This selection includes data related to SPC member countries and territories for some of the indicators available in the original database published by the World Bank.

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Control of corruption captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as "capture" of the state by elites and private interests. This table lists the individual variables from each data source used to construct this measure in the Worldwide Governance Indicators Quality/Lineage: The data is downloaded from the above link http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home and manipulated only table format keeping the value same for all the countries as the requirement of the Strive database. The map is created based on the values of the country using rworldmap package in R.

GDP Growth Indicator: GDP = (( GDPt- GDP t-1)/ GDP t-1)*10 Control Of Corruption Indicator: Corupption Perception Index Government Effectiveness Indicator: a measure of the quality of public services, the quality of civil services and their degree of independence from political pressure, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of commitments government to this policy. Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Teorism Indicator: a measure of the likelihood of a change in power that could impact not only policy sustainability but also reduce citizen’s ability to choose and replace rulers peacefull. Regulator Quality Indicator: a measure of a government's ability to formulate and implement policies and regulations and its ability to promote private sector development Rule of Law Indicator: an Index Rules of Law

All of the data are measuring in ratio (%) and the source are from the World Bank.

Voice and accountability captures perceptions of the extent to which a country's citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media. This table lists the individual variables from each data source used to construct this measure in the Worldwide Governance Indicators

Regulatory quality captures perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. This table lists the individual variables from each data source used to construct this measure in the Worldwide Governance Indicators Quality/Lineage: The data is downloaded from the above link http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home and manipulated only table format keeping the value same for all the countries as the requirement of the Strive database. The map is created based on the values of the country using rworldmap package in R.

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by the World Bank Group to allocate resources.

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them. Standard error indicates the precision of the estimate of governance. Larger values of the standard error indicate less precise estimates. A 90 percent confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error. Regulatory Quality captures perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development.

Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically motivated violence, including terrorism. This table lists the individual variables from each data source used to construct this measure in the Worldwide Governance Indicators Quality/Lineage: The data is downloaded from the above link http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home and manipulated only table format keeping the value same for all the countries as the requirement of the Strive database. The map is created based on the values of the country using rworldmap package in R.

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by the World Bank Group to allocate resources.

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working-age population (ages 15-64)growth rate was extracted from the World Bank Open Data databases .he real GDP (Y) ,the working-age population (L) and the depreciation rate δ were extracted from the Penn World Table 9.1 . The growth rate of technological progress g is assumed to be constant and equal to 1%.the average share of real investment (inclusive of government investment) was calculated based on PWT 9.1 data. The Regulator Quality Index, Corruption Index, Voice and Accountability Index, Political Stabili-ty/No Violence Index, Government Effectiveness Index, and Rule of Law Index were obtained from the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) dataset.This dataset include 4 different samples of countries, with different economic and institutional environment.

BR: Control of Corruption: Estimate data was reported at -0.532 NA in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.381 NA for 2016. BR: Control of Corruption: Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging -0.037 NA from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2017, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.166 NA in 2011 and a record low of -0.532 NA in 2017. BR: Control of Corruption: Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WGI: Country Governance Indicators. Control of Corruption captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as 'capture' of the state by elites and private interests. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them. Number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the aggregate estimate is based. The WGI are based on a large number of different data sources, capturing the views and experiences of survey respondents and experts in the public and private sectors, as well as various NGOs. These data sources include: (a) surveys of households and firms (e.g. Afrobarometer surveys, Gallup World Poll, and Global Competitiveness Report survey), (b) NGOs (e.g. Global Integrity, Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders), (c) commercial business information providers (e.g. Economist Intelligence Unit, S&P Global, Political Risk Services), and (d) public sector organizations (e.g. CPIA assessments of World Bank and regional development banks). Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism.

United States US: Government Effectiveness: Estimate data was reported at 1.554 NA in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.477 NA for 2016. United States US: Government Effectiveness: Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 1.554 NA from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2017, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.803 NA in 2000 and a record low of 1.464 NA in 2015. United States US: Government Effectiveness: Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WGI: Country Governance Indicators. Government Effectiveness captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.

Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank in Nepal was reported at 21.7 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Nepal - Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Iran IR: Government Effectiveness: Estimate data was reported at -0.191 NA in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.185 NA for 2016. Iran IR: Government Effectiveness: Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging -0.492 NA from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2017, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -0.185 NA in 2016 and a record low of -0.677 NA in 2013. Iran IR: Government Effectiveness: Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iran – Table IR.World Bank.WGI: Country Governance Indicators. Government Effectiveness captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.

