Financial Development and Structure 1960-2010

Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola...and 192 more, 1960 - 2010

Reference ID

WLD_1960-2010_FDS_v02_M

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Thorsten Beck and Asli Demirguc-Kunt (World Bank), Ross Eric Levine (Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota)

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Bureaucratic quality (bureau)

Data file: request8095

Overview

Valid: 92

Invalid: 14

Minimum: 0.893

Maximum: 6

Mean: 3.462

Standard deviation: 1.61

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 941

End: 957

Width: 17

Range: 0.892857074737549 - 6

Format: Numeric

Description

Universe

1980-1995

Source of information

Knack and Keefer (1995), using data from ICRG

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

Measures quality of bureaucracy. High scores indicate autonomy from political pressures and strengths and expertise to govern without drastic changes in policy ore interruptions in government services; also existence of an established mechanism for recruiting and training. Scored 0-6; average over 1982-95.

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