Good Governance within the World Bank: Assessing Recent Reforms

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. Strand ◽  
Kenneth J. Retzl
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

scholarly journals Chopping the world into bits: Africa, the World Bank, and the good governance norm

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 332-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
World Bank ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

This article explores norms as idealizations, in an attempt to grasp their significance as projects for international organizations. We can think about norms as ‘standards of proper behaviour’. In this sense they are somehow natural, things to be taken for granted, noticed only really when they are absent. We can also think about norms as ‘understandings about what is good and appropriate’. In this sense, norms embody a stronger sense of virtue and an ability to enable progress or improvement. Norms become ideal when they are able to conflate what is good with what is appropriate, standard, or proper. It is when the good becomes ‘natural’ that a norm appears immanent and non-contestable, and so acquires an idealized form.45Along with the other articles in this special issue, I will attempt to challenge some of the complacency surrounding the apparent naturalness and universality of norms employed in international relations.

Good governance at the World Bank

The Lancet ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 371 (9608) ◽  
pp. 202-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Simms
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

scholarly journals GOOD GOVERNANCE IN BANGLADESH: A STUDY OF WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-216
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nur Ullah ◽  
Muhammad Sayadur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
World Governance Indicators ◽  
Mixed Approach

The inclusive philosophy of good governance is almost indispensable for the progress of state democracy in Bangladesh. However, the Bangladesh government is fighting a malicious virus in the governance structure that is visible in all sectors of the state. Against this backdrop, an attempt has been made to comprehend the general state of good governance in Bangladesh according to World Governance Indicators (WGI) of the World Bank. This study is based on mixed approach containing quantitative data from World Bank website (world economy.com) and qualitative data from existing literatures. The collected data have also been analyzed through table, chart and text. This paper found, the current situation in Bangladesh is appalling and detrimental to the socio-economic development of the country. This situation is crisscrossed by overpopulation, politicization, bureaucratization, corruption, poverty, broken law and order, and the narrow game of politics. This paper then outlines some of the policy guidelines needed to define good governance principles in Bangladesh. The results of this study are expected to be useful for policymakers in devising appropriate strategies to ensure good governance at all levels of government.

scholarly journals Global Governance Initiative. A Critique of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)

1969 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Schell-Keer
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Political Science ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

Governance has become the new buzz word in both economic and political science, particularly in terms of what governance means for the international arena. However, it is also a term that is confusing to many. What does it mean to speak about “governance”? Does it refer to the coordination of sectors of the economy, corporate governance, policy networks, “good governance” as a reform objective promoted by the IMF and the World Bank, public management, or public-private partnerships?

scholarly journals Governance in an International Institution - The World Bank and its Reorganisations

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-58
Author(s):  
Sikander Rahim
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Limited Liability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Joint Stock Company ◽  
Stock Company ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
The Right

The governance of an institution is normally partly ensured by other institutions, which depend on yet other institutions for their governance. But who ultimately guards the guardians? For the liberal electoral democracies of Europe and America the answer that evolved from the political thought of the eighteenth century and the limited liability joint stock company of the nineteenth was, crudely put, checks and balances and voters, who could be the electorate or shareholders. Its limitation is that it presupposes a state and the right of the voters to vote in their own interest. How, then, can good governance be ensured for international organisations, especially the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, in which the representatives of the developed countries hold the majority of the votes on the Boards and are expected to cast them, not in their own immediate interests, but in the long term interest of the developing countries that borrow from these institutions?

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