How to Improve Governance

In recent years, the developing world has seen a burst of efforts to reduce corruption, increase transparency and accountability, and improve governance. Needless to say, this is an important and encouraging development. However, the lack of a reliable compass to describe where a country is at a given momentand where it could be heading in the absence or acceptance of proposed reformscan result in disastrous missteps. The unfortunate absence of such a guide has helped lead to innumerable failed