Is Good Governance Good for Development?
While good governance is a worthy goal by itself, it is not a prerequisite for economic growth or development. This volume challenges the conventional good governance paradigm favoured by the donor community. It exposes the methodological shortcomings of the commonly used governance indicators developed within the World Bank. It highlights the conceptual limitations or lack of clarity of good governance and debunks the central plank of the good governance hypothesis that good governance causes …
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While good governance is a worthy goal by itself, it is not a prerequisite for economic growth or development. This volume challenges the conventional good governance paradigm favoured by the donor community. It exposes the methodological shortcomings of the commonly used governance indicators developed within the World Bank. It highlights the conceptual limitations or lack of clarity of good governance and debunks the central plank of the good governance hypothesis that good governance causes economic growth. The volume demonstrates that good governance can mean many things, and countries p.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Publishing
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (207 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1780932219, 9781780932217, 1780932227, 9781780932224, 9781780932507, 1780932502
- oclc:ocn952619393
- LC Classification:HD82
- Dewey Decimal:338.9
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: Governance and development; Governance and growth: Conceptual, methodological and measurement issues; Is good governance necessary for development?; Corruption and economic growth; Reform implications and priorities; Book organization; References; Chapter 2 The seductiveness of good governance; Alien state intervention, indigenous democratic capitalism; Liberating civil society; Empowerment through cost recovery; Good governance as modernization theory; Conclusion; References.
Chapter 3 Good governance and donorsGood governance as a development policy theme; Donor involvement in the political affairs of recipients; Is good governance necessary for growth and poverty alleviation?; Can good governance be exported?; Good governance and equity; Concluding observation; Reference; Chapter 4 Perception and misperception in governance research: Evidence from latin america; Intellectual context; The limits to perceptions-based indicators in prospect: From explication to operationalization; Crime; Property rights; Judicial and security institutions.
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