The World Bank collects data from various sources and constructs and index of government effectiveness every five years. Below is a data table for a set of Caribbean and Pacific island states. Government effectiveness captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the governmentΒs commitment to such policies. The index covers quality of infrastructure, coverage of basic services (pubic education, basic health services , electricity, transport, presence or absence of excessive bureaucratic redtape, and the quality and effectiveness of public instituitons. The range on the index is from -2.5 to +2.5 with a positive scorce representing higher levels of effectiveness.Please comment on the following:What trends and patterns do you see over time? Are the small states getting better or worse?Do you see differences between the Caribbean and Pacific small island states?Is there a lot of variance in the Caribbean states? Is there a lot of variance the scores of Pacific island states?How does the Virgin Islands compare to the other insular US possessions (Guam, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico)?Who has the highest rating in 2019?Can t-tests be conducted on this data?IndicatorCountryYearNumber of SourcesGovernance (-2.5 to +2.5)Percentile RankGovernment EffectivenessAmerican Samoa20
0910.5069.38201410.4470.19201910.5472.60Anguilla200911.5491.87201410.9577.88201910.8276.44Antigua and Barbuda200910.5069.3820141-0.0751.9220191-0.0051.92Barbados200931.4889.47201431.2086.06201930.6373.56Belize20095-0.4540.1920144-0.6625.9620194-0.6826.92Cayman Islands200921.2785.65201421.1885.58201921.1785.10Comoros20095-1.770.9620146-1.672.4020196-1.673.85Cook Islands20091-0.9815.7920142019Dominica200920.6372.25201420.0857.2120192-0.2640.87Dominican Republic200910-0.6133.0120149-0.4437.50201910-0.3638.94Fiji20093-0.9119.6220143-0.3741.35201920.2061.06French Guiana200921.2084.69201421.1383.17201921.3989.90Guam20091-0.0255.98201410.4470.19201910.2762.98Malawi200910-0.4739.23201411-0.6327.88201911-0.7522.60Marshall Islands20093-1.405.7420142-1.564.8120192-1.476.73Martinique200910.7674.16201410.7073.56201911.0983.17Mauritius200980.7874.642014111.0481.732019110.8777.88Micronesia, Fed. Sts.20093-0.7127.7520143-0.5033.6520193-0.1943.27Netherlands Antilles (former)200910.7674.1620142019Puerto Rico200940.3765.07201440.3667.3120192-0.1645.19Solomon Islands20094-1.1011.9620144-1.0715.3820193-1.0015.38St. Kitts and Nevis200920.7975.6020142-0.0750.96201910.5472.60St. Lucia200920.8876.5620143-0.0255.77201920.2362.02St. Vincent and the Grenadines200920.7975.60201420.1360.10201920.2362.02Suriname20095-0.0752.1520145-0.1846.1520193-0.5930.77Trinidad and Tobago200960.2963.64201470.2764.42201960.1057.21Virgin Islands (U.S.)200911.2886.60201411.2186.54201910.8276.44