▁have ▁crow ded ▁out ▁efforts ▁at ▁meas uring ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁institutions ▁as ▁they ▁really ▁exist ▁in ▁a ▁particular ▁place ▁on ▁real ▁out comes ." ▁ ▁Str ength s ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁above ▁noted ▁limitations ▁and ▁concerns ▁recent ▁econ ometric ▁research ▁looking ▁at ▁how ▁reliable ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁indic ators ▁are , ▁vis - a - vis ▁data ▁collected ▁from ▁natural ▁experiments ▁and ▁other ▁observ ational ▁surve ys , ▁have ▁actually ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁Good ▁Govern ance ▁Ind ic ators ▁do ▁in ▁fact ▁ ▁seem ▁to ▁be ▁meas uring , ▁al beit ▁imper fect ly , ▁levels ▁of ▁cor ruption ▁and ▁government ▁effect iveness . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Good ▁govern ance ▁I bra him ▁Index ▁of ▁African ▁Govern ance ▁Govern ance ▁Government ▁Performance ▁and ▁Results ▁Act ▁( GP RA ) ▁and ▁particularly ▁section ▁ 1 0 ▁of ▁the ▁GP RA ▁Modern ization ▁Act ▁( GP RA MA ), ▁which ▁requires ▁U . S . ▁federal ▁ag encies ▁to ▁publish ▁their ▁performance ▁indic ators ▁in ▁machine - read able ▁format , ▁like ▁Str ategy ▁Mark up ▁Language ▁( Str at ML ) ▁-- ▁a ▁good ▁practice ▁for ▁ag encies ▁at ▁all ▁levels ▁of ▁government ▁world wide . ▁ ▁References ▁http :// info . world bank . org / g overn ance / w gi / pdf / book let _ de cade _ of _ me as uring _ g overn ance . pdf | date = J uly ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Global ▁Integr ity ▁Report ▁provides ▁transparent