What is Good Governance

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According to the World Bank’s measures of good governance, a country with good governance holds the figures of any or all of the indicators more than one and close to +2.5. Learn more in: Association between Governance and Human Development in South Asia: A Cross Country Analysis

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It defines the principles of public administration and provides a formal and informal framework that eliminates the imbalances derived from asymmetric information between decision-makers and individuals. Learn more in: How Does Fiscal Decentralization Affect Fiscal and Governance-Related Performance?: Evidence From OECD Countries by Dynamic Panel Data Analysis

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The concept of governance has been variously defined by scholars. The term connotes “the manner in which power is exercised in the management of a country’s economic and social resources for development”. It also implies the exercise of economic, political and administrative authority to manage a country’s affairs at all levels. Good governance comprises the mechanisms, processes, and institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their obligations and mediate their differences”. Learn more in: Strengthening Performance of Civil Society Through Dialogue and Critical Thinking in Nigeria: Its Ethical Implications

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Here, we refer to The World Bank’s identification of four aspects to good governance: Public-sector management, accountability, legal framework for development, and transparency and information. To these, we can add deregulation, diffusion of knowledge and the importance of civil society, to extend the definition. Learn more in: Digital Social Innovation for Better Connected Government: The Case of Republic of Macedonia

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Good governance is a normative term describing how the governance quality should be Learn more in: Toward a Roadmap to E-Government for a Better Governance

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Concept related to the responsibility of governments to meet citizens’ needs and promote aspects such as competence, equity, participation, pluralism, transparency, accountability, openness and respect for law, and protection of human rights in the governance process. Learn more in: Smart City Governance: From E-Government to Smart Governance

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Governance refers to the manner in which power is exercised by governments in managing a country’s natural resources especially land. It simply means: the process of decision making and the process by which decisions are implemented concerning the management of resources such as land. The concept of governance includes formal as well as informal actors involved in decision-making and implementation of decisions made, and the formal and informal structures that have been set in place to arrive at and implement the decision. Learn more in: Exploring the Food Security Strategy and Scarcity Arguments in Land Grabbing in Africa: Its Ethical Implications

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It is defined by characteristics such as Accountability, Transparency, Legitimacy and voice (focus on participation and consensus orientation), strategic vision, Lack of arbitrariness, Ethics and Integrity, Equity (fairness and rule of law), Performance (focus on responsiveness, efficiency and effectiveness). Learn more in: Platform for Citizen Engagement for Good Governance in India: A Case Study of MyGov.in

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The processes and structures that guide political and socio-economic relationships, with particular reference to a set of eight major characteristics: participation, consensus, accountability, transparency, responsiveness, effectiveness and efficiency, inclusiveness and the rule of law. Learn more in: Indicators and Measures of E-Government