Good governance, state capacity, and the Millennium Development Goals

Good governance, state capacity, and the Millennium Development Goals

International development agencies argue that "good governance" is crucial to attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but there are many ways to define and measure good governance. The paper begins by examining the World Bank's minimal state conception of governance and the...

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Main Author: JOSHI, Devin K.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
Subjects:
development; global development
good governance
governance indicators
MDGs
millennium development goals
state capacity
taxation
World Bank
Growth and Development
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1926
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:International development agencies argue that "good governance" is crucial to attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but there are many ways to define and measure good governance. The paper begins by examining the World Bank's minimal state conception of governance and then proposes an alternative approach based on strengthening state capacity. The paper tests this framework by developing a provisional Millennium Governance Index (MGI) for 126 countries. In comparative empirical analysis, the MGI has noticeably higher statistical correlations than the World Bank's governance indicators on six out of seven MDGs even after controlling for per capita income levels. © 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden.

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