1. GOOD GOVERNANCE ISSUES
AND POLICIES IN
IMPERATIVES
Done by:
M.Mohsin Shahzad
From:
Lahore, Pakistan

2. INTRODUCTION
 Exercise of political, economic and administrative
authority
 Complex mechanisms, processes, relationships and
institutions
 Exercise of rights and obligations and mediating their
differences
 Continuing process of divergent opinions and desires

3. Dimensions of Governance
 The political regime
 The systems and procedures for exercising authority
 The capacity of governments

4. Good Governance
 Subset of governance
 Effectively managing public resources and problems
 Public participation, accountability and transparency
 Effective and equitable
 Promotes the rule of law fairly

5.  Sustaining human development
 Consensus among stakeholders
 State
 Creates conducive political and legal environment
 Private sector
 Generates jobs and income
 Civil society
 Facilitates political and social interaction
 Balance between taking advantage of emerging
market opportunities and providing a secure and
stable social and economic environment domestically

6. GOOD GOVERNANCE-ACONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK
 Foundations of good governance
 Principle of freedom of thought
 Principle of freedom of speech
 Equality
 Equity
 Justice
 Honesty
 Transparency
 Accountability
 Based on lessons from history

7.  Definition used by the World Bank
 The manner in which power is exercised in the management of a
country’s economic and social resources
 Definition adopted by the Commission on Global
Governance
 The sum of the many ways in which individuals and institutions, public
and private, manage their common affairs
 Good Governance in the context of Pakistan
 To go well beyond ‘good’ politics or even the creation of a ‘decent’
society
 Enable the state, civil society and the private sector to enhance
both social development and economic growth as a means to
greater human development and increased levels of human
welfare

8. Six components of a broad conceptual framework
for good governance
 Leaders/Decision makers
 Constituencies
 Agenda
 Institutions
 Information
 Accountability Processes

9. Core characteristics of good governance
 Participation
 Rule of law
 Transparency
 Responsiveness
 Consensus orientation

10. Core characteristics of good governance continued
 Equity
 Effectiveness and efficiency
 Accountability
 Strategic vision

11. Issues Of Good Governance
 Institutional Imbalance
 Poor relations between center and federating units
 Political Instability
 Poor planning and development
 Inability to provide justice

12. Issues of Good Governance Continued
 Corruption
 Poor Fiscal Administration
 Inefficient Economic Management
 Expenditure Mismanagement

13. Policies to be implemented for Good
Governance
 Balance between the institutions
 Good relations between the centre and the federation units
 Equal distribution of resources
 Equal justice
 Reforms in Fiscal policies
 Reforms in Economic policies
 Expenditures should be cut down

14. Policies Continued
 Accountability from the top
 Establishment of anti-corruption courts
 Exclusive corruption courts
 Enact legislation to improve accountability.
 Independent private sector auditors
 Diagnosing corrupt systems by people
 Implementation of core institutional reforms and repairing of
corruption courts
 Freedom of media

15. Conclusion
 The government should not expand in the scale of
government activity, but an increase in its
effectiveness and a major reallocation of its
resources
 Failure to establish a framework of law and
government behavior conduce to development

16. Economic Crisis can be traced by following
Reforms
Political stability
Stable macroeconomic environment
The outward-looking trade strategies as opposed to the
protectionist strategies
The quality of primary education
Effective land reforms

17. Economic Crisis can be traced by following
reforms
 Credit reforms
 A merit based, efficient and competent bureaucracy
 Well-functioning institutions
 Identification and development of core areas of comparative
advantage

18. Solutions
 Pakistan needs to redirect its priorities
 Invest in basic human needs
 Government must ensure equity and social justice
 Provide a major stimulus to economic growth