Good Governance and Political Stability in Nigeria: An Assessment of the Goodluck Jonathan Administration

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Busola Esther Dunmade
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Political Stability

scholarly journals How does the governance of the executive branch operate in democratic Brazil? An analysis of the Center of Government

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (75) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Luiz Costa Cavalcante ◽  
Alexandre de Ávila Gomide
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Governance Arrangement ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Political Aspect ◽  
Joint Research Project ◽  
Priority Policy ◽  
Shed Light

ABSTRACT Introduction: This paper aims to analyze how the Center of Government (CoG) operates as units responsible for conducting the presidential agenda in contemporary Brazil. Materials and Methods: The study applied the theoretical approach of CoG as a governance arrangement and used qualitative and quantitative data to reach its objective. Besides the bibliographic review on the literature and official documents, the study synthesizes and deepens empirical data and information from a joint research project covering the period of political stability in Brazil, from 1995 to 2014, when elected presidents ended their terms. Results: The empirical findings confirm that CoG is a flexible and dynamic phenomenon. It puts a critical perspective on the normative “good governance” approach that overvalues its technical dimension and neglects its political aspect. Discussion: The inquiry results shed light on the importance of the relation between politics and policy, by demonstrating that CoG’s configuration and functions vary due to multiple causes, each president’s priority policy agenda is implemented with different strategies and; the prioritized policies follow a unique coordination logic inside the Brazilian federal government.

Yoruba Political Ideology in Akinwumi Ishola’s plays and the challenge of leadership crisis in Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olajumoke Akiode
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Social Consciousness ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Leadership Crisis ◽  
Real Value ◽  
Cultural Entity

This paper is an attempt at reflective self-awareness and hermeneutical analysis of the African Yoruba Political Ideology distilled from plays by Akinwumi Ishola. It is a bid to appraise this Ideology and assess how it aids social consciousness, good governance and political stability. The real value of hermeneutical analysis is to aid clarity of thought that enables a comparison of ideas. This will facilitate the contemporary relevance of the end result and its adoption as a framework of a remedy to leadership malady plaguing Africa. The aim of this paper is to propose a socio-political philosophy that is birthed by the peculiar challenge of the dearth of good leadership in Africa and which attempts to address the leadership and governance crisis as a whole. Realizing that Africa is not a mono-cultural entity, the paper aspires to bring forth ideas that will have universal claim upon all. Our examples and references however are drawn from Yoruba cultural background and the plays to be analysed are Saworo Ide and Agogo Eewo.

scholarly journals PENGARUH ELEMEN GOOD GOVERNANCE TERHADAP TINGKAT KORUPSI DI ASIA TENGGARA

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-114
Author(s):  
Dinda Ayu Dizrisa ◽  
Sudrajat Sudrajat ◽  
Niken Kusumawardani
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Economic Problem ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption

Corruption is a complex social, political and economic problem and occurs in every country with different levels. Corruption will complicate democracy and governance of a country. To overcome the problem of corruption, the government must implement good governance. This study aims to provide empirical evidence regarding the effect of elements of good governance on the level of corruption in Southeast Asia. Good governance variables are presented by six variables: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence / terrorism, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. Meanwhile, the level of corruption is measured using the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The research sample was selected using the purposive sampling method and produced a sample of 8 countries and the observation period was carried out in 2009-2018 or as many as 10 years, so the number of samples in this study were 80 samples. Corruption level data used in this study uses the Corruption Perceptions Index (Transparency International), while the good governance data used in this study uses the Worldwide Governance Indicators (World Bank). The research methodology used in this study is multiple linear regression analysis with the IBM SPSS Statistics 24 program. The results showed that the variable voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence / terrorism, and rule of law had no effect on the level of corruption, whereas the government variable effectiveness, regulatory quality, and control of corruption affect the level of corruption.

scholarly journals Effect of Governance on Educational Performance in Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114
Author(s):  
Jiban Khadka
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Educational Performance ◽  
Line Graphs ◽  
Government Effectiveness ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Multiple Line ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Control Of Corruption

