Building Governance Capacity in Areas of Limited Statehood

2021 ◽  
pp. 82-106
Author(s):  
Thomas Risse
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Central State ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Enormous Variation ◽  
Rule Making ◽  
Adequate Design

Areas of limited statehood where central government authorities lack the capacity of implementing and enforcing decisions and/or lack the monopoly over the means of violence, are ubiquitous. However, these areas are neither ungovernable nor ungoverned. Enormous variation exists, that includes badly governed places but also “good governance” in areas of limited statehood, sometimes separated only by a few blocks. Effective governance (public service provision, rule-making) depends on three factors: legitimacy; social trust relations within communities; and adequate design of institutions, including financial resources. International Financial Institutions (IFIs) should thus focus on building governance capacity rather than further engaging in state-building, which has failed despite substantial investments. If the central state is autocratic and/or predatory, building state capacity will only make a bad situation worse. Yet, if the central government is constrained by the rule of law and by democratic institutions, but lacks the capacity to implement and enforce decisions, then capacity-building might help improve governance.

Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood

2018 ◽  
pp. 2-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja A. Börzel ◽  
Thomas Risse ◽  
Anke Draude
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Failed States ◽  
Central State ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Enormous Variation ◽  
The Law

This chapter serves to introduce the central concepts of the handbook, to briefly delineate its contributions to the state of the art, and to lay out the rationale behind its various sections. We begin by discussing the central concepts of the handbook, ‘limited statehood’ and ‘governance’. We argue that ‘areas of limited statehood’ where central state authorities lack the capacity to uphold the monopoly over the means of violence and/or to enforce the law, can be found everywhere and are not confined to what the literature erroneously calls ‘fragile’ or ‘failed’ states. However, areas of limited statehood are neither ungovernable nor ungoverned. Instead, we find an enormous variation that includes badly governed places but also ‘good governance’ in areas of limited statehood. If institutions are flexible enough to adapt to local conditions, effective and legitimate governance is likely to emerge where people trust each other and accept their ‘governors’.

Comparing The Principalship of Madrasah and Sekolah in The Decentralization Era

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 24-35
Author(s):  
Saefudin A Safi'i
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
New Order ◽  
The Public ◽  
Centralized Management ◽  
Decentralization Policy

The downfall of the New Order Regime in 1998 brought about significant change to Indonesia’s public sector.  Law number 22 of 1999, further refined by Law 32 of 2004, provide legal bases for district governments to administer the public sector. The central government also introduces the notion of good governance through the promulgation of various regulations. For Madrasah however, decentralization policy failed to provide clear legal bases as to how it relates to district government. Law 32 of 2004 verse 10 article 3 retains the centralized management by the Ministry of Religious Affairs. This however does not exclude Madrasah from public demand of implementing the principle of good governance. This study analyses the dynamics of principal-ship both in the Sekolah and the Madrasah in the era of decentralization. By comparing two research sites, this study sought to create better understanding about the context by which the organization climate of two different schools are shaped, and how principals and teachers perceives the notion of school leadership in the light of most recent policy development. To do this, interviews were undertaken and questionnaire-based data collection was also conducted. The study found that in the ground level implementation of decentralization policy, Sekolah developed more rigorous leadership compared to that in the Madrasah. This research recommends the adoption of stronger regulation regarding principal-ship of Madrasahs in order to create an environment that is more in tune with the spirit of public service reforms.

Board Effectiveness: An Evaluation based on Corporate Governance Score

Think India ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
Hitesh Shukla ◽  
Nailesh Limbasiya
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Minority Shareholders ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Performance Orientation ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanism ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Ethical Governance

Growth, progress, and prosperity of any country depend highly on the corporate governance mechanism of that country. Good governance of a country helps it to sustainable growth and consistency in progress. The good governance should contribute towards the improvement in transparency, ethics, morality, and disclosure. The principles of good governance stand on honesty, trust, integrity, openness, and performance orientation. Our honorable Prime Minister Narendra bhai Modi had given the three E for good governance during his speech on Independence Day i.e. Effective Governance, Electronic Governance, and Ethical Governance. The fundamental concern of corporate governance mechanism is to ensure the protection of minority shareholders/owners of specific firms. Mechanism of a corporate governance specifies the relations among the shareholders, board of directors, and managers. The present paper is an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of the board by calculating the corporate governance score. The mandatory and non-mandatory guidelines have been considered while assigning points to specific parameters of the corporate governance.

scholarly journals Public Policy Analysis on Watershed Governance in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6615
Author(s):  
Tri Sulistyaningsih ◽  
Achmad Nurmandi ◽  
Salahudin Salahudin ◽  
Ali Roziqin ◽  
Muhammad Kamil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Institutional Arrangement ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
Institutional Control ◽  
Watershed Governance

