State capability and prospects for close co-ordination: Considerations for industrial policy in Africa

Gisselquist, Rachel M.

doi:10.35188/unu-wider/2015/920-6

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“…In the course of the past 20 years, few topics have received more attention from scholars and practitioners alike than governance (Rhodes 1996). The literature on governance has discussed what governance is (Fukuyama 2013), how it should be operationalized and measured (Kaufmann, Kraay, and Zoido 1999), how governance could be promoted (Agere 2000; Santiso 2001), whether it is democratic (Pelizzo forthcoming), and what benefits it generates (Gisselquist 2012).…”

Section: Good Governance and Political Partiesmentioning

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Good Governance and Party System Change

Pelizzo

2020

Politics & Policy

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While scholars and practitioners have extensively analyzed the causes, the consequences and, more generally, the correlates of good governance, little-to-no attention has been paid to whether the institutionalization of political parties-as evidenced by the stability of the party system-is in any way related to good governance. The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between party system change, good governance, and its dividends. The analyses reveal three main conclusions. First, the stability of a party system is strongly and significantly related to each of the good governance indicators identified by Kaufmann and his colleagues. Second, that while party system instability is not significantly related to a country's wealth, it has a positive impact on economic growth even when we control for the effects of good governance. Third, that good enough governance is a better predictor of economic performance than good governance.

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Section: Good Governance and Political Partiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Good Governance and Party System Change

Pelizzo

2020

Politics & Policy

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“…2014]. Koncepcja ta odnoszona jest do jakości i siły działania rządu, jakości zarządzania publicznego, w tym (ale nie wyłącznie) osiąganych wyników w zakresie jakości dóbr i usług publicznych dostarczanych obywatelom [Gisselquist 2012]. Jakość rządu uznawana jest za determinantę wielu procesów społecznych i gospodarczych.…”

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The Quality of Government vs. Access to Public Goods in the Polish Regions

Miłaszewicz¹

2017

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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Streszczenie: Władze regionalne realizując przypisane im ustawowo zadania decydują o dostarczaniu dóbr publicznych, które w dużej mierze wpływają na jakość życia mieszkańców. Bezstronność, skuteczność i nieskorumpowanie w trakcie dostarczania dóbr publicznych określają ich dostępność dla obywateli, a jednocześnie świadczą o jakości rządu regionalnego w procesie realizacji swojej polityki. Są też ważnym polem oceny dokonań władz regionalnych. Głównym celem artykułu jest dokonanie takiej oceny oraz ukazanie zróżnicowania przestrzennego jakości rządu w polskich regionach (NUTS2).Słowa kluczowe: jakość rządu, dobra publiczne, polskie województwa. Summary: Regional public authorities, while carrying out the tasks assigned to them by statute, decide on the provision of public goods, which largely affect the quality of life of residents. Impartiality, efficiency and incorruptibility determine accessibility of public goods. In addition, they testify to the quality of the regional government in the implementation of its policies. They are also an important field of evaluation of performance of regional authorities. The main purpose of this article is to make such an evaluation and to show the spatial differentiation of the quality of government in the Polish regions (NUTS 2).

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“…The concept of governance, though widely used in development practice, is equally contested (though the details of that debate are beyond the scope of this article; Fukuyama ; Rotberg ). Gisselquist (), in a synthesis examining several donor‐inspired definitions of governance, points out that they typically include three dimensions: (1) a process whereby (2) authority is exercised to (3) manage the collective affairs of a community, subnational level of government, or the nation. Embedded in this are donor‐led efforts to improve government institutions so that they function effectively.…”

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A Modest Defense of Politically Engaged Best Practices: The Case of Legislative Strengthening

Guinn

Straussman

2016

Governance

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Critics of donor‐funded democracy promotion claim that these programs are frequently designed to reproduce social and governmental models drawn from developed countries and imposed on the recipient country without regard to local conditions, with experts parachuted in to provide guidance based on international “best practices.” The critique focuses on first‐generation development with a neutral, technical focus, whereas democracy promotion has evolved toward a more politically engaged approach to programming—what we label as second‐generation and, more recently, third‐generation development practices. We apply this distinction to the area of legislative strengthening (LS) by describing its history from the post–World War II period to the present and provide examples of LS projects to support the argument. The challenge is to combine valuable insights from best practices from decades of experience while adapting them through political engagement with local partners and with bilateral donors.

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State capability and prospects for close co-ordination: Considerations for industrial policy in Africa

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Good Governance and Party System Change

Good Governance and Party System Change

The Quality of Government vs. Access to Public Goods in the Polish Regions

A Modest Defense of Politically Engaged Best Practices: The Case of Legislative Strengthening

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