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" They define (public) governance as the exercise of authority through formal and informal traditions and institutions for the common good... "
The Quality of Growth - Page 137
edited by - 2000 - 262 pages
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Financial Sector Governance: The Roles of the Public and Private Sectors

Robert E. Litan, Michael Pomerleano, Vasudevan Sundararajan - 2004 - 474 pages
...Corruption is commonly defined as the abuse of public office for privare gain. Governance is defined as the exercise of authority through formal and informal traditions and institutions for the common good, thus encompassing the process of selecting, monitoring, and replacing governments; the capacity to...
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Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2003: The New Reform ...

World Bank, Boris Pleskovi?, Nicholas Stern - 2003 - 326 pages
...institutions as the "rules of the game," and in order to contribute to the empirical analysis we have defined "governance" as the exercise of authority through...informal traditions and institutions for the common good, thus encompassing (a) the process of selecting, monitoring, and replacing governments; (b) the capacity...
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Handbook of Development Policy Studies

Gedeon M. Mudacumura, M. Shamsul Haque - 2004 - 776 pages
...commonly defined as the abuse of public office for private gains. governance is a broader concept. defined as the exercise of authority through formal and informal...selecting. monitoring. and replacing governments. It includes the capacity to formulate and implement sound policies. and it assumes a respect for citizens....
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Irrigation and River Basin Management: Options for Governance and Institutions

Mark Svendsen - 2005 - 274 pages
...change is the context of governance in which water resource organizations operate. Governance is defined as the exercise of authority through formal and informal...traditions and institutions for the common good. Governance includes: (i) the process by which those in authority are selected, monitored and replaced; (ii) the...
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International Development Governance

Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, Habib Zafarullah - 2005 - 904 pages
...as the abuse of public office for private gains, governance is a broader concept, which is defined as the exercise of authority through formal and informal...traditions and institutions for the common good. Governance includes the process of selecting, monitoring, and replacing governments. It includes the capacity...
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Handbook of Central Banking and Financial Authorities in Europe: New ...

Donato Masciandaro - 2005 - 594 pages
...built using all the indicators proposed by Kaufmannn, Kray and Mastruzzi (2003). They define (public) governance as the exercise of authority through formal...informal traditions and institutions for the common good, thus encompassing: 1) the process of selecting, monitoring and replacing governments; 2) the capacity...
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Cities in a Globalizing World: Governance, Performance, and Sustainability

Frannie Léautier - 2006 - 148 pages
...Governance and Globalization at the Country Level: Basic Definitions We have defined country-level governance as the exercise of authority through formal...informal traditions and institutions for the common good, thus encompassing: (a) the process of selecting, monitoring, and replacing governments; (b) the capacity...
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Social Dialogue and Poverty Reduction Strategies

International Labour Office - 2006 - 572 pages
...Daniel Kaufmann, Director of Global Governance at the World Bank Institute, "Governance is defined as the exercise of authority through formal and informal traditions and institutions for the common good, thus encompassing: (i) the process of selecting, monitoring, and replacing governments; (ii) the capacity...
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Fitting Already In? Romania and the Political Criterion of Copenhagen

Christian Rauh - 2007 - 56 pages
...this data linked to the Copenhagen political criterion? Kaufmann and Kraay define governance broadly as "the exercise of authority through formal and informal traditions and institutions for the common good" (cp. the summary by Nekola 2004, pp. 26-27). Governance accordingly includes three aspects which are...
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Social Capital and Governance: Old and New Members of the EU in Comparison

Frane Adam - 2007 - 300 pages
...data sources.7 The GRICS defines governance as the exercise of authority through formal and informal institutions for the common good. Governance encompasses...the process of selecting, monitoring and replacing government; the capacity to formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and...
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