Is Good Governance Good for Development?

207 Pages·2012·2.31 MB·English

by  Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Is Good Governance Good
for Development?
UN Series on Development
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Is Good Governance Good for Development?
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Publication Date: August 2012
Is Good Governance Good
for Development?
Editors
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Anis Chowdhury
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Contents
List of Tables and Figures vi
List of Contributors vii
Acknowledgements ix
Chapter 1
Introduction: Governance and development 1
Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury
Chapter 2
The seductiveness of good governance 29
Rita Abrahamsen
Chapter 3
Good governance and donors 53
Brian van Arkadie
Chapter 4
Perception and misperception in governance
research: Evidence from latin america 71
Marcus J. Kurtz and Andrew M. Schrank
Chapter 5
Good governance scripts: Will compliance improve
form or functionality? 97
Matt Andrews
Chapter 6
Is governance reform a catalyst for development? 115
Arthur A. Goldsmith
Chapter 7
‘Poor governance’ for development in china and vietnam 135
Martin Painter
Chapter 8
Beyond good governance: An agenda for
developmental governance 151
Mushtaq H. Khan
Notes 183
Index 191
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List of Tables and Figures
Tables
4.1 Components of the WGI rule of law indicator 76
4.2 D o businesspeople and their neighbours perceive government
in the same way? 84
5.1 Fiscal rules in the more eff ective governments 106
6.1 Some common governance failures 119
6.2 Milestones of growth and good governance 121
Figures
4.1 Human development by public employment (2005) 86
4.2 HDI by ‘rule of law’ 87
4.3 Life expectancy by public health spending per capita
c. 2005 91
5.1 WGI government eff ectiveness scores and GDP per
capita 100
5.2 When countries adopted fi scal rules, according to recent
studies 103
5.3 Average defi cits for 1990–2006 104
5.4 Fiscal rules and government eff ectiveness scores 105
6.1 Four countries, four economic turning points 122
8.1 Good governance versus growth-enhancing governance 163
8.2 Governance capabilities for addressing market failures 170
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List of Contributors
Rita Abrahamsen is an associate professor in the School of International
Development and Global Studies and in the Graduate School of Public
and International Aff airs at the University of Ottawa. She is the author of
Security beyond the State: Private Security in International Politics (with
Michael C. Williams) and Disciplining Democracy: Development Discourse
and Good Governance in Africa.
Matt Andrews is an associate professor of public policy at Harvard
University’s Kennedy School of Government. He has worked in the area of
governance and public sector reform for over 15 years and writes on public
sector reform, particularly budgeting and fi nancial management reform,
and participatory governance in developing and transitional governments.
Brian van Arkadie is a development economist with extensive experience
in Africa, Asia and Europe. He has worked as senior advisor and professor of
economics in diff erent parts of Europe, America and Asia. He has authored
numerous books and articles, including studies on economic accounting
and development planning, shocks and national policymaking, the West
Bank and Gaza, the Baltic States, Tanzania and Viet Nam. His recent books
include Good Governance, Markets and Donors, Globalisation and the East
African Economies and Viet Nam: A Transitional Tiger?
Anis Chowdhury is a senior economic offi cer in the United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Aff airs and professor of economics
at the University of Western Sydney. He was founding managing editor of
the Journal of the Asia Pacifi c Economy and has published many books and
journal articles, including chapters in edited books.
Arthur A. Goldsmith is an associate dean of the College of Management
at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. A winner of the Betty Diener
award for excellence in teaching, he has also taught at Boston University,
Cornell University, the University of Connecticut and Harvard University.
A former Fulbright scholar, he is the author of several books and numerous
articles in academic and professional journals.
Mushtaq H. Khan is a professor of economics at the School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His work focuses on
the economics of poor countries; it includes notable contributions to the
fi eld of institutional economics and South Asian development. He has held
appointments as consultant for a vast number of international institutions;
he also has been a visiting professor at Chulalongkorn and Dhaka
Universities. Several of his articles have won prizes such as the Hans Singer
Prize and the Frank Cass Prize.
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Marcus J. Kurtz is an associate professor of political science at the Ohio
State University. He has research and teaching interests in the areas of
comparative politics, democratization, political economy and development,
with a focus on Latin America. His publications have appeared in leading
disciplinary and multidisciplinary international journals. His book is
entitled Free Market Democracy and the Chilean and Mexican Countryside.
Martin Painter is a professor of public administration as well as university
coordinator (strategic plan) in the Offi ce of the Provost at the City University
of Hong Kong and the director of the Governance in Asia Research Centre.
Previously he worked at the University of Sydney, where from 1996 to 2000
he was head of the Department of Government and Public Administration.
Andrew M. Schrank is a professor of political science and sociology at the
University of New Mexico. He studies the organization, performance and
regulation of industry, especially in Latin America. His articles have appeared
in various disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals. His forthcoming
book (co-authored with Josh Whitford) from Princeton University Press is
entitled When Networks Fail: Uncovering Hidden Weaknesses in the Global
Economy.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram has been Assistant-Secretary-General for
Economic Development in the United Nations Department of Economic
and Social Aff airs since 2005. In 2007, he was awarded the Wassily Leontief
Prize. During 2008–9, he served as a member of the [Stiglitz] Commission
of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.
He was founder chair of International Development Economics Associates
(IDEAs).
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Acknowledgements
We wish to thank all authors for their contributions to this volume and
cooperation in expediting the editorial processes. We also thank the publishers
and conference organizers for permitting us to include revised and updated
versions of some papers in this book.
Th anks are also due to colleagues in UN-DESA, especially Meriam
Gueziel, for the assistance in the preparation of this volume. We particularly
want to acknowledge the support and encouragement of our colleague
Diane Loughran, Senior Information Offi cer, UN-DESA, and Valentina
Kalk, Chief, United Nations Publications, as well as those responsible at
Bloomsbury Academic. It would not have been possible to publish this
volume without all their contributions.