Sunday, April 03, 2005

Good and Bad Governance in Africa and Beyond


CGD hosted Robert I. Rotberg, Director, Kennedy School of Government's Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution at Harvard University and President, World Peace Foundation for a seminar entitled "Good and Bad Governance in Africa and Beyond."

The demonstrated link among poor governance, poverty, and nation-state failure makes strengthening the quality of governance in the developing world an urgent task. Improving the governance capabilities and effectiveness of developing countries is crucial not only to fostering their economic development, but also to reducing the potential for local and global conflict.

See full Article.