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 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?

Guinea's Economic Performance Under Structural Adjustment: Importance of Mining and Agriculture

1995 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie Campbell ◽  
Jennifer Clapp
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Structural Adjustment Programmes

Domestic policy inadequacies have been targeted by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the main reason for poor economic performance in sub-Saharan Africa generally.1 The structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) sponsored by these international financial institutions (IFIs) over the past decade have sought to rectify such policies. But many countries following their advice have continued to experience economic decline, albeit according to the World Bank, as a result primarily of their failure to properly implement the recommended reforms. It was argued in the late 1980s and early 1990S that governments pursuing strong adjustment programmes, even in the face of inhospitable world economic conditions, still outperformed weak reformers.2 This analysis does not hold with the same weight for all African countries. In the case of Guinea, external factors have been equally important in explaining its economic record under adjustment.

scholarly journals Governance Agenda for Sub-Saharan Africa Issues and Challenges

1969 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Kerandi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
World Bank Report ◽  
The World ◽  
Sub Saharan

Poor governance is increasingly being cited as one of the most important factors contributing to poor economic performance in most developing countries. The World Bank has repeatedly argued that poor economic performance in most developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is attributed to poor governance. The issue of governance was first raised in 1988 in the World Bank report evaluating ten years of structural adjustment lending experience. The report noted that “severe institutional and managerial weaknesses in the public and private sector have proved unexpectedly serious as constraints to better performance” (World Bank, 1988: 3). The issue of “good governance” was further amplified by the 1989 World Bank report on SSA when the crisis in the region was termed as a “crisis of governance” (World Bank, 1989). International financial institutions (IFIs) have since then focused on improving the effectiveness of public sector institutions and the performance of public policies. As observed by Naim (1999), the rediscovery of institution has become the key focus of IFIs in as far as reforms are concerned. Naim explains that “no speech or policy paper could be written about market reform without including a fashionable reference to the need to strengthen institutions” (Naim, 1999:12).

Economic African Development in the Context of FinTech

2020 ◽  
pp. 273-289
Author(s):  
Youssra Ben Romdhane ◽  
Sahar Loukil ◽  
Souhaila Kammoun
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Least Square ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Digital Infrastructure ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Data Files

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the effect of FinTech and political incertitude on economic growth through a multiple regression. Thus, the authors employ the method of generalized least square (GLS) with panel data. The sample concerns 21 African countries during (2001-2014-2017). The authors use a wide range of measures from Global Findex Database 2017, the World Bank platform, the World Bank national accounts data, and the OECD National Accounts data files base in the context of Africa. Empirical results show that FinTech is a driver of economic growth unless it is actively used in a developed digital infrastructure. In fact, the authors prove that, when financial technologies are used in both transactions (receive and made digital payment), they significantly contribute to the economic cycle. Passive use like simple consumption actions are not a significant lever for the economy. The principal contribution is to highlight that the active use of financial innovations and not passive one and the developed digital infrastructure do promote economic growth in African countries.

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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