Various international organisations define good governance through eight critical characteristics: participation, consensus orientation, accountability, transparency, responsiveness, effectiveness, ...

In this brilliant integration of theory, history, case studies and quantitative evidence, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi shows how countries move from the natural state of corruption, clientelism and ...

I wrote a book called Price of the Modi Years. In one of its chapters I compared India’s rankings on various global indices ...

PUTRAJAYA: A Malaysian Governance Index will be introduced to measure the country’s performance in that area. According to the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), the index will also emphasise good ...

Solan district has been placed at the 10th slot, one position better than last year, among 12 districts in the Good Governance Index (GGI) rankings released recently by the state government. Only ...

Nigeria was deemed to have performed rather poorly in terms of meeting the various elements that constituted good governance by the institution. The 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance makes ...

Drawing on original fieldwork in Nigeria, Portia Roelofs argues for an innovative re-conceptualisation of good governance. Contributing to debates around technocracy, populism and the survival of ...