Good governance often seems to have accelerated educational performance. Stepping onto the contribution of governance to the education, this paper examines the effect of Worldwide Governance Indicators produced by Kaufmann et al. (1999) on Educational Performance (EP) of Nepal during the years from 1996 to 2018. The six indicators of WGIs: political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, voice and accountability, regulatory quality, control of corruption and rule of law are used as independent variables, and the educational performance (student learning achievement and education index) as a dependent variable.  The results, based on the data collected from the secondary sources, derived from multiple-line graphs and the regression model shows that the majority of WGIs insignificantly explained the educational performance across the years. One indicator namely government effectiveness is found as a negative significant predictor of EP. The findings of this study suggest to reform in the existing level of WGIs for the better educational performance.

scholarly journals The Governance and Tourism: A Case of Developing Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-213
Author(s):  
Rana Ejaz Ali Khan ◽  
Tusawar Iftikhar Ahmad ◽  
Jaweria Haleem
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Method Of Moment ◽  
Total Employment ◽  
Government Effectiveness ◽  
Regulatory Quality

Tourism is a rapidly growing industry globally and it is contributing a significant part in the GDP of the economies. In the literature, a variety of determinants of tourism are discussed theoretically and empirically but the effect of national governance on tourism is rarely discussed. This study investigates the effect of governance on tourism development in a panel of 65 developing economies for the time period of 2000-2015. Tourism development is measured by an index of three components, i.e. spending by international tourists, spending by local tourists and tourism’s share in total employment in the economy. For governance an index is constructed based on indicators of government effectiveness, political stability, regulatory quality, rule of law, and voice and accountability. Data has been taken from World Development Indicators (WDI), Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) and World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) estimation indicates that governance positively influence tourism development and its components, i.e. foreign visitors spending, domestic tourist spending and contribution of tourism in employment. The indicators of governance, i.e. government effectiveness, political stability, regulatory quality, rule of law and voice and accountability also positively affect tourism development. Terrorism, environmental degradation and corruption have shown adverse effect on tourism development as well as components of tourism development. The economic growth and trade openness have encouraging effect on tourism development and its comments. It is concluded that through good governance tourism may be developed but terrorism and corruption are needed to be eliminated.

scholarly journals FDI into emerging markets

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 200-211
Author(s):  
Emine Beyza Satoglu
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Bric Countries ◽  
The Developed Countries

This empirical paper examines how institutional strengths or weaknesses of emerging markets might affect investment inflows into these countries. The study includes data of 13 emerging economies from different regions. The countries included are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, and Turkey for the time period 2000-2018. The institutional variables; property rights, good governance, corruption, rule of law, and civil liberties are examined to understand if there is a deviation from the existing literature for the emerging countries. Secondly, we also investigated differences among the emerging countries and asked if non-BRIC countries are different in results. A panel data model has been performed for the analysis. Our findings prove that some institutions such as corruption, civil liberties, property rights, and good governance are significantly important to attract FDI into the emerging markets, as indicated in the literature for the developed countries, but not as strong as assumed. Secondly, other institutional constructs such as rule of law and political stability found to be insignificant in emerging markets. Finally, we found a similar result even when we analyzed emerging markets without BRIC countries.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Contribution of Governance on Economic Growth Countries in the East African Community

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Abuga Orayo ◽  
George Nyarigoti Mose
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Economic Growth Rate ◽  
East African Community ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption

<p>This study sought to explore the relationship between good governance and economic growth among the East Africa Community (EAC) countries. The study utilized panel data to analyse six major World Bank governance indicators namely: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law and Control of Corruption effect on economic growth in the respective country and region for the period 1999-2013. The Random effect model (REM) and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) estimation techniques were employed for comparative analysis. The study showed that among the governance indicators, political stability, quality regulatory and control of corruption were significant. The first two indices were negatively related to economic growth rate while the latter was positively related to economic growth rate. From the OLS models, voice and accountability had a significant effect on economic growth rate in Kenya and Uganda. The quality of regulation had significant effect in Kenya and Tanzania while rule of law was found to be significant only in Kenya. The study suggests that in order to advance the economic performance in EAC countries, the EAC states need to invest in more effective regulation on both public and private institutions to enhance social, political and sustainable economic interactions. Similarly, the government needs to encourage national cohesion and peaceful co-existence that would foster political stability and reduce violence. By investing in good governance through establishment of key institutions of governance are likely to spur economic growth.</p>

Impact of Good Governance on Indian Manufacturing Growth: A System Dynamics Analysis

Metamorphosis ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ravindra Ojha ◽  
Prem Vrat
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Decision Making Capacity ◽  
Quality Of Governance ◽  
Manufacturing Growth ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact

