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p. 19 of 34 BACK | NEXT Executive Summary Introduction Good governance defined The elements of good governance The Bank’s concern with governance quality The Bank’s approach to governance issues Promoting the elements of good governance in Bank operations Building governance capacity Participatory development processes Legal frameworks Information openness The Bank’s modalities for enhancing governance in DMCs Resource implications Reporting arrangements

Governance: Sound Development Management

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Promoting the elements of good governance in Bank operations

The elements of good governance set out in an earlier chapter are abstract and conceptual in nature. To make them operationally relevant, the Bank needs to translate them into specific categories or areas of action. To this end, this chapter indicates ways in which these elements will be pursued in the context of Bank operations. As will be seen, in most of these areas, the Bank is already contributing to governance quality, and has been doing so for some time. The areas in question are the following.

1. Accountability (building government capacity)

   • public sector management
   • public enterprise management and reform
   • public financial management
   • civil service reform

2. Participation (participatory development processes)

   • participation of beneficiaries and affected groups
   • public/private sector interface
   • decentralization of public and service delivery functions (empowerment of local government)
   • cooperation with NGOs

3. Predictability (legal frameworks)²³

   • law and development
   • legal framework for private sector development

4. Transparency (information openness)

   • disclosure of information

The succeeding sections of this chapter deal with each of the above areas of action.

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