Basis For Good Governance Research Articles

Factors affecting level of unemployment in South Asia

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the short-run and long-run relationship between economic variables and the unemployment rate in South Asian countries.Design/methodology/approachA panel Vector Error Correction (VECM) model is used to establish the long-run and the short-run relationship between unemployment rate and selected economic variables. Data were collected from WDI, WGI and FDSD for the year's 1994–2016.FindingsThe finding of the study showed a negative and significant relationship at the 5% level of significance among governance, internet users, mobile cellular subscriptions, fixed broadband subscriptions and human capital with an unemployment rate of South Asian economies. On the other hand, financial activity (credit) and population growth have a positive and significant relationship with the unemployment rate.Research limitations/implicationsIn the light of our findings clear that employment problems can only be created if the government does not put in place adequate measures to control the population and allocate resources equitably, giving a sense of belonging to all citizens. Therefore, to provide the controlled population with the necessary employment opportunities, it is necessary to allocate resources efficiently and to launch projects aimed at creating jobs.Practical implicationsTransparency or merit is the basis of good governance and the very first step to achieving the goal of good governance is to fight against corruption. It provides a complete justification for providing good quality management records, financial controlling and managerial systems.Originality/valueThe connections between governance and unemployment are complex and need to be studied in a detailed manner. There is the absence of literature that strongly interfaces good governance to unemployment; the fundamental work in this regard is Farid (2015). They locate a solid relationship between good governance and improving external debt situation by in Pakistan a time series analysis. But there is no research in the context of South Asian countries between governance and unemployment.

Relationship Between Advocacy, Leadership and Administrative Behavior in Good Governance: An Analytical Study of the Treaty of Hudaibiyya

A good ruler is the basis of good governance, and the Prophet of Islam is the example and ideal of the good Islamic ruler throughout the ages. The problem of research lies in how to combine Islamic missionary behavior, conscious leadership, and management of political positions to achieve the desired goals. The research aims to show the relationship in the behavior of the Muslim ruler between advocacy, leadership and management in political positions through the study of the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah peace model to provide a practical model for our time. The researcher uses the analytical method through studying the Prophetic biographical books and the Hadiths in examining some of the positions of the Prophet and his companions in the Peace Treaty of Hudaibiyyah. The research finds that many lessons of good behavior and governance can be had from the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah.

Women and Political Interest in Qatar: Moving Ahead but Not Catching Up

Interest in politics is an important ingredient in the formation of civil society, which in turn provides the basis for good governance. Existing research has not clarified drivers of political interest with respect to females in the Arabian Peninsula. This article investigates the gender gap in political interest in the context of the State of Qatar, incorporating factors such as education, income, and marital status as well as age and generational effects. It also incorporates religiosity, beliefs about traditional gender roles, and the impact of social media and Twitter usage as predictors of political interest. Nationally representative survey data from the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute from 2011 to 2014 are used to examine attitudes of political interest. Analysis indicates that gender gaps are persistent in spite of significant progress made by women in this area. Education and age are consistent predictors of political interest, followed by weaker positive effects for social media activity.

Together towards life and mission: A basis for good governance in church and society today

In this research, important policy decisions by the 2013 General Synod of the Dutch ReformedChurch on the missional nature of the church were investigated in dialogue with the newmission affirmation of the World Council of Churches Together towards life: Mission andevangelism in changing landscapes (2013). The research concluded that the new policy documentof the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (DRC) shows convergence with TTL and thatthe DRC finds itself within the current ecumenical discourse on church and mission. The DRCdoes have a comprehensive missional ecclesiology, understanding the church as missionalby its very nature. Church polity is informed by a missional understanding of being church.The DRC shows good governance in the sense that it has embarked on a process to revisethe church order in the light of the policy decisions and in the sense of the foundation laidby revising a number of important articles of the church order. The research also found thata missional approach affirms life in its fullness and allows and participates in the flourishingof creation. The deduction was that good governance in society entails a society where justiceis practised, sustainable lifestyles propagated and respect for the earth practised. The DRC,with its missional understanding of being church, can benefit in its discernment processesand prophetic witness by using an appropriate hermeneutical key in its participation in goodgovernance � to discern where life in its fullness is affirmed. The research found that the DRCfinds itself, together with a broader ecumenical community, on a journey towards life. It doeshave an appropriate basis for good governance in church and society.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The research calls for a change inthe traditional discourse on the role of denominations and brings together insights fromecumenical studies and missional ecclesiology that might assist the reformulation of churchpolity.

