Is Good Governance Good for Development?

by Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com.

While good governance is a worthy goal, this book argues that it is not a prerequisite for economic growth or development. The book exposes the methodological shortcomings of the commonly-used governance indicators developed within the World Bank. The authors argue that donors should not impose onerous good governance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780932227
• ISBN13: 9781780932224
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"