Democratic Governance and Economic Performance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democratic Governance and Economic Performance write by Dino Falaschetti. This book was released on 2009-06-02. Democratic Governance and Economic Performance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Conventional wisdom warns that unaccountable political and business agents can enrich a few at the expense of many. But logically extending this wisdom implies that associated principals – voters, consumers, shareholders – will favor themselves over the greater good when ‘rules of the game’ instead create too much accountability. Democratic Governance and Economic Performance rigorously develops this hypothesis, and finds statistical evidence and case study illustrations that democratic institutions at various governance levels (e.g., federal, state, corporation) have facilitated opportunistic gains for electoral, consumer, and shareholder principals. To be sure, this conclusion does not dismiss the potential for democratic governance to productively reduce agency costs. Rather, it suggests that policy makers, lawyers, and managers can improve governance by weighing the agency benefits of increased accountability against the distributional costs of favoring principal stakeholders over more general economic opportunities. Carefully considering the fundamentals that give rise to this tradeoff should interest students and scholars working at the intersection of social science and the law, and can help professionals improve their own performance in policy, legal, and business settings.
Democracy, Governance, and Growth
Democracy, Governance, and Growth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy, Governance, and Growth write by Stephen F. Knack. This book was released on 2003. Democracy, Governance, and Growth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Demonstrates the importance of governance and social institutions to economic performance
Democracy, Governance, and Economic Performance
Democracy, Governance, and Economic Performance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy, Governance, and Economic Performance write by Yi Feng. This book was released on 2003. Democracy, Governance, and Economic Performance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A theoretical and empirical examination of why political institutions and organizations matter in economic growth.
Democracy, Governance, and Economic Performance
Democracy, Governance, and Economic Performance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy, Governance, and Economic Performance write by Ian Marsh. This book was released on 1999. Democracy, Governance, and Economic Performance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In evaluating democratic development, the study focuses particularly on the condition of parties and party systems. In relation to economic governance, the idea of a developmental state provides a template against which the practices of individual states are evaluated.".
Challenges to Democratic Governance in Developing Countries
Challenges to Democratic Governance in Developing Countries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Challenges to Democratic Governance in Developing Countries write by Gedeon Mudacumura. This book was released on 2014-01-04. Challenges to Democratic Governance in Developing Countries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Despite the large amounts of human and financial resources invested to foster democratic governance in developing countries, statistics show that the majority of these countries have not yet achieved significant improvements in living standards. While some regions make strides towards improving the living conditions of their citizens, Sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, is still trapped in poverty with more than 40% of its 600 million people living below the internationally recognized absolute poverty line of one US dollar per day. Poor governance and corruption should be highlighted as the most important systemic factors contributing to poverty in developing countries. As a result the institutional foundations of these countries are weakened, public funds are misappropriated, and policies and programs aimed at reducing poverty and fostering sustainable economic growth are undermined. It is therefore not surprising that a 2008 Transparency International report found a direct link between corruption and the failure of the societal institutions designed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in the majority of developing countries. This book investigates the problems of democratic governance, particularly as they relate to corruption, and also whether democracy should be based on universal principles or local context and historical factors. It also analyses the rule of law, in promoting democratic governance and curbing corruption and if governmental, non-governmental organizations, and civil societies are effective in promoting democratic governance and curbing corruption. This book will go beyond identifying the challenges and offer plausible solutions that could be adapted to various developing countries. It is premised on the importance of bridging theory and practice, which has been lacking in most local and international development publications, making of interest to scholars and policy-makers alike concerned with public administration in developing countries.
