Title: Good governance as a concept, and why this matters for development policy

Authors: Gisselquist, Rachel M.

Place: Helsinki

Publisher: United nations university. World institute for development economics research (UNU-WIDER)

Year: 2012

Journal: Working papers / UNU-WIDER

Volume: 2012/30

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: management, public services, rule of law, democracy, development assistance, public administration, civil service reform, governance

Abstract: This paper argues that the concept of good governance in international development should be disaggregated and that attention and analysis should be refocused on its various disaggregated components, such as democracy, the rule of law, efficient public management.

URL: http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-030/_files/87241489663918216/default/wp2012-030.pdf

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