Assessing Governance, Staff Guidance Note on the Governance Rating of the Bank’s Country Performance Assessment

santi, emanuele and santiso, Carlos and Campos, Indira (2009): Assessing Governance, Staff Guidance Note on the Governance Rating of the Bank’s Country Performance Assessment. Published in:

Abstract

The purpose of this note is to provide guidance to Bank staff on the sources of evidence available to inform the assessment of the governance rating and thereby reduce the scope for subjectivity of the annual CPA exercise. It is designed in particular for Country Economists responsible for the coordination of the CPA exercise, undertaken each year. It aims at enhancing the objectivity, quality, consistency and robustness of the assessment of the governance rating, providing sources of evidence to inform the judgments made on governance performance across countries and trends over time. It emphasizes the availability of Africa-based sources of information and evidence.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Governance Diagnostics, Public Sector, Africa
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D73 - Bureaucracy ; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations ; Corruption; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F59 - Other; H - Public Economics > H8 - Miscellaneous Issues > H83 - Public Administration ; Public Sector Accounting and Audits; D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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