6 DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE: 1. Voice and accountability; the extent to which a state citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and free media 2. Political stability and absence of violence perceptions of the likelihood that the government will be destabilized or overthrown by unconstitutional or violent means, including political violence and terrorism 3. Government effectiveness the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government’s commitment to such policies 4. Regulatory quality the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development 5. Rule of law; the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence 6. Control of corruption; the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as ‘capture’ of the state by elites and private interests.
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