What is good governance? For, it has struck me in recent weeks, that maybe it isn’t at all what I had thought it was, as I have delved into peer-reviewed papers, reports and debates to get the world’s insights on what matters most in delivering great government policies and outcomes.
As it happens, our international bodies have developed governance frameworks to this end, the World Bank, the UNDP. These models are full of accountability and selection procedures for post holders, and the like: all solid stuff. But my focus has been on what makes the biggest difference in the governance we get, and it wasn’t those things, in fact.
