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Improving Governance: Lessons Learnt

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In Search of Better Governance in South Asia and Beyond

Part of the book series: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization ((PAGG,volume 3))

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Abstract

Governance first became a commonly used concept in the early 1990s when the international donor community adopted it to connote its support of economic, managerial, and political reforms in countries of the global South. Like development, it cuts across sectors and thus is a concept that lends itself to many definitions. Similarly, it is being used for different purposes: for academic analysis, for policy prescriptions, and for civic engagement.

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    According to Dixit (2008), focusing on the economics discipline only, there were only 4 references to governance during the period of 1970–1979, compared to 15455 during 2000–2007. Another source reports that Google in 2009 listed more than 152,000 pages of literature in this field (Ivanyna and Shah 2009). The number has since kept increasing

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    One such tool that is widely used in donor circles is the public expenditures and financial accountability (PEFA) framework

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    Goran Hyden

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    Ishtiaq Jamil

  2. , Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Christiesgt. 17, Bergen, 5007, Norway

    Steinar Askvik

  3. , Public Administration, Tribhuvan University, Jamal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Tek Nath Dhakal

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Hyden, G. (2013). Improving Governance: Lessons Learnt. In: Jamil, I., Askvik, S., Dhakal, T. (eds) In Search of Better Governance in South Asia and Beyond. Public Administration, Governance and Globalization, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7372-5_3

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