The report, Governance Matters, 2007: Worldwide Governance Indicators 1996-2006 being launched today by the World Bank Institute and the World Bank Development Economics Vice-presidency, shows that a number of countries - including in Africa - are making progress in improving governance and fighting corruption.
This is encouraging given that good governance and corruption control are fundamental for long-term growth and reducing poverty.This year’s report represents a decade-long effort by the researchers to build and update the most comprehensive cross-country set of governance indicators currently available to the public.
See full Press Release.
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