Institutions and Good Governance

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses good governance of institutions, focusing on social enterprise strategy for rural development. The paper looks into underlying concepts and dimensions of governance. It then discusses the role of the state, the private sector, and civil society in governance in order to understand points of convergence for operating good governance strategies. The paper emphasizes the need to evolve institutions as elemental units for carrying out good governance strategies. Finally, the paper provides a case-in-point - the Local Convergence Initiative for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (LCIARRD).


Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction And Conceptual Framework
Discussion And Review Of Related Literature
Pre-conditions of Good Governance
Essential Actors
The Social Enterprise Alternative
Case-In-Point: The Local Convergence Initiative for Agrarian Reform
and Rural Development (LCIARRD)
Results and Lessons
Synthesis: Imperatives Of Institutions Of Participatory Governance
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Thirdly, critical to all these relational and collaborative institutional platforms that form the important elements and agents of governance and good governance at that, is the establishment and strengthening of mutual accountability and trust. Notable in the preceding case was the reluctance by farmers to contribute their equity and the seeming "risk-aversive" behavior by farmers due perhaps to long experienced cycle of lack of predictability of government policies if not utter neglect thereof in many of the governments half-hearted agricultural intervention programs. Hence, the platform of local convergence initiatives seeks to address this gap by establishing a platform where these key players can work effectively to achieve individual goals and institutionally set development objectives in a way that provides for mutual accountability and building of trust, which is a potent exercise that could be microcosmic of the wider governance environment."

Sample of Sources Used:

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