Good governance, state capacity, and the Millennium Development Goals
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
8-2011
Abstract
International development agencies argue that "good governance" is crucial to attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but there are many ways to define and measure good governance. The paper begins by examining the World Bank's minimal state conception of governance and then proposes an alternative approach based on strengthening state capacity. The paper tests this framework by developing a provisional Millennium Governance Index (MGI) for 126 countries. In comparative empirical analysis, the MGI has noticeably higher statistical correlations than the World Bank's governance indicators on six out of seven MDGs even after controlling for per capita income levels. © 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden.
Keywords
development; global development, good governance, governance indicators, MDGs, millennium development goals, state capacity, taxation, World Bank
Discipline
Growth and Development | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Perspectives on Global Development and Technology
Volume
10
Issue
2
First Page
339
Last Page
360
ISSN
1569-1500
Identifier
10.1163/156914911X582468
Citation
JOSHI, Devin K..(2011). Good governance, state capacity, and the Millennium Development Goals. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 10(2), 339-360.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1926
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1163/156914911X582468