The quality of governance is influenced by and also has far-reaching implications on the political, economic, social, and technological growth of a nation. Good governance can be a significant player in accelerating India’s manufacturing growth plan. Government effectiveness is a critical element of good governance and is a function of the nation’s political stability, macroeconomic health, and the government’s reform-related decision-making capacity to drive the manufacturing growth rate. In order to study the impact of the quality of governance and its factors on the nation’s manufacturing growth, a system dynamics (SD) approach has been adopted in the article. The meaningful simulations carried out using the SD modelling, under the current economic environment, are expected to provide insights to the policymakers and strategic planners for evolving strategies in good governance for growth.

Policymakers’ perspective about e-Government success using AHP approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hamad Hassan ◽  
Jongsu Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government

PurposeThe e-Government has a potential to entrench Good Governance in Pakistan. However, this technology could not be successfully developed and implemented in public sector – despite of efforts made by the Government. Consequently, public sector is suffering from bad Governance, which ultimately affects the Governance as well as e-Government ranking of Pakistan in the globe – as indicated by the UN surveys and other relevant indices. This paper aims to propose a novel techno-policy framework for its successful implementation by considering all relevant critical success factors (CSFs) and determining their relative importance from policymakers’ perspective. Further, it aims to excerpt the root causes of e-Government failure in Pakistan and to derive valuable policy implications for its success in the public sector.Design/methodology/approachThe techno-policy framework was developed by identifying all the CSFs and assimilating them by deploying the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. The survey instrument was designed to compare all the CSFs on the basis of AHP scale and to collect the socio-demographic data. An interview based survey of all the concerned stakeholders was conducted to know their perspective about the proposed framework and to determine their relative importance about all the CSFs. Finally, the empirical estimations were performed by using the Expert-Choice decision-making system.FindingsThe analysis of empirical results depicts that among CSFs’ main-categories –Governanceis the most important; whereas, theManagementandResourcesare relatively more important; however, theSocio-Economicsis relatively less important for the e-Government success in Pakistan. Further, among CSFs’ sub-categories –Political, Managerial, Legislative, Non-Technical, andTechnicalare relatively more important thanSocial, Economic, andScopefor the e-Government success in Pakistan. Lastly, among all CSFs –Political Stability, Managerial Strategy, ICT Policies, Funding, Portal Technology, Education & Skills, Cost, andAutonomyare the most important factors of their respective categories, and which can positively affect the e-Government success in Pakistan.Research limitations/implicationsThis study fills the gap caused by paucity of literature in terms of empirical based techno-policy research in the e-Government domain – from implementation perspective. Further, it serves as a prototype for the prospective researchers, who aim to conduct policy oriented research toward e-Government development in their respective regions.Practical implicationsThe key findings, policy implications & recommendations of this study are quite valuable and of practical significance for the government, policymakers, practitioners, researchers and all the concerned stakeholders and beneficiaries. Further, this study paves a way forward toward entrenching the Good Governance in Pakistan.Originality/valueThis study contributes in several ways. It highlights the significance of e-Government as a technology for attaining Good Governance in Pakistan. Further, it presents consolidated view of all the concerned stakeholders toward the successful implementation of all e-Government programs in Pakistan. Finally, it provides a guideline for the government agencies to formulate their e-Government policy and strategy as per the needs of all stakeholders in Pakistan.

scholarly journals RELEVANSI TATA KELOLA PUBLIK DAN ETIKA PERUSAHAAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sofik Handoyo
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Corporate Ethics ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Public Accountability ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Private And Public

This study aims to investigate the association of public governance and corporate ethics. Motive of the study was driven by numerous corporate scandals in various countries and practice of good governance both in private and public sector. The study was intended to reveal, whether the country that apply good practice of governance will also lead good practice of corporate ethics in that country. The study adopted exploratory research design which are public governance and corporate ethics proxied as two independent variables. Public governance was represented by attributes namely public accountability, control of corruption, effectiveness government, regulatory quality, rule of law, regulatory quality and political stability. The results show that all public governance attributes are positively and significantly associated with corporate ethics. Pearson correlation coefficient indicates that all attributes of public governance have strong correlation (Pearson correlation (r) > 0.6), except for public accountability attribute. The result implies that the practice of good governance in governmental sector have potential impact on how private sector running their business organizations.

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