{"product_id":"9781780932507","title":"Is Good Governance Good for Development?","description":"While good governance is a worthy goal by itself, it is not\u003cbr\u003ea prerequisite for economic growth or development. This volume challenges the\u003cbr\u003econventional good governance paradigm favoured by the donor community. It\u003cbr\u003eexposes the methodological shortcomings of the commonly used governance\u003cbr\u003eindicators developed within the World Bank. It highlights the conceptual\u003cbr\u003elimitations or lack of clarity of good governance and debunks the central plank\u003cbr\u003eof the good governance hypothesis that good governance causes economic growth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume demonstrates that good governance can mean many things, and\u003cbr\u003ecountries possessing features of good governance can be different both\u003cbr\u003estructurally and institutionally. Countries that are developed now did not have\u003cbr\u003ethe ideal features of good governance - these features evolved with economic\u003cbr\u003egrowth.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135415468272,"sku":"9781780932507","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780932507_p0.jpg?v=1763716899","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780932507","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}