Good Governance as a Concept, and Why This Matters for Development Policy

Rachel Gisselquist ()

No wp-2012-030, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Almost all major development institutions today say that promoting good governance is an important part of their agendas. Despite this consensus, 'good governance' is an extremely elusive objective: it means different things to different organizations and to different actors within these organizations. This study provides a review of donor approaches and discusses good governance as a concept.

Keywords: Democracy; Economic assistance and foreign aid; Economic development; Economic policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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