Dynamics of Public Administration
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue: 1

Good Governance Project in Nepal: In Search of a Demand-Side Good Governance Theory for Evaluation

1Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Corresponding author Email id: *haqash.01@gmail.com

**khanmm07@gmail.com

Online published on 18 August, 2014.

Abstract

This paper attempted to develop a demand-side good governance (GG) framework to evaluate GG interventions aiming to empowering the people. Increasing and nurturing social capital, establishing a vibrant and sustainable network of civic associations, and generating voluntary contribution for civic initiatives are three core components that demand-side GG projects should incorporate. Using this framework, we showed that the GG project in Nepal completely ignored the third component and therefore bears the risk of being unsustainable in the long run.

Keywords

Demand and supply-side of good governance, Public goods, Social capital, Civil society, Free riding