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suggesting that a country will likely be more effective

indexes except for Regulatory Quality, suggesting there

at conserving natural resources. The dataset is

is a fairly high level of overall effective governance.

particularly useful because it is a standardized and

Mexico had the highest value for the Regulatory

respected method calculated regularly by the World

Quality45.

Bank and is easily accessible and comparable among

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different countries.

Additional information or analyses of trends are

Status

needed to better understand the relationships

The index scores for each country are given below for

between national-level governance indicators and

the year 2004. Values are given as a percentile rank,

specific national or local policies governing marine

which indicates the percentage of countries worldwide

resource and environmental management and any

that rate below the specified country. Higher values

subsequent changes in ecosystem health that may

indicate better governance ratings. Of the four MAR

result from changes in the governance or stewardship

countries, Belize had the highest values for all of the

contextual environment.

Data Source45

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