Good Governance and Economic Development

Good governance is a prerequisite to development, improving the quality of life, and health and ensuring equity. This book examines the interdependency of good governance and economic development by exploring perspectives from the Global North and the Global South.

It assesses the impact of good governance on economic development of countries such as the USA, India, Nigeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and others, and on groups of developing nations like BRICS or ASEAN. The book investigates the interrelationships between development indicators like education, health, gender equity, resource distribution, environmental preservation, quality of life, livelihood and others with governance and provides empirical verifications of the impact of good governance upon development. Further, it offers insights into the economic and governance challenges that developing countries face and highlights strategies for governance that have proved effective in bolstering sustainable growth.

This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of economics, political science, social science, international relations, public administration and sociology.

Ramesh Chandra Das is a Professor at the Department of Economics, Vidyasagar University, India with twenty-five years of teaching and research experience in the fields of theoretical and applied economics, environmental economics and political economics.