Ethiopia has shown a dramatic increase in its economic growth. However, poverty, lack of basic infrastructure, and poor industrial development are continuously hindering the ability of the nations to meet this demand. Pdf challenges of good governance in ethiopia fikre. While egovernance cannot cure all the structural factors. Accountable public officials must be answerable for government behaviour, and be responsive. Good governance can be exercised on the following levels. The ibrahim index of overall governance ranks ethiopia 31 out of 54 countries in africa. This paper examines the reform issues that relate to corporate governance in ethiopia. Asnakech, g revisiting the ethiopian bank corporate governance system lgd 201 2 refereed article abstract the overall standard of corporate governance in ethiopia is inadequate. Good governance on the ground in ethiopia global journal.
Leadership is an essential ingredient of good governance in the public service. Factors affecting the achievement of good governance in. Good governance involves effective guidance of the board of mfis to manage the management team by implementing the regulatory framework of the national bank of ethiopia nbe and developing systems and procedures. Good governance the concept in the last twenty years, the concepts of governance and good governance have become widely used in both the academic and donor communities. Ethiopia as a nation, defining it as an obsolete empirestate, a prison house of peoples. Family community government local and national regional and international 8 good governance principles for leaders and institutions 1.
In light of serious problems of good governance in ethiopia, the article attempts to assess the fault lines that have hindered the emergence of system of good governance in. Intuitively and in research, good governance is a seductive ideawho, after all. Addis ababa university school of graduate studies aauetd. The ethiopia democracy and its challenges and achievements. Corporate governance of the deposit taking microfinance. Health facility governance in the ethiopian health system abstract health governance one of the pillars of a health system has received appreciable attention from the ethiopian health sector over the past decade. Ethiopia can prosper only if she has good governance the united nations development programme and other international lending institutions define governance as the exercise of power or authority political, economic, administrative or otherwise to manage a countrys resources and affairs. The process of decentralisation in ethiopia since 1991 7 southern ethiopian peoples democratic front sepdf, to a more cohesive political force in which the major regions are now governed by eprdfallied parties. Good governance is a dismal performance in the ethiopian public sector.
However, to ensure sustainable human development, actions must be taken to work towards this ideal with the aim of. Posts about bad governance written by the ethiopia observatory. While anticorruption laws remain strong in principle, they. Good governance is a key instrument that oils a sustained peaceful, secured and overall development of society as it is likely to breed peace and provide for security of lives and property, which will in turn create the enabling environment for sustainable development to thrive georgegenyi, 20. For ethiopia the first and sole avenue for ensuring good governance and institutional development is to make a sharp departure from leftist ideological orientation that is still deeply entrenched within the ruling elite, abandon ideological jargonsindisguise and embrace ideals of democracy and freedom. Very few countries and societies have come close to achieving good governance in its totality. This paper reports the results of a survey of 400 respondents in ethiopia about factors generating corruption and the potential of egovernance to mitigate corruption.
Overview of corruption and anticorruption in ethiopia. Situated in the horn of africa, ethiopia is bordered by eritrea to the north, sudan to the west, kenya to the south, somalia to the east and djibouti to the northeast. Through the leadership of the federal ministry of health fmoh, the health sector has various coordinating mechanisms. By path analysis, we obtained the model that fits the evident data and satisfies the fixed criteria of goodness of fit measures of the model.
Good corporate governance is an important pillar of the market economy and it enhances investor confidence. An assessment of good governance in ethiopian ministry of civil service. Good governance certainly does not mean appeasing ethiopias enemies at home and overseas. The regulators in ethiopia have provided a clear directives which focus on. Good governance mandatory to ethiopias renaissance. Pdf the role of good governance in ensuring local development is not worth mentioning.
Cooperative governance guidelines for good practices of. Ethiopias human development index score has steadily increased over the past decade, but its participation and human rights score has remained stagnant. A case study of gimbi town, oromia regional state balcha kelo, getachew, fekadu etefa, desalegn on. By the end of the module, the students are expected to. The 1989 world bank study, subsaharan africa from crisis to sustainable growth 1, indicated good governance as a public service that is efficient, a judicial system that is reliable, and an administration that is accountable to the public. News, analysis, current affairs, opinions, politics, society, economy, development. A strong and balanced board of directors is necessary as a supervising body for the executive management of a company with dispersed ownership. The worldwide governance indicators wgi project reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories over the period 19962018, for six dimensions of governance. These two traditions have dissimilar conceptualisations. In the light of the civil service reforms taking place in ethiopia, there is a need to match the reform process with capacity building efforts for leadership development. The concept and issues of good governance is linked to human history. The role of the leadership to ensure good governance in ethiopia.
Ethiopia, this paper assesses the challenges of good governance via. The role, composition and remuneration of boards of directors in share companies hussein ahmed tura abstract good corporate governance is an important pillar of the market economy and it enhances investor confidence. The people and government of ethiopia believe that the second gtp would move the country to a position where it can shoulder to ensure its vision of becoming a country where civil and democratic rights are respected, rule of law and good governance are ensured, citizens safety and. These factors proved variances of good governance in hrm of the local governments in thailand at 60. The landmark of good governance in order to bring sustainable development in. Egovernance and corruptiondevelopments and issues in. Abstract the purpose of this paper was to assess the challenges of good governance in ethiopia. Revisiting the ethiopian bank corporate governance system.
