Governance and Development
Contents: Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: governance and development : reciprocity and reinforcement/Ramesh K. Arora and Satish K. Batra. 2. Civil services : the tasks ahead/Manmohan Singh. 3. Good governance : developmental dimension/N. Vittal. 4. Changing concept and role of government/P.R. Dubhashi. 5. Some ideas on governance/Abid Hussain. 6.. Governance and economic development/Bibek Debroy. 7. Globalization : reality, ramifications and recourse/Satish K. Batra and Vinod Batra. 8. Good governance and development/Noorjahan Bava. 9. The changing complexion of governance : aid conditionality to development strategy/Uma Medury. 10. Global trends in new public management: challenges and constraints confronted by developing countries/Keshav C. Sharma. 11. Citizen-centric administration/Rajendra Bhanawat. 12. Reorganizing governance : will functional division and autonomy help improve policy delivery?/Dolly Arora. 13. Good governance in Bangladesh : theoretical discourse/Muhammad Mahmudur Rahman. 14. The Bangladesh civil service and good governance/Mohammad Mohabhat Khan. 15. The new paradigm of governance : a case from Kerala/T.M. Joseph and Jos Chathukulam. 16. Good governance, administration and Panchayati Raj/S. Nagendra Ambedkar. 17. Right to information, administrative effectiveness and public accountability : exploratory study in the Indian context/Ramesh K. Arora.
The anthology presents a gist of well-known approaches to and views on the relationship between governance systems and the processes involved in multifaceted development. While effective governance system is expected to facilitate holistic and inclusive development, the development process, in turn, should also be helpful in strengthening the governance system. It is difficult to categorically state as to what comes first: good governance or development, yet their reciprocity and interdependence cannot be disputed. Eminent scholars and experts have discussed in this volume critical issues of development--the structure, actors, process, ramifications, impediments, manifestations and impact. In the larger backdrop, salient aspects of governance have been discussed, particularly in the context of their impact on the lives of the teeming millions who inhabit the developing regions of the world. Contributions to the volume draw attention to the policy initiatives that deserve primacy in promoting a just, equitable and dynamic socio-economic system that draws its vitality from a stable and vibrant politico-administrative order.
What distinguishes this book is its strong conceptual orientation, the empirical support it provides to its analysis and the instrumental perspectives it adopts in offering realistic solutions to the prevalent problems of governance as well as development. (jacket)
The anthology presents a gist of well-known approaches to and views on the relationship between governance systems and the processes involved in multifaceted development. While effective governance system is expected to facilitate holistic and inclusive development, the development process, in turn, should also be helpful in strengthening the governance system. It is difficult to categorically state as to what comes first: good governance or development, yet their reciprocity and interdependence cannot be disputed. Eminent scholars and experts have discussed in this volume critical issues of development--the structure, actors, process, ramifications, impediments, manifestations and impact. In the larger backdrop, salient aspects of governance have been discussed, particularly in the context of their impact on the lives of the teeming millions who inhabit the developing regions of the world. Contributions to the volume draw attention to the policy initiatives that deserve primacy in promoting a just, equitable and dynamic socio-economic system that draws its vitality from a stable and vibrant politico-administrative order.
What distinguishes this book is its strong conceptual orientation, the empirical support it provides to its analysis and the instrumental perspectives it adopts in offering realistic solutions to the prevalent problems of governance as well as development. (jacket)
