2. An indeterminate term used in international development
literature used to describe how public institutions conduct
public affairs and manage public resources.
3. The process of decision-making and the process by which
decisions are implemented (or not implemented is referred
as good governance.
4. It can apply to corporate, international, national, local
governance or to the interactions between other sectors of
society.
5. The concept of "good governance" is often considered to
compare ineffective economies or political bodies with
viable economies and political bodies.
6. The concept centres on the responsibility of governments
and governing bodies to meet the needs of the masses as
opposed to select groups in society.
7. Making the best possible process for making those
decisions is important rather than taking the correct
decisions. It has several characteristics.
8. Some of its characteristics are:
1.Accountability
2.Transparency
3.Responsive
9. A community’s wellbeing results from all of its members
feeling their interests have been considered by council in
the decision-making process.