Edifying Retailer-Wholesaler Ethical Relationship: A Basis for Good Governance in Retail Sector

Retailers are dependent upon wholesalers as the latter provide the regular and uninterrupted supply of merchandise to the former even sometimes on credit basis. The retailers are,thus, expected to maintain sound relations with wholesalers on the basis of ethical retail practices. In fact, in the extant literature there is not even a single study on perceptions of wholesalers about ethical retail practices. This study is, thus, an endeavor to bridge the gap in extant literature on retailing ethics. This piece of work explores empirically the retailer - wholesaler ethical relationships for good governance in retail sector empirically. The study is based upon the data obtained from seventy wholesale firms from Jammu city in J&K through an instrument. The wholesalers viewed retailers ethical in most of the issues except untimely payments of bills and even payment of less amounts as agreed upon, which creates severe problem for the wholesalers who are ultimately liable to manufacturers. The study shall be highly useful for business concerns, retailers, wholesalers, and government for the policy guidelines and potential researchers for new thrust.

Towards Principles–Based Approaches to Governance of Health–Related Research Using Personal Data

Technological advances in the quality, availability and linkage potential of health data for research make the need to develop robust and effective information governance mechanisms more pressing than ever before; they also lead us to question the utility of governance devices used hitherto such as consent and anonymisation. This article assesses and advocates a principles-based approach, contrasting this with traditional rule-based approaches, and proposes a model of principled proportionate governance. It is suggested that the approach not only serves as the basis for good governance in contemporary data linkage but also that it provides a platform to assess legal reforms such as the draft Data Protection Regulation.

Edifice of Corruption and the Agenda for Good Governance

Corruption is the reality that has a great impact on so many aspects of the country's economic growth, including foreign direct investment, gross domestic products, exchange rates and inflation etc. The World Bank (2001) has identified corruption as the single greatest obstacle to economic and social development. World Bank (2004) has estimated that more than US Dollar 1 trillion is paid in bribes each year and those countries that tackle corruption, improve governance and the rule of law could increase per capita incomes by 400%. In Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perception Index, India ranked 83 in 2003, in 2010 it ranked 87th out of 178 countries evaluated. India tops the list for black money in the entire world with almost US$1456 billion in Swiss banks (approximately USD 1.4 trillion) in the form of black money. According to the data provided by the Swiss Banking Association Report (2006), India has more black money than the rest of the world combined. Indian-owned Swiss bank account assets are worth 13 times the country's national debt. It is generally acknowledged that constitutional democracy is the basis for good governance as good governance is the antidote for corruption. Thus, the paper will engage in the conceptual examination of corruption as a phenomenon before analysing the constitutional mechanisms and framework discussed, as a prelude to highlighting certain emerging prospects for combating and preventing corruption in the Indian state. The observations and conclusions thereafter will flow logically from the preceding discussions.

The Mirage of Global Democracy

The literature about global democracy deals with two different types of democratization: Type 1 is about spreading democracy across sovereign states as the basis for good governance. It focuses on the quality of the state/society-nexus: the balance between coercion, reward and identity. Type 2 is about democratizing world politics as such. In its most concrete expressions it focuses on the relationship between international society (a community of states) and world society (a community of people). The contemporary structure of multilevel governance provides the rationale behind this: national democracies are ineffective in controlling essential centres of power. This implies a need to scale up democracy to global proportions. However, in Type 1 considerations the term democracy often is an empty shell. This blinds observers for checks and balances and types of pluralism in non-democratic states. It also blinds them for misuse of democratic claims in democratic states. Aspiring global democracy in terms of Type 2 ignores that the presence of a central authority is a precondition inherent to the concept of democracy. Democratic theory cannot escape and is consequently caught up in its preconditions of a people (demos) and a government (cratos).

Good governance: The role of information, communication and the civil society in Sub-Saharan Africa

For decades, the state has been considered as the sole agent of development and governance. However, since the dawn of democracy (which is considered to be the basis for good governance) in the 1980's there has been a paradigm shift in the governance process in sub-Saharan Africa. Different kinds of civil society organizations have mushroomed in the Sub-region, and these have in one way or another contributed to the democratization process of the Sub-region. Civil society organizations play an intermediary role between the citizens and the state. Their contribution to the democratisation process, both during and after the transition period in the different countries of the Sub-region is as varied as they come. On the whole, and to a large extend, the success of democratic transition in sub-Saharan Africa can be attributed to civil society organizations, especially the locally brewed ones, who with the support of the donor community managed to dislodge the hitherto autocratic regimes. The article considers the role of information and communication, the civil society organizations, Librarians and Information Scientists in good governance, with particular reference to sub-Saharan Africa. It is in divided into four sections, namely; Section 1 which introduces the concepts of governance and the role of information and communication in the governance process. This is followed by Section 2, which examines the concepts of good governance, the civil society and how they relate to each other; then Section 3 discusses the role of the civil society organizations in the democratisation process of sub-Saharan Africa. Finally, Section 4 presents some concluding remarks of the discussion.