Textbook Public Finance and Public Policy by Jonathan Gruber, 5th Edition; Worth/Macmillan Publications, 2015.

1. Every year, The World bank rates countries on the basis of their quality of governance, along a number of different dimension (such as political stability, government effectiveness, and the rule of law). These indiees are on the web at http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.aspx

Identify some countries where the quality of governance has improved from 1996 to the present. What does this Improvement portend for future economic growth in this countries?