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Natural resource wealth is bad for democracy
Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2001There is growing interest in the idea that bad governance often results when states are financed not from taxing their citizens, but from 'unearned income' derived either from large mineral resources or, less significantly, large aid inflows.The arguments are summarized in Moore (2001).DocumentWhen is deliberative democracy possible?
Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2001It is widely accepted that conventional electoral democracy lacks much of the essence of 'genuine' democratic governance. Citizens hand over decision-making power to a handful of elected representatives, and are rarely engaged in debating and understanding the choices that those representatives make.There is no shortage of normative models of more engaged, participatory governance.DocumentWhen do the rich willingly pay income tax?
Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2002Brazil and South Africa have much in common. In particular, they are both large middle income countries with very high levels of income inequality where whites historically have dominated over blacks.They differ markedly in terms of the significance of income tax. Relatively little income tax is collected in Brazil (4% of GDP).DocumentLocal governance for poverty reduction in Africa
Global March Against Child Labour, 2002Concept paper for the Fifth Africa Governance Forum Maputo, Mozambique, 23-25 May 2002The paper argues for decentralization as an important first step in creating regular, predictable opportunities for citizen-state interaction, despite its limited application and success record in Africa.DocumentGood governance and aid effectiveness: the World Bank and conditionality
Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2001This article assesses the Bank's approach for promoting good governance in developing countries. It argues that the Bank's use of traditional approaches to strengthen good governance in developing countries is misguided.The paper outlines the concept of good governance as defined by the World Bank and others.DocumentPromoting democratic governance and preventing the recurrence of conflict: the role of the United Nations Development Programme inpost conflict peace-building
Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2001This paper assesses the scope and significance of the new development agenda endorsed by UNDP and attempts to gauge the promises and dilemmas of its efforts to consolidate peace by promoting democracy and strengthening good governance, focusing on the experiences of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.The paper first scrutinises the emergence of democracy and good governance in the agenda of tDocumentInternational co-operation for democracy and good governance: moving toward a second generation?
Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2001This paper explores international assistance to democracy and argues that, a decade on since its emergence, a second generation democracy assistance is needed.DocumentThe IMF and good governance
Foreign Policy in Focus, 2001This article finds that:the IMF was created to solve short-term, external imbalances in national economies but has moved far beyond its original mandatethe IMF makes decisions with major implications for poor countries yet lacks the expertise to provide far-reaching policy prescriptions.DocumentNORAD’s good governance and anti-corruption plan 2000-2001
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2000The fight against corruption is a central element in NORAD's assistance to developing countries and it is part of itsefforts to promote good governance in partner countries.