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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=ruglucia@PAHO.ORG
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Worldwide Governance Indicators: Governance
Matters 2006<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
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href="http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/govmatters5"><FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">Governance Matters V: Governance Indicators
for 1996-2005</SPAN></FONT></A> This paper presents the latest of our estimates
of six dimensions of governance covering 213 countries and territories between
1996 and 2005.<B><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>Assessing
governance: How can political risk analysis help?<A
href="http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/opinions/74_governance_political_risk.pdf"><FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Governance and aid
effectiveness: Has the White Paper got it right? <A
href="http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/opinions/73_governance_aid.pdf"><FONT
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style="COLOR: #333399">PDF</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How to move forward
on governance and corruption. <A
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