Government accountability - Economist, julio 2009

Fuente: el Economist, Daily chart, julio 2009

http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933596&story_id=13940426

Government accountability - Better and worse
Jul 1st 2009 - From Economist.com

"Which countries are better governed than a decade ago, and which worse
The governments of Serbia and Sierra Leone have made the most improvements in accountability in the past decade, according to a new report from the World Bank.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, too, governments are more accountable than they were in 1998. But in Eritrea, Thailand, Belarus and Zimbabwe conditions have worsened sharply.

In an effort to quantify changes the Bank compared aspects of its World Governance Indicators, which are produced each year by aggregating information from scores of organisations, such as Freedom House and the Economist Intelligence Unit.

In judging accountability the bank uses measures of civil rights (including freedom of speech, assembly and religion), freedom of participation in elections and press freedom, in 209 countries.

While the precision of the data may be debatable, the direction of movement looks plausible."

Datos del WGi, World Bank