The World Bank

About The World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Its goals are to reduce poverty and support development. It helps by offering a growing range of free tools, research and knowledge to help people address the world's development challenges, for instance, comprehensive, downloadable indicators about development in countries around the globe.

About the Worldwide Governance Indicators

The Worldwide Governance Indicators is based on a long-standing research programme of The World Bank and was first established in 1996 to measure the quality of governance in over 200 countries. These aggregate indicators are derived from over 30 individual data sources produced by a variety of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and private sector firms.

The indicators capture six key dimensions of governance which include the control of corruption. According to The World Bank, corruption is the single greatest obstacle to economic and social development.

Singapore’s Ranking

Singapore has ranked consistently well internationally in the area of control of corruption. The scores range from 0 to 1, where 1 signifies the highest possible score and 0 signifies the lowest possible score.

To learn more about the Worldwide Governance Indicators project or to view the full results, you can visit http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/