Evaluation of Good Governance in Eu Countries

Abstract

The paper is focused on the evaluation of the level of governance from the perspective of Good Governance concept in the European Union countries. Research of the state of governance in the EU countries is based on the evaluation of Good Governance indicators defined by the World Bank. These are the aggregate indicators characterizing the quality of democracy, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, quality of legal system and corruption, which in whole describe the state of Good Governance. On their basis, there is calculated the composite index of Good Governance. The composite index of Good Governance is observed in the period from 1996 to 2013 for the selected groups of the European Union countries. In the empirical part of the paper, there is evaluated the actual state of Good Governance in the EU countries in 2013 and compared the state and progression of Good Governance in the European Union countries in the years 1996 and 2013. The research is based on soft data, since most of the data for the evaluation of Good Governance have qualitative nature. The research results especially indicate the excellent state of governance in the Nordic countries and also acknowledge the convergence of the level of governance in the EU countries.

Use of TOPSIS Method for Assessing of Good Governance in European Union Countries

“…The original approach of this assessment is the application of TOPSIS method, which, according to the achieved quality of public administration in the area of Good Governance, determines the ranking of EU countries in individual years of the monitored period 2007 -2017. In the frequent case, in scientific work and comparisons, the evaluation of Good Governance in the countries with usage of WGI is based on the comparison of the composite index of Good Governance, similarly to Žák (2005) or Ardielli and Halásková (2015a) which is constructed on the basis of the above mentioned aggregate indicators as the arithmetical average. Another approach is to make the sum of Governance indicators by adding up the scores of all of these six items, to get the integrated indicators in a scale of +15 to -15, see Madzova, Sajnoski, and Davcev (2013).…”

Evaluating E-Government Development among Africa Union Member States: An Analysis of the Impact of E-Government on Public Administration and Governance in Ghana

“…Several institutions and researchers are using varied approaches in the monitoring and evaluation of e-government performance across the various institutions by using different indicators at different times [16,43,44]. Some of the organizations involved in the Global South are the World Economic Forum, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Bank, USAID (Bringing Africa Online), and the United Nations (UN).…”

“…Issues such as limited access to technology, inadequate infrastructure, and the rising cost of data hinder e-government initiatives in Ghana. Although there are several studies on the performance of e-government in the European Union [16][17][18], there is a notable gap in the case of the African Union member states, specifically the impact of e-government on public administration and governance in the context of Ghana. While most advanced countries are comparatively advanced in their application of e-government for improving public-sector service delivery, most countries in Africa are still less developed in e-government development.…”

“…To improve the development of e-government in these African countries, a comparative analysis is needed. Although there are several studies on the performance of e-government in the European Union [16][17][18], less is known for the case of African Union member states. Such a lack of clarity in the literature may hamper the performance of AU member states in delivering innovative public-sector services to citizens.…”

Evaluation of egovernment and good governance development in EU member countries

“…The goal of the presented article is to investigate the relationship between the eGovernment state and public administration maturity based on the correlation and regression analysis of eGovernment indicators and Good Governance indicators (presented by WGI index). In the presented research there are used results obtained by evaluation of eGovernment in EU countries by TOPSIS method [4] and the data provided by the World Bank, see [43], and processed in own research [5]. The goal of the research is supported by the research question: Countries with higher level of eGovernment development also have an advanced Good Governance.…”