Index of African Governance - 2008 Release

The Index of African Governance is a project to measure and assess the quality of governance across the forty-eight countries of sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on performance in five areas: Safety and Security; the Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Opportunity; and Human Development. Using 57 indicators, the Index offers a report card on performance in each country. The 2008 edition of the Index assesses the years 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2006.

Data are drawn from a variety of sources, including our own in-country research. The Index is updated annually and all data are back-updated to reflect the latest data available and to allow for comparisons over time.

The data set should be cited as follows:

Robert I. Rotberg and Rachel M. Gisselquist, "2008 Index of African Governance Data Set," downloaded from Murray Research Archive, hdl:1902.1/12705 [date]. This data set is described in Rotberg and Gisselquist, Strengthening African Governance: Ibrahim Index of African Governance -- Results and Rankings 2008 (Cambridge, MA: Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and World Peace Foundation, October 2008). Subject: null Type: DATAPASS:TERMS:STANDARD: Notes: 1.0 (DATAPASS:TERMS:STANDARD:1.0) DATAPASS:TERMS:STANDARD:1.0 (STANDARD DEPOSIT TERMS 1.0) This study was deposited under the of the Data-PASS standard deposit terms. A copy of the usage agreement is included in the file section of this study.;