'Doing Business (DB), an annual World Bank-IFC publication launched in 2004, is one of the Bank Group's flagship knowledge products. It
measures the burden of selected business regulations in 178 countries and ranks the countries on 10 dimensions. The program's stated objective is to advance the World Bank Group's private sector development agenda in four ways: motivate reforms through country benchmarking; inform the design of reforms; enrich international initiatives on development effectiven more...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a badge of respectability for major companies. But voluntary initiatives to promote socially responsible business practices can never replace protective legislation. Nevertheless, financial incentives would increase their effectiveness and improved inspectorates could encourage small and medium sized firms to improve their labour practices. Source(s):
‘Decent Workplaces, Self-Regulation and CSR: From Puff to Stuff?’, DESA Working Paper 62, DE more...

Good governance and the advancement of human rights go hand in hand, as practical examples documented in the publication released by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) illustrate.

The handbook includes 21 case studies of innovative governance reforms that have helped better protect human rights around the world, in developed as well as developing countries.

The studies explore the links between good governance and human rights in four different areas: democratic i more...

This paper provides an overview of federal right-to-know laws, including the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), asking whether these statutes ensure that environmental information is made available to the public in a timely and dependable way. By Vladeck, David C., Texas Law Review.

'This technical note is the product of a long process of consultation with a wide range of resource persons who have over the years been involved in the Danish support to Community Based Natural Resource Management. It gives a brief introduction to community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and how this concept may be used as a development strategy. CBNRM has the triple objective of poverty reduction, natural resource conservation and good governance. This note is a contribution to an o more...

– India One is concept of joined up Government and how the government of India will change when integration in services will be implemented across Government of India. This paper concentrates on the concept of Functional Join for integration of services. The paper is not focused on e-Governance but Governance issues that need to be addressed before introduc-ing a concept called India One. It talks about the enabling environment that is must for integrated delivery of services.

This is a research report into the awareness, impact and success of the Code of Good Governance. This research shows just how much has been achieved with the Code in less than three years. There are high levels of awareness of the Code and it has been welcomed by the sector. There is now a wide range of organizations using the Code and reporting on its positive impact on improving standards of governance.

The Centre for the Study of Global Governance is a leading international institution dedicated to research, analysis and dissemination about global governance. Based at the London School of Economics, the Centre aims to increase understanding and knowledge of global issues, to encourage interaction between academics, policy makers, journalists and activists, and to propose solutions. The Centre conducts innovative and challenging research on key facets of globalisation: global governance, global more...

The World Bank, in partnership with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), launched in 2007 an initiative to help developing countries recover assets stolen by corrupt leaders, help invest them in effective development programs and combat safe havens internationally. The Executive Director of the UNODC, Antonio Maria Costa, described the launch of the StAR Initiative as a 'turning point in the global fight against corruption'.

The 'Report of the Independent Audit into the State of Free Speech in Australia' makes for disturbing reading. The hefty report chronicles an increasing culture of secrecy and legislation limiting freedom of expression in the country, according to Australia's Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) and ARTICLE 19.