This paper, which is focused on evaluating the policies and institutional control of the Brantas River Basin, East Java, Indonesia, aims to review government regulations on watershed governance in Indonesia. A qualitative approach to content analysis is used to explain and layout government regulations regarding planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, and accountability of the central and local governments in managing the Brantas watershed, East Java, Indonesia. Nvivo 12 Plus software is used to map, analyze, and create data visualization to answer research questions. This study reveals that the management regulations of the Brantas watershed, East Java, Indonesia, are based on a centralized system, which places the central government as an actor who plays an essential role in the formulation, implementation, and accountability of the Brantas watershed management. In contrast, East Java Province’s regional government only plays a role in implementing and evaluating policies. The central government previously formulated the Brantas watershed. This research contributes to strengthening the management and institutional arrangement of the central government and local governments that support the realization of good governance of the Brantas watershed. Future research needs to apply a survey research approach that focuses on evaluating the capacity of the central government and local governments in supporting good management of the Brantas watershed.

scholarly journals Varieties of neo-colonialism: Government accounting reforms in Anglophone and Francophone Africa – Benin and Ghana compared

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
PJC Lassou ◽  
Trevor Hopper ◽  
M Tsamenyi ◽  
V Murinde
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
International Financial Institutions ◽  
Service Capacity ◽  
Francophone Africa ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Government Accounting ◽  
Monetary System ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Local Officials

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd This study compares government accounting reforms in an Anglophone and a Francophone African country, namely Ghana and Benin, with respect to neo-colonialism. The data draws from interviews with local officials concerned with government accounting, documents and documentaries. The focus lay on the perceived effectiveness of reforms, and their formulation and implementation. In both countries their former colonial powers, Britain and France, still influence accounting through economic means (through monetary systems), international financial institutions, political advisors, Northern accounting associations and neo-patrimonialism. However, their use of these differs. While France structures her control mostly around the monetary system established during colonialism, Britain relies on its post-colonial infrastructure and accounting profession, and concedes much influence to the USA, essentially through international financial institutions. France exerts more direct control through advisors than Britain (with the USA). The French approach is conceptualized as coercive-neo-colonialism and the British as soft-neo-colonialism. Despite international financial institutions’ pervasive presence, they are not monolithic agents with a uniform role and influence in Ghana and Benin, and good governance aims to increase civil service capacity, financial transparency and accountability remain problematic.

scholarly journals Water tourism conflict resolution through good governance (story from Indonesia)

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Zaini Rohmad ◽  
Agung Nur Probohudono ◽  
Waskito Widi Wardojo ◽  
Agung Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Water Conflict ◽  
Data Sampling ◽  
The Government

This paper discuss good governance model for conflict resolution around water tourism area in Indonesia. This paper developed structural factors that influence water tourism such as the population, economic development, regional generated revenue, real-time sector revenue, poverty rates, and water management which is the focus of the study affected the rising of the water conflict. This study is field research qualitative study. The objects in this research are water tourism stakeholders which are composed of three different water tourism management in Karanganyar, Central Java, Indonesia, namely Grojogan Sewu, Jumog and Peblengan. This study conducted in Karanganyar as a district that has a natural beauty with huge potential to further develop its natural attractions. The data sampling is done by observation and interview. From the result of this study it can be concluded that (1) there needs to be a clear explanation for the villagers near the water tourism area that the natural resources of water needs to be preserved and used moderately ; (2) a communication needs to be established between the stakeholders and those using the water resource, for the sake of the villagers’ welfare as well as the economic improvement; (3) the government, both the regional government as well as the central government need to make regulation to keep the condition of the nature without ignoring the possibility of conflict ensuing because of water usage by the villagers; (4) increasing the role of the villagers in managing the water resource so that there will be no prolonged conflict in the future.

scholarly journals Restructuring, Insecurity and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-170
Author(s):  
Davis Efeurhobo ◽  
Christmas Fredrick
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Fair Share ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Fair Treatment ◽  
Slow Pace ◽  
Religious Intolerance ◽  
Religious Bias ◽  
High Degree

The macabre of violence orchestrated by high degree of ethnic colouration and religious intolerance gave credence to this research topic. Overtime the Nigeria nation has been besieged by different altercations that have consequently retarded the pace of progress and development of the country. The study which adopted the frustration aggression theory and using the secondary data as a source submits that economic dissatisfaction arising from politics of exclusion, religious bias, leadership problem, insurgency among others have conspicuously created division among people who have agreed under one federating unit to live as one have rather consistently been denied their fair share of the "national cake". Consequently, this has led to bottled up anger, frustration and some level of disenchantment. It is against this backdrop that this paper seeks to interrogate-the nature and dimension of the Nigerian security situation and its slow pace development. The study concluded that the agitations for fair treatment, equal representation, effective governance are basic and necessary ingredients of restructuring that could help guarantee a peaceful co-existence devoid of rancour and acrimony. The study therefore among other things recommended that true federalism, good governance, justice would guarantee security and development in Nigeria. Keywords: Restructuring, Insecurity, Development, Underdevelopment

scholarly journals Bureaucratic Reform and The Challange of Good Governance Implementation in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-42
Author(s):  
Muhadam Labolo ◽  
Etin Indrayani
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Bureaucracy ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Important Note ◽  
Corrupt Behavior ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

