Good Governance, Developing Countries and Aid: A Description of Donor Policies, Challenges and Dilemmas

Absztrakt

The social and economic problems of developing regions are among the most significant global challenges. Possible solutions for poverty reduction, and methods and forms of international aid appear from time to time in different aspects. The role of the international community as well as the recipient state has been significantly re-evaluated over the past few decades. The exclusivity of economic development has been replaced by the importance of social and human development, as well as effective state involvement and democratic values. The author’s main aim with this paper is to provide a descriptive study on the range of interpretations that good governance may provide when examining the issues of developing regions and international development aid. It is important to emphasize the correlation of good governance and economic development, as well as the demonstration of the presence of good governance in development policy discourse though examples of multilateral and bilateral donors. Alongside the evolving trends in international development discourse, the main challenges and dilemmas of the correlation between international development aid and good governance will be discussed. The main result of the study is that although the principles of good governance have recently been an integral part of the aid policies of multilateral and bilateral donors, in reality these standards are rarely enforced.
In addition to the processing of relevant literature, the examination of this issue is based on the analysis of relevant reports and data from the concerned international organizations.

Keywords: good governance, developing countries, international aid, donor policy