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Towards consensus on governance indicators selecting public management and broader governance indicators Steve Knack Nick Manning World Bank March 7, 2000 Table of Contents summary i phase I - the rediscovery that governance matters for development 1 phase II - the hunt for policy relevance 3 what is being measured? - 5 dimensions of difference between governance indicators 8 specificity with which the indicators implicate particular institutions 9 specificity with which the indicators define the outcomes of good governance in operation 12 replicability and transparency of indicators 12 quality and accuracy of indicators 13 data coverage of indicators. 13 horses for courses - the search for indicators has evolved 15 the requirements in phase I were to draw attention to broad governance concerns 17 DAC requirements filter out most available public management indicators 17 Policy volatility 17 Waiting time for telephone lines 19 Contract-intensive Money 20 Civil service pay relative to private sector pay 21 Private Sector Credit 22 immediate action and future work 23 a new agenda for public management indicators 23 a pragmatic agenda for now 26 conclusions 29 Tables Table 1 an incomplete list of sources of governance indicators 5 Table 2 5 dimensions of governance indicators 9 Table 3 existing indicators mapped on the 5 dimensions 15 Table 4 additional public management and governance indicators 25 figures Figure 1 inside the black box of governance 10 Figure 2 policy volatility and poverty headcount, controlling for per capita income 19 Figure 3 average waiting time for phone service in relation to bureaucratic quality 20 Figure 4 voter turn out and Freedom House ratings 27 summary This paper focuses on public management indicators and reaches the conclusion that there are perhaps five that are currently available and meet the criteria suggested by the OECD Development Assistance Committee for the international working g