Data

Version 1.1

We are currently in the process of planning out version 1.1. and looking for funding opportunities to expand the SCD.

Release: Unreleased - TBD. Latest version: 1.0 (below).

Changelog:

One of the contributions of the SCD is to separate petty experiences and grand perceptions. As such, version 1.1. will focus on also including sources which do not have sub-national classifications per se. This allows for more national-level data, while also strengthening the imputation methods used to develop the sub-national data:

• Integrated the Transparency International Global Corruption Barometers (2003-2017); Asia Corruption Barometers (2020); EU Corruption Barometer (2021); Europe and Central Asia Corruption Barometer (2016); Latin America and the Caribbean Corruption Barometers (2017-2019); Middle East and North Africa Corruption Barometer (2016-2019).

Further, we also expanded the sub-national database:

• Integrated Afrobarometers wave 3 into SCD, leading to the inclusion of COUNTRYYEAR.
• Integrated Afrobarometers wave 9 into SCD, leading to the inclusion of COUNTRYYEAR.
• Integrated the LAPOP 'The Seligson Political Culture Survey Archive', leading to the inclusion or expansion of Albania, 2004; Bolivia, 1998; 1999; 2000; 2002; 2005
• Integrated the 2019 Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) household survey, leading to the inclusion of Kenya2019, Malawi2019, Zambia2019

Version 1.0

Version 1.0 of the Sub-national Corruption Database (SCD) was published in Nature's Scientific Data journal. The data can be downloaded here. The article describing the data collection process and the methodology can be found here.