The “governance index” is related to potential effectiveness of any governmental response during and after exposure to climate stress in 2010. Generally well-structured governmental institutions are able to enhance the resilience of its members and citizen promoting adaptation strategies and action. The index results from the first cluster of the Principal Component Analysis preformed among 18 potential variables. The analysis identifies seven dominant variables, namely “openness to external assistance”, “regulatory quality”, “government effectiveness”, “voice and accountability”, “failed state”, “perceived corruption” and “criminal rate”, assigning equal weight of 0.1525 except to “criminal rate” that retrieve a weight of 0.085. Before to perform the analysis “criminal rate” was log transformed to shorten the extreme variation and then all variables were score-standardized (converted to distribution with average of 0 and standard deviation of 1; inverse method was applied for “criminal rate”) in order to be comparable. All the variables are country base and the tabular data were linked by country to the national boundaries shapefile (FAO/GAUL) and then converted into raster format (resolution 0.5 arc-minute). The variable “openness to external assistance” was compute as the average values of the period 2008-2012 of the KOF Index of Globalization that serves as a proxy for a country’s level of global integration. It uses data on three dimensions of globalization (economic, social and political) to create an overall globalization score between zero and 100 that measures a country’s level of integration in the global system. The variables “regulatory quality”, “government effectiveness” and “voice and accountability” are gathered from the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators, considering the average of the period 2008-2012. “Regulatory quality” captures perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. “Government effectiveness” captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies. “Voice and accountability captures perceptions of the extent to which a country's citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media. The “failed state” variable is based on the average 2008-2012 of the fragile state index that is a compilation of 12 socio-economic and political variables made by the Fund for Peace. It aims to capture the vulnerability to any kind of stress of a certain state. The “perceived corruption” variable is based on the homonym index published by Transparency International (NGO) averaged from 2008 to 2012. It assesses the level of corruption using qualitative surveys. Finally the “criminal rate” records the average rate (per 100,000 people) of unlawful death, as defined and assessed by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, in the period 2008-2012. A country with a higher degree of global integration will be better positioned to obtain disaster assistance from the international community. Autarkic or less well-integrated countries may be less able or willing to receive outside assistance in the event of extreme weather events. Such assistance could take the form of aid from bilateral or multilateral donors or international humanitarian organizations, or it could be in the form of remittances from overseas family or diasporas of the affected population. The Worldwide Governance Indicators define the level of expected assistance to citizens to better coping and manage with climate stressors and disaster events in situations measuring the good governance degree of a state. The failed state index measures the state ability to implement adaptation strategies measuring its vulnerability. People living in countries with higher level of corruption are thought to have more difficulties recovering from climate change impacts, due to limited governmental support reaching affected population compared to states with lower level of corruption. Corruption can further be of particular importance when it comes to the distribution of and access to emergency relief resources. Finally the criminal rate is included because violence severely limits a government’s ability to deliver assistance and indicate a lack of authority by central government. This dataset has been produced in the framework of the “Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa: impacts and adaptations (ClimAfrica)” project, Work Package 4 (WP4). More information on ClimAfrica project is provided in the Supplemental Information section of this metadata.

Aggregated and individual governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories for six dimensions of governance including voice and accountability; political stability and absence of violence; government effectiveness; regulatory quality; rule of law; and control of corruption. The indicators combine the views of a large number of enterprises, citizens and expert survey respondents and are based on over 30 individual data sources.

Website: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home

United States US: Regulatory Quality: Estimate data was reported at 1.628 NA in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.497 NA for 2016. United States US: Regulatory Quality: Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 1.532 NA from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2017, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.761 NA in 2000 and a record low of 1.256 NA in 2015. United States US: Regulatory Quality: Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WGI: Country Governance Indicators. Regulatory Quality captures perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.

The Africa Integrity Indicators, produced by Global Integrity in partnership with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, assesses governance and policy implementation across Africa. The dataset evaluates corruption and governance both in law and in practice, focusing on transparency, accountability, and social development. It examines the implementation of national policies that support governments, citizens, and civil society while measuring social, economic, political, and anti-corruption mechanisms. The data is used by organizations like the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) and the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI).