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 Dilema Birokrasi Dalam Democratic Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
I Wayan Winarsa
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Coverage ◽  
Sub Saharan

State / public management that is clean from corruption, collusion, nepotism, and management of state / public resources must be transparent, open, more than that every citizen is given access to participate in influencing the management of the way --- participation. Public agencies need to be monitored, for example by Transparency Inter- national for global coverage or Indonesian Corruption Watch for national coverage. Now we have known a lot of “watchdog dogs” like that, including those covering the district / city or even village / village. Good governance is thus synonymous with transparency and participation - democratic governance. This includes the rule of law (rechtsstaatlichkeit and Berechenbarkeit). In approximately 1990 or the late 1980s the World Bank conclud- ed, that anything and any “donations” disbursed to African countries (Sub-Saharan) must be exhausted without a trace. Just like water poured over a hot desert. This phenomenon is referred to by the World Bank as bad governance, meaning poor management (money, resources). This is euphemism for, especially if it’s not corruption.

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.

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