But accounting sloppiness is often a symptom of larger governance and control problems.
"Not everyone responds positively to the data," says Ola. "Extreme libertarians who believe that we should have no government at all don't like it, because it's clear that good governance, and quite large governments, are really good for economic growth and for freedom.
For countries lucky enough to be on the coast, with a large workforce, governance doesn't matter too much; as long as the state doesn't get in the way, export growth can take off.
High social, environmental and financial costs of dam construction during the past century provide valuable lessons for improving large infrastructure governance and enhancing dam safety.
At the largest scale, governance advisers such as Glass Lewis will start to advise voting against boards that are not diverse (see page 23).
The information tools and workflows presented here form part of a larger information governance framework that supports the activities of the HMO Research Network HMORNN).
Almost immediately after taking power in 1999, Pakistan's fourth military regime articulated a seven point agenda that in large measure entailed governance policy shifts – the key being decentralization of powers and democratic local governance.
"Such arrangements should be more openly questioned," said Sarah Teslik, executive director of the Council of Institutional Investors, which advises large shareholders on governance issues.
Such a system will ensure that shareholders have a say in important decisions, small investors can participate in corporate governance, large shareholders do not infringe upon the interests of small investors, and the interests of all investors are protected.
Regulos and other local authorities came to have a larger role in governance.
The cities are crippled, too, by a collapse of municipal services that hints at a larger failure of governance in the country.