Bureaucratic reformation is the fundamental structuring efforts are expected to havean impact on changing systems and structures. The system deals with the relationshipbetween the unsure or the element that influence each other and are associated to makea form totally. The change in one element can influence the other elements in the system.The structure relates with the order of who arrayed a regular basis and systematically.Structure changes is also included with the mechanism and procedure, human resources,facilities and infrastructure, organization and organization’s environment in terms of theachievement of the efficiency of government bureaucracy. These changes include allowingall of the aspects of the bureaucracy has sufficient capacity to carry out the duties and thebasic function. Bureaucratic failure in a term for service the public until now representpoor government both at central and local government level. The urgency of bureaucraticreform in Indonesia is driven by a number of important note. First, the increased apparatusexpenditure is caused by increased of apparatus recruitment without unmeasured control.Second, the ballooning cost of democracy (election) affected the floated of local governmentbudget have increased significantly. The magnitude of the election budget and the impact ongovernmental bureaucracy resulted not ready to close the budget deficit. More than thesebureaucracy has loyalty dilemma caused by dispersed of concentration in every election’sactivity. Third, increased of develop the bureaucratic organization without planning andanalysis of the measured trigger financing and recruitment of apparatus that not less. Asa result, the bureaucracy in most areas are overload, or even lack in outside of Java. Inother side, less of local incomes make dependence to central government, while the localgovernment expenditure is to far from efficiency, even tend to be less controlled due to thehigh cost of the organization. Fourth, extensive corrupt behavior in almost all public sectorbureaucracy encourages lose confidence as a public servant.Keywords: Bureaucratic Reformation, bureaucracy design, local government, GoodGovernance

scholarly journals FINANCIAL REPORT PREPARATION TRAINING FOR RT (NEIGBOHOOD UNIT) DEVICES IN RW (HAMLET UNIT) ENVIRONMENT 16 BAROS CITY CIMAHI VILLAGE

Competitive ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Kharaningrum Mulyanti ◽  
Riani Tanjung ◽  
Yohanes Casmadi
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
Neighborhood Association ◽  
Government Accounting

A good governance system is not only a responsibility that must be carried out by the central government, Neighborhood association as the smallest social institution even responsible for implementing the good governance. One form of implementation can be implemented in the form of financial statements in the area. The implementation of good governance has not been fully realized in all RT neighborhoods in Cimahi City, one of them in RW 16, Baros Village. The Community Service activities are expected to increase the awareness of the neighborhood administrators to prepare financial reports in accordance with the rules of simple government accounting standards. The methods used in this activity include lectures, tutorials, and discussions. This PKM activity went well and got good enthusiasm from the RT administrators, and it was hoped that this activity would be the beginning of the implementation of a good governance system.   Sistem pemerintahan yang baik bukan hanya tanggung jawab yang harus diemban oleh pemerintah pusat, Rukun tetangga sebagai Lembaga kemasyarakatan terkecil sekalipun bertanggung jawab dalam pelaksanaan good governance tersebut. Salah satu bentuk dari pelaksanaannya dapat diimplementasikan dalam bentuk pelaporan keuangan yang ada di area-nya. Pelaksanaan good governance belum sepenuhnya terwujud di seluruh lingkungan RT di Kota Cimahi, salah satunya di RW 16 Kelurahan Baros. Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kesadaran para pengurus RT untuk menyusun laporan keuangan sesuai dengan kaidah standar akuntansi pemerintahan yang sederhana. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini meliputi ceramah, tutorial, dan diskusi. Kegiatan PKM ini berjalan lancar dan mendapatkan antusias yang baik dari para pengurus RT, dan diharapkan kegiatan ini menjadi awal dari terlaksananya sistem pemerintahan yang baik

scholarly journals From Social Trust and Happiness to Government Trust: The Moderating Role of Political Systems and Governance in the Philippines

PCD Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Erickson D Calata ◽  
Reginald G. Ugaddan
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Trust In Government ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

There are frequent calls to enhance citizens' trust in government to pave the way towards a new paradigm of participatory governance and strong citizen support for government. In various realms, citizens may directly or indirectly engage with the government through various available mediums, even though, despite the availability of various policies and services provided by the government, citizens are generally passive and adamant in trusting the public sector. While many studies have explored a set of determinants that influence citizens' trust in government (i.e., central government, local government, parliament, and the legal system), few studies have ascertained the relationship and the role of social trust, happiness, governance, and political systems. These are critical factors that may influence trust in government. To address this gap, this study draws on the theoretical lens of social capital theory, proposing that cognitive social trust and citizen happiness—environment and performance—are the most likely predictors of citizen trust in government. This study assumes that citizens' perceptions of governance and political systems will moderate the effect of social trust and happiness on trust in government. Using data from the Asia Barometer Survey 2007, and focusing on data collected from the Philippines, this study tests a latent model employing the structural equation modelling technique. It finds that happiness negatively predicts trust in the central government and the legal system, while all other predictors do not have a significant effect. The findings also show that the political system moderates the impact of social trust and happiness on trust in government. Finally, this article points out its theoretical, empirical, and practical implications and provides directions for future research.

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