Dimension

How governance is seen to work

Six scores from the World Bank, each a composite of perceptions drawn from household and firm surveys and expert assessments. They say how rules are seen to work, not what the rules are or what a count of events shows, and the World Bank treats them as estimates. They sit beside what the law says and what results so a gap shows rather than averaging away.

Version 1. Defined by: An example in Solon's configuration (version 1, 2026-11-09), built from the World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators. Not an index.

What the law says

The statute's own terms, including what they work out to for a typical case.

No series yet. What the law says on the same subjects: constitutional and statutory features coded on written scales, as for compulsion and exit.

What happens in practice

Enforcement, prosecution, compliance and tolerance: what is done, which can differ from what is written.

What results

What follows for people and society: revenue, prices, availability, how free people say they are.

No series yet. What follows that can be counted rather than perceived: contract enforcement times, court backlogs and clearance rates, from statistical offices and the World Bank's own enterprise surveys.

Every measure, place by place

Rule of Law (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
Rule of Law (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
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Regulatory Quality (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
Regulatory Quality (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
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Government Effectiveness (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
Government Effectiveness (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
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Control of Corruption (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
Control of Corruption (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
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Voice and Accountability (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
Voice and Accountability (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
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Political Stability (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
Political Stability (World Bank score, 0–100) · What happens in practice
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One measure against another

No place has both of these measures yet.

A layer is only as good as the series in it. Where a layer has none, the dimension is silent about it rather than guessing.

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  1. F1How governance is seen to work: Six scores from the World Bank, each a composite of perceptions drawn from household and firm surveys and expert assessments. They say how rules are seen to work, not what the rules are or what a count of events shows, and the World Bank treats them as estimates. They sit beside what the law says and what results so a gap shows rather than averaging away. Source: An example in Solon's configuration (version 1, 2026-11-09), built from the World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators. Not an index.
  2. F2No series yet for what the law says. It would be filled by: What the law says on the same subjects: constitutional and statutory features coded on written scales, as for compulsion and exit.
  3. F3No series yet for what results. It would be filled by: What follows that can be counted rather than perceived: contract enforcement times, court backlogs and clearance rates, from statistical offices and the World Bank's own enterprise surveys.