Indicadores de governança mundial: Relação com os indicadores socioeconômicos dos países do Brics

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the World Bank’s governance indicators and the socioeconomic development indicators of the Brics countries. The databases of a number of international organizations corresponding to the 2005-12 period were assessed using panel data analysis. The results suggested a positive relationship between the HDI and the Government Effectiveness and Control of Corruption indicators, and between GDP and the Control of Corruption indicator, as well as a negative relationship between GDP and the Voice and Accountability and the Political Stability indicators. The explanatory power of the governance indicator dimensions in relation to the HDI is greater when compared to that of the dimensions of governance indicators related to GDP, which can be understood by the fact that the latter index only deals with the economic dimension whereas the HDI takes other factors into account.