The report highlighted that the absence of good governance is prevalent in all sectors and regions without any variation. Governance, in the world of globalization and competition, matters in accelerating development and in reducing poverty particularly in most developing. The objective of this work is to assess land governance in several cities of ethiopia during 20022011 when proclamation 2722002 was implemented and identify key areas of focus for the implementation of proclamation 7212011. Bachelor degree in introduction to management and leadership and organizational behavior, leadership and good governance. First is to interrogate the debate on democracy and good governance in africa, its theory, the interface of the two elements, and their genealogy. Sustained corruption and human rights violations have caused widespread unrest in ethiopia since 2015. Few events in the modern history of ethiopia have had. An assesment of good governance in ethiopian civil service ministry. Gov ethiopia usaid fact sheet democracy, july 2017 1 supporting good governance in ethiopia a right delayed is a right denied. While it is a good effort, to the extent that someone has travelled 7,000k and undertaken 18 days journey. Corporate governance and ownership structure in sub sahara.
The second and last part of the article attempts to sort out the major challenges that have prevented the realization of good governance in ethiopia during the reign of eprdf in the last two decades. Rethinking corporate governance in ethiopia by minga. May 2729, 2016 addis ababa, ethiopia 2016 icad theme. Making good governance tangible making good governance tangible contents about this publication. Under the fdre, urban land is governed and administrated by the urban land leasehold. Among the factors which show such a poor standard is, firstly, the absence of an adequate.
Despite this long history, and also because of it, by the mid1970s, academic. Finally, what rules ethiopia could possibly borrow from the corporate governance rules of germany will be shown. The brief about ethiopian good governance and continuation. First, there is the academic approach, which focuses mainly on the study of. Route for sustainable development in ethiopia academic journals. Good governance practice for better performance of community. The ethiopian company law does not have adequate legislative provisions on governance issues related to the separation of supervision. This plan is the first 5year phase to attain the goals and targets set in. Democracy, human rights, and governance ethiopia u. Opinion good governance is primarily concerned with the processes for making and implementing decisions irrespective of whether the decisions are wrong or right. Demand for public services in subsaharan african countries is increasing continuously due to the improvement in governance and awareness in the region.
Secondly, the concept of good governance refers to the developmental potentials of the democratic challenge in africa as accountability, rule of law, freedom of expression and association and public choice of government are important elements of africas renewal. Subnational governments at the subnational level, concerns about ethiopias dominantparty state are therefore replicated. As understand from the history of cooperatives, the rochdale pioneers had a. Bounded by sudan to the west and north, kenya to the south, somalia to the southeast, and eritrea and djibouti to the northeast, ethiopia is a pivotal country in. Second is to examine the current attempts at developing parameters to measure and track the evolution and development of good governance in africa. Conclusion good governance is essential for sustainability of cooperatives. Good governance practice for cooperative development in.
Development management, addis ababa university during the year 2017 as part of. First, we find that ethiopias large business sector can be classified into three groups of enterprises. Assessing land governance in ethiopian cities 20022011. In the first part of the article, i outlined the major policy framework constraints that prevented the emergence of well functioning system of good governance in ethiopia. Guidelines for good practices of financial cooperative governance 11 cooperative governance cooperative governance. The cobblestone sector as a vehicle for good governance 6 2. Health facility governance in the ethiopian health system. Attract new members and retain the existing however such practice is lacking in the sample. Ethiopias level of achieving good governance has been one of the lowest even by africans context. The role of the leadership to ensure good governance in. The concept good governance emerged as a development agenda by world bank twenty years ago. Thirdly, good governance refers also to the consolidation of. Very recently, there was a live broadcast on ethiopian television focused on a study report on good governance in the ethiopian public sector. Challenges and opportunities for good governance and leadership for sustainable development of african states organized by the center for african development policy research at western michigan university in kalamazoo, michigan in collaboration with addis ababa university.
The brief about ethiopian good governance and continuation issue what ethiopia was fought to have a todays an authentic good governance and potentiality of individual leaderships like a prime minister of current ethiopia and other many confidential leaders that have the wish for the common good of its people and country at heart. It is suggested that egovernance can help not only in weeding out corruption but also in the establishment of sounder government citizen relationships in ethiopia. A change in the countrys leadership in 2018 provided ethiopians with hope of a change to the status quo. In ethiopia, urban land administration is often perceived as one of the most corrupt sectors in public administration yiadom, et al. The quest for good governance in the ethiopian public sector. Voice and accountabilitypolitical stability and absence of violencegovernment effectivenessregulatory qualityrule of lawcontrol of corruption the worldwide. The process of decentralisation in ethiopia since 1991. While election of new leadership of the ruling party has brought forth a surge of optimism in most quarters that democratic space will expand, stability is still fragile as ethnic and identitybased conflict prevails.
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