| ID | 102411 |
| Title Proper | Can bad governance be good for development? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Wilkin, Sam |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | That good governance is necessary for economic development was until recently the conventional wisdom. In 2002, for example, a USAID study asserted that 'without good governance, it is impossible to foster development'. The Economist's Africa editor, Robert Guest, wrote in 2004 that 'Africa's wars spring mostly from bad government … Bad governance is also the main reason why Africa is so poor.' Even Milton Friedman, a champion of market liberalisation, later endorsed the good-governance paradigm: 'I was wrong. It turns out that the rule of law is probably more basic [to development] than privatization.' |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 53, No. 1; Feb-Mar 2011: p. 61-76 |
| Journal Source | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 53, No. 1; Feb-Mar 2011: p. 61-76 |
| Key Words | Good Governance ; Bad Governance ; Economic Development ; Privatization ; World Bank ; China |