OECD
- Government at a Glance: www.oecd.org/gov/indicators
- Measuring Government Activity: http://www.oecd.org/document/19/0,3746,en_2649_33735_42858259_1_1_1_1,00.html
- OECD Non-technical guidance on most widely-used governance indicators: Arndt and Oman (2006). “Uses and abuses of governance indicators”, OECD, Paris: www.oecd.org/dev/publications/governanceindicators
- OECD Handbook on constructing composite indicators: http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,3746,en_2649_34349_41752777_1_1_1_1,00.html
- OECD Practitioner Guide on perception surveys: www.oecd.org/regreform/perceptions
- World Bank Overview of Indicators of Governance and Institutional Quality , and of literature on governance indicators: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/0,,contentMDK:20773712~menuPK:433525~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:286305,00.html
- World Bank “Actionable Governance Indicators Data Portal”:
World Bank
UNDP
- UNDP User’s guide on “measuring public administration performance”: http://www.undp.org/oslocentre/docs09/MeasuringPublicadministration.pdf
Comprehensive databases
- Quality of Government Database (University of Gothenburg): http://www.qog.pol.gu.se/data/data_1.htm
Governance Indicator Database IADB: http://www.iadb.org/datagob/
See also the special issue of the International Public Management Journal on Ranking and Rating