The indicators used in DataGob are drawn from about 30 different publications of a variety of institutions, including multilateral organizations, NGOs, private firms, and think tanks. None of these indicators are officially sanctioned by the IDB and the IDB does not guarantee their accuracy or validity. When including indicators in published work, please cite the original source rather than DataGob in order to give proper credit.
DataGob provides a user-friendly interface for accessing most of the publicly available indicators related to governance. The interactive tool permits users to easily produce cross-national comparative and time series graphs and tables for immediate printing or for export to standard office software. It contains approximately 400 governance indicators for a global sample of countries whose coverage depends on the source. They can contribute to the assessment of governance performance, the identification of priority areas for reform and donor investment, and the analysis of the impact of country reform efforts.
A key feature of the web tool is the information provided in respect to each indicator about the methodology used to build it and the implications this has for the indicator’s reliability, validity and suitability for making comparisons across countries and over time.