Capacity development for good governance in developing countries : some lessons from the field
By: HOPE, Kempe Ronald
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ArticlePublisher: Philadelphia : Routledge, July 2009International Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 32, 8, p. 728-740Abstract: Good governance is essential for sustaining economic transformation in developing countries. However, many developing countries currently lack the capacity, as opposed to the will, to both achieve and sustain a climate of good governance. This article addresses, from a practioner's field perspective, the fundamental objectives, principles, and key areas that need to be addressed for developing capacity for good governance. These framework are now begining to be recognized as both governaments and donor institutions attempt to take advantage of the current demand and opportunities for addressing governance deficits. In pursuing capacity development for good governance, developing countries must ensure that such initiatives are comprehensively designed to be simultaneously related to change and transformation at the individual, institutional, and societal levels and be owned and controlled locally.
Good governance is essential for sustaining economic transformation in developing countries. However, many developing countries currently lack the capacity, as opposed to the will, to both achieve and sustain a climate of good governance. This article addresses, from a practioner's field perspective, the fundamental objectives, principles, and key areas that need to be addressed for developing capacity for good governance. These framework are now begining to be recognized as both governaments and donor institutions attempt to take advantage of the current demand and opportunities for addressing governance deficits. In pursuing capacity development for good governance, developing countries must ensure that such initiatives are comprehensively designed to be simultaneously related to change and transformation at the individual, institutional, and societal levels and be owned and controlled locally.
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