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The World Bank provides data on Governance at http://info.worldbank.org/governance/kkz2002/tables.asp . The page includes a searchable database and summaries of governance indicators in a downloadable Excel format. Discussions of the data can be accessed from the following page  http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=18&id=14980 . There is also access to links to governance data at  http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/governance.html .

United Nations -- Data on the governance indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals is available at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/mi_goals.asp .

World Resources Institute -- The WRI provides online data in EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal". WRI provides a searchable time-series database with coverage of more than 500 indicators for 220 countries. Topics include Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems; Climate and Atmosphere; Population, Health and Human Well-being; Economics, Business and the Environment; Energy and Resources; Biodiversity and Protected Areas; Agriculture and Food; and Forests and Drylands.  The searchable database permits searching for a single indicator but over a full range of countries and years. The result can be downloaded into csv format. The system also provides data tables and country profiles in pdf format, maps and feature stories. The database is available at http://earthtrends.wri.org/ . The data is also available in a CDROM for $US 125 . Information on the CDROM is available at http://www.wristore.com/woredacd20.html

Transparency International ( http://www.transparency.org/index.html ) produces an annual report -- The Global Corruption Report -- which produces an index of perceived corruption for some 100 countries.  The whole 2003 report can be downloaded at http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/index.shtml . The report, including the statistical pages are in .pdf format.