NGOs in China: Issues of Good Governance and Accountability by Hasmath, R, Hsu, J

“…Drawing on interviews conducted among leading local and international NGOs operating in China, this article examines how NGOs understand and implement good governance and accountability principles and practices. …”

Successful wildlife conservation requires good governance by Pomeranz, EF, Hare, DC, Decker, DJ, Forstchen, AB, Jacobson, CA, Smith, CA, Schiavone, MV

Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada's Aid Program by Welsh, J

“…An assessment of the effectiveness of Canada's attempts to promote good governance through aid policy…”

Regulating Code: Good Governance and Better Regulation in the Information Age by Brown, I, Marsden, C.

Good governance and multidimensional poverty: a comparative analysis of 71 countries by Jindra, C, Vaz, A

“…Our results suggest there is a direct effect of good governance on multidimensional poverty and that good governance is associated with reduced horizontal inequalities. …”

Partnerships and the good-governance agenda: improving service delivery through state-NGO collaborations by Bano, M

“…Partnerships are argued to improve provision of basic social services to the poor: the state is viewed as providing scale, with NGOs ensuring good governance. Close study of three leading partnership arrangements in Pakistan (privatization of basic health units, an ‘adopt a school’ program, and low-cost sanitation) shows how state–NGO collaborations can indeed improve service delivery; however, few of these collaborations are capable of evolving into embedded partnerships that can bring about positive changes in government working practices on a sustainable basis. …”

Eliminating Bias in Early Project Development through Reference Class Forecasting and Good Governance by Flyvbjerg, B

Artificial intelligence in local government: enabling artificial intelligence for good governance in UK local authorities by Vogl, T

Model or mirage? by Oppong, N

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Towards responsive energy governance: lessons from a holistic analysis of energy access in Uganda and Zambia by Stritzke, S, Trotter, PA, Twesigye, P

“…Electrifcation rates in sub-Saharan Africa are low despite increasing national and international efforts. Good governance is key to translate these efforts into tangible energy access improvements. …”

Learning to stand: Paradise Regained today by Kean, M

“…We can apply God’s exercise of his Son to current post-quarantine deliberations regarding how we wish to live now—specifically questions of privacy, good governance (for both self and state), shared values, and the future of political engagement.…”

Traps, gaps, and law: prospects and challenges for China’s reforms by deLisle, J

“…</p> <p>Cross-national metrics for rule of law, good governance, economic inequality, and democracy tell us little about whether China’s level of legal development is consistent with continued growth and political stability.…”

Framework for participatory quantitative health impact assessment in low- and middle-income countries by Thondoo, M, De Vries, DH, Rojas-Rueda, D, Ramkalam, YD, Verlinghieri, E, Gupta, J, Nieuwenhuijsen, MJ

“…This integration can be facilitated by investing in opportunities that fuel good governance and evidence-based policy making.</p>…”

African Growth: Why a 'Big Push'? by Collier, P

“…This paper suggests four non-traditional policy instruments donors can use in addition to increased aid: a security guarantee, templates of good governance, temporary trade preferences and the conditioning aid on processes of governance rather than on policies.…”

Are more prescriptive laws better? Transforming REDD+ safeguards into national legislation by Ituarte-Lima, C, McDermott, C

“…International schemes for financing conservation and climate mitigation, such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation and forest enhancement (REDD+), have generated concerns about the effect of large influxes of money on good governance, the human rights of local land users, and biodiversity. …”

Patent power in biomedical innovation: technology governance in biomodifying technologies by Bicudo, E, Morrison, M, Li, P, Faulkner, A, Webster, A, Mourby, M, Kaye, J

“…Generally, political and technological limitations are supposed to be solved with so-called good governance, based on some principles. We focus on three of such governance principles (participation, accountability, and transparency) to show how they have been weakened, instead of strengthened, by the current patent system. …”

Ethical Leadership from Islamic Perspectives: A Model for Social and Organisational Justice by Randeree, K

“…The principles for good governance (knowledge, justice, wisdom and tolerance) were articulated by Al-Ghazzali a millennium ago and remain valid today. …”

Buying consent: the Achilles' heel of aid-induced community participation by Bano, M

“…Repeatedly, development interventions fail to unlock its presumed benefits: low-cost innovation, good governance, and sustainability. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) in Pakistan, a well-known case of organic community participation, this article demonstrates that the ability to buy consent in the case of donor-funded projects erodes the capacity for real community negotiations to take place. …”

Institutions, Governance and Economic Development in Africa: An Overview. by Fosu, A, Bates, R, Hoeffler, A

“…Third, as the Botswana case indicates, the ability to appropriately accommodate minority interests, coupled with the existence of external threats and natural resource endowments that foster the delineation of property rights, augers well for state building required for good governance, notwithstanding the existence of low population density.…”

Governing Finance: Global Imperatives and the Challenge of Reconciling Community Representation with Expertise. by Clark, G

“…To sustain these arguments, I note the distinctive characteristics of financial decision making under risk and uncertainty, using simple examples to underscore the benefits of good governance. I then present criteria for well-governed financial institutions, specifically public and private pension funds, with implications for best practice as illustrated by four case studies of funds from Canada, Europe, and the United States. …”