Finally, apart from good national governance, we also need good global governance.

Good Governance Begins At Home

Good governance is good in and of itself.

So how to get good government? Restoring or securing it conjures up the dreaded specter of colonialism.

From Global Imbalances to Effective Global Governance

There are indications of good governance in many countries.

there is good governance of natural resources to fuel broader and inclusive development

But ongoing international assistance should be limited to providing voluntary good governance templates.

At the same time, we are making determined efforts to strengthen democratic institutions and ensure good governance and the rule of law.

We have long recognized that good political, economic and corporate governance is an essential prerequisite of sustainable development.

Good government requires good people at the helm who have leadership qualities and the best interests of the people at heart.

Of course, pragmatism has its limits, because good government is also about upholding core values.

It is about making the best decisions for the community as a whole.

We might even say that good governance is development itself.

In fact, there will be no greater challenge than driving the governance and anti corruption agenda forward.

Good governance must be treated as a mechanism not only for expanding development assistance, but for improving the lives of our people as well.

In the area of good governance, we have submitted ourselves to the African Peer Review Mechanism and expect to receive a positive rating.

Democracy provides for regular accountability by Governments to their peoples, favouring, but not necessarily guaranteeing, good governance.

(g) Practise good governance, manage the country's resources properly and combat corruption at all levels

Parallel to the growth agenda, there is a specific role for bilateral and multilateral diplomacy to play in support of improved governance.

It is thus crucial to the good governance of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region.

In that context, the United Nations the political arm of the global economic system must be empowered in practice to promote such good global governance.

With the Bank tirelessly preaching the merits of good governance, its failure to adopt democratic principles undercuts its own legitimacy.

He said that Africans were making progress in human rights, enhancing good governance, building peace and security, establishing equity and dealing with corruption.

At the same time, we must strive for good governance, fight corruption and find creative ways to raise money to finance development.

It is against this backdrop that we, as world leaders, are meeting here to find the best strategy for enhancing domestic capacity to address issues such as good governance.

We are working to increase growth and to strengthen democracy through good governance, thereby tackling and resolving our social problems in a way we had never done in the past.

Insofar as they narrow rather than expand the menu of available institutional choices, they serve the cause of good governance badly.

That is the centrepiece of peacebuilding building peace by building good governance, meeting basic human needs and fostering social harmony.

But gutting or cutting Doing Business would be a grave error and would essentially result in throwing a healthy baby out with the bathwater.

A developing country that creates a transparent and accountable environment that respects good governance and the rule of law will attract domestic and foreign investment, which will foster the growth of a vibrant private sector.

Good government is not a competition. It s not about winning or losing, or whose view or will prevails.

To maintain single party legitimacy and thus the ability to govern those narrower interests must be overridden in favor of the general interest.

The prevailing obsession with the governance agenda entails a broad based effort to remold institutions in developing societies as a prerequisite for economic growth.

On the contrary, that anti corruption good governance agenda precedes and outlives the person at the helm of the institution.

It highlights the importance of good governance, as well as transparent and accountable public administration, in achieving internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.

Implementation of this plan would not only give a boost to the rule of law, but also would enhance security and lead to better governance.

We combine humanitarian aid and support for institution building and good governance with crisis management capacities, technical and financial assistance, and political dialogue and mediation.

Throughout this exercise, we are continuously reminded of the primary responsibility of developing countries to implement sound economic policies and ensure good governance and the rule of law.

While we are in fact strengthening our institutions for development through good governance, combating corruption and driving private sector growth, by no means should those factors be used as conditionalities.

Better Governance African governments often boast when they simply stop the corrosive effects of corruption and irrational business regulation.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

(f) Strengthening democracy through good governance as referred to in the United Nations Millennium DeclarationSee resolution 55 2. by, inter alia

Good government also requires sharing a vision of the future the purposes and thinking behind public policies with the community.