Grade 8 Unit 3 Lesson 6

Good Governance

Governance
- the system or manner the government works in
- using political power for the management of various affairs of a state is governance
- describes the process of decision-making and process by which its decisions are carried out

Good governance
- decisions are taken and carried out in fair manner
- decisions directed towards the promotion of public welfare
- political power should be used in favour of people
- IMF, ADB or World Bank agree to offer aid and loans on the condition that reforms for good governance

Features of Good Governance
- Participation
- Accountability
- Responsiveness
- Transparency
- Rule of Law
- Consensus
- Equality and inclusiveness
- Effectiveness and efficiency

Obstacles of Good Governance in Nepal
- Low level of political awareness
- Misconception
- Poverty
- Lack of appropriate policies and programmes
- System-based administration
- Political instability
- Institutional corruption
- Lack of enough public pressure
- Poor implementation of laws
- Lack of co-ordination between government and civil society

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