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ROBERT ROTBERG: We define governance in the index as a good supply of political goods. The political goods are measurements and proxy measurements of the performance of government. We're insistent on that we're attempting to measure the delivery of political goods, so we measure the performance of governments. That's why this can be done in D.C. as well as any other place in the world, because we're measuring the delivery of services to you, to citizens, to inhabitants.
. . .My purpose in getting the index going, inventing it, creating it and so on, is to strengthen African governance and it's not to create an index, per se. The index is only a tool in order to help African governments and civil societies help themselves move forward. The premise here -- the premise here is really very strongly felt that what is most lacking in Africa in general is good governance. Good governance is what will improve the lives of Africans, what will make better development and will produce greater peace and fewer lives lost. And that's an argument which I can continue if you ask about it in the question period.
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