||||Country|Represe||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Source**|Type*|Public|Coverage|-ntative|1996|1998<br>2|000|2002<br>2|003|2004|20|05<br>20|06<br>2007<br>2008|
|ADB|African Development Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessments|Expert (GOV)|Partial|53|||x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|AEO|OECD Development Center African Economic Outlook|Expert (GOV)|Yes|48||x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|AFR|Afrobarometer|Survey|Yes|19||||x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|ASD|Asian Development Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessments|Expert (GOV)|Partial|29||||x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|BPS|Business Enterprise Environment Survey|Survey|Yes|27||||x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|BRI|Business Environment Risk Intelligence Business Risk Service / Financial Ethics Index|Expert (CBIP)|Yes|101||x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|BTI|Bertelsmann Transformation Index|Expert (NGO)|Yes|125|||||x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|CCR|Freedom House Countries at the Crossroads|Expert (NGO)|Yes|62|||||||x|x|x|x<br>x|
|DRI|Global Insight Global Risk Service|Expert (CBIP)|Yes|144|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|EBR|European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Transition Report|Expert (GOV)|Yes|29||x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|EGV|Global E-Governance Index|Expert (NGO)|Yes|196|x||||x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|EIU|Economist Intelligence Unit Riskwire & Democracy Index|Expert (CBIP)|Yes|170|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|FRH|Freedom House|Expert (NGO)|Yes|197|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|GAD|Cerberus Intelligence Gray Area Dynamics**|<br>Expert (CBIP)|Yes|164|x|||||||||x|
|GCB|Transparency International Global Corruption Barometer Survey|Survey|Yes|80|||||x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|GCS|<br>World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report|Survey|Yes|134|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|GII|Global Integrity Index|Expert (NGO)|Yes|79||||||x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|GWP|Gallup World Poll|Survey|Yes|130|x||||||||x|x<br>x|
|HER|Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom|Expert (NGO)|Yes|179|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|HUM|Cingranelli Richards Human Rights Database and Political Terror Scale|Expert (GOV)|Yes|192|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|IFD|<br>IFAD Rural Sector Performance Assessments|<br>Expert (GOV)|Yes|90|||||||x|x|x|x<br>x|
|IJT|iJET Country Security Risk Ratings|Expert (CBIP)|Yes|185|x||||||x|x|x|x<br>x|
|IPD|Institutional Profiles Database|Expert (GOV)|Yes|85|x||||||||x|x<br>x|
|LBO|Latinobarometro|Survey|Yes|18||x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|MIG|Merchant International Group Gray Area Dynamics**|Expert (CBIP)|Yes|156|x||||x|x|x|x|x|x|
|MSI|International Research and Exchanges Board Media Sustainability Index|Expert (NGO)|Yes|76|||||x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|OBI|International Budget Project Open Budget Index|Expert (NGO)|Yes|85||||||||x|x|x<br>x|
|PIA|<br>World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessments|<br>Expert (GOV)|Partial|142||x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|PRC|Political Economic Risk Consultancy Corruption in Asia Survey|Survey|Yes|15|||x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|PRS|<br>Political Risk Services International Country Risk Guide|Expert (CBIP)|Yes|140|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|RSF|Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index|Expert (NGO)|Yes|170|x||||x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|TPR|<br>US State Department Trafficking in People report|<br>Expert (GOV)|Yes|153|x|||x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|VAB|Vanderbilt University Americas Barometer|Survey|Yes|23|||||||x|x|x|x<br>x|
|WCY|Institute for Management and Development World Competitiveness Yearbook|Survey|Yes|55||x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|
|WMO|Global Insight Business Conditions and Risk Indicators|Expert (CBIP)|Yes|203|x||x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x<br>x|

*CBIP -- Commercial Business Information Provider, GOV -- Public Sector Data Provider, NGO -- Non-Governmental Organization Data Provider **Gray Area Dynamics changed ownership and was substantially revised in 2008, we treat the previous and current version as separate sources, see text for details.

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