Artykuł jest próbą identyfikacji specyfiki i znaczenia governance w obszarach miejskich. Przyjęto, że wciąż mało wykorzystywaną kategorią analizy ekonomicznej zjawisk i procesów zachodzących na terytoriach są przepływy dóbr i informacji, szczególnie w perspektywie polityki rozwoju i zarządzania usługami publicznymi. Przepływy te, ale także i ich efekty koncentrują się w czasie na określonych obszarach. Ma to niemałe znaczenie dla uruchamiania i realizacji działań z zakresu interwencji publicznej, w tym w szczególności interwencji samorządu terytorialnego. W konkluzji artykułu zwrócono uwagę na znaczenie procesu współrządzenia i współzarządzania w obszarach miejskich, traktowanego jako fundament refleksji strategicznej dla wzmacniania efektywności świadczenia usług publicznych.
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The article attempts to identify the logic of governance in territorial development of urban areas. It has been assumed that the analysis of economic processes of territories needs more attention that is devoted to flows of goods and information. It is argued that the flows, but also their effects concentrate across functional urban areas and therefore challenge the actors of development policy and managerial practices within public services. The article highlights the importance of various models of governance in urban areas.
Globalization is the leading concept, which has become an immanent feature of the contemporary world. Almost all enterprises have been affected by occurring changes in the global economy. Progression from finance seized with hubris, through financialized governance, and instrumented management led to an economic collapse in 2007. It is a reflection of the „failing regulations”, or more precisely, the end of the myth of self-regulation, whether by market or professional bodies set up to do so. It appears therefore necessary to create a new framework, including a new perspective on finance (through the prism of social science), and a corporate governance system more stakeholder-oriented. Under conditions of free market economy, a good corporate governance system should integrate the various areas of governance, namely, regulatory, market, stakeholders, internal (shareholders), with varying methods of governance and the mechanisms at different times and conditions.
The modern image of Africa is formed not by Africa researchers but by the media, which use thrilling headlines: Is Africa dying? Africa - the failed continent? Africa - the continent without future? Africans are waiting for a miracle? Africa is burning, Africa is begging for help, Africa - the most forgotten continent? Smothering the true picture of Africa during the last few years, off peak tariff using permanently towards this „mentally disabled (in our opinion) child" brought to commonly known situations, which have no reasonable way out. The author mentions some symptoms of the disease of „the disable child - Africa", which are, in my opinion, the real threat to the continent's future. Aspects, like: unfamiliar forms of statehood and ways of governance, education which is culturally foreign, lack of basic economic knowledge and financial running of the world, unconsidered aid policies, lack of ideas to solve population explosion and finally - the false picture of African reality in the media, are the most important of all from which the treatment of the "continent of special concern" ought to begin.
The functional relationships between territorial units which make up a metropolitan area mean that the effective management of development requires cooperation of different stakeholders and co-ordination on the metropolitan level. This in turn requires that the approach towards managing development shifts in favour of governance. The paper aims at assessing whether the concept of governance is used in managing metropolitan area of Copenhagen. The analysis concentrates on formal organizational structures co-ordinating metropolitan areas as well as different forms of partnership during realization of key development projects.
The aim of this article is to present how the concept of multi-level governance was adopted to the German local government. The author made two arrangements. Firstly, the emergence of multi-level governance in Germany is based on top-down activities, which occur between federal states and communities. Creating network systems results from the conviction of the state authorities about fulfillment of public tasks, which is more effective with private organizations, which are moderated by public entities. Secondly, before implementing multi-level governance on local level, the regional governance was posed on the level of federal states, which is the adjustment of governance’s concept to the specify of federal states. Notwithstanding, the most important result from this article is the fact, that multi-level governance was implemented to the structure of local government in the characteristic type of public task (Gemeinschaftsaufgaben).
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Celem artykułu jest zaprezentowanie, w jaki sposób koncepcja multi-level governance została dostosowana do specyfiki niemieckiego samorządu gminnego oraz na czym polega jej istota. Autorka doszła do dwóch ustaleń. Po pierwsze, powstanie multi-level governance w Niemczech oparte jest na działaniach odgórnych i następuje od kraju związkowego do gmin (top-down). Tworzenie układu sieciowego wynika wówczas z przekonania władz państwowych o efektywniejszej realizacji zadań publicznych opartej na współpracy z podmiotami prywatnymi, których działania moderowane są przez podmioty władcze. Po drugie, wprowadzenie multi-level governance na poziomie lokalnym poprzedzone jest regional governance na szczeblu krajów związkowych stanowiącą dostosowanie koncepcji governance do specyfiki państwa federalnego. Najważniejszym jednak wnioskiem płynącym z artykułu jest ten, że multi-level governance zostało wprowadzono w strukturę samorządu gminnego za pośrednictwem specjalnego typu zadań publicznych (Gemeinschaftsaufgaben).
Banks are in the business of taking risks. The 3 pillars of Basel II capital accord highlight the crucial role of informative risk disclosures in enhancing market discipline. The specific role and responsibilities of the board of directors or supervisory boards in banking institutions continue, however, to fuel debate. Findings of the literature are often inconclusive. The main contribution of this study is examining how board characteristics affect risk in banking industry. We explore this relationship by using many econometric approaches. The empirical analysis based on a sample of 11 Tunisian conventional banks over the period 2001-2011 reports the following results when using GLS RE: small and dual functions boards are associated with more insolvency risk but have no significant effect on credit and global risks. The presence of independent directors within the board generates an increase in global risk but has no significant effect on insolvency and credit risks. A lower CEO ownership has no significant effect with all measures of risks. Finally, banking capitalization is associated with more insolvency risk, and small size banks assume lower credit risk. These findings are performed by using a GMM in system approach
This report summarizes the challenges of and requirements for effective governance of the water, energy and food nexus. With global dynamics such as climate change, urbanization and changing consumption patterns, governing resources in a coherent manner becomes both more complex and more relevant for sustainable development. Governance challenges include nexus economics (costs and benefits of different approaches to resource management), institutional design (like questions of how decision-making should be best distributed) and good governance (how to make sure that nexus governance adheres to certain agreed upon principles and values). In terms of economics, a balance between sector specific actions and nexus governance is required. For effective decision-making it is important that power among different institutions is both distributed and coordinated. Good nexus governance requires targets that can be monitored to make sure that basic principles are followed and to examine whether progress toward sustainable development is being made.
Good governance of customer-supplier relations is a precondition of a balanced and permanent development of production enterprises. The aim of the article is to characterize the chosen dimensions, namely the trust and engagement of the customer. It consists of two parts. The first part contains the characteristics of approaches to the issue of governance. The second part identifies a specific way of governance of customers in relation to suppliers.
This study investigates foreign aid, quality of governance and human development in West Africa, adopting the Random-Effects Model (REM) of the Panel Data Analysis and Estimated Generalized Least Square (EGLS) estimation technique for 15 West African countries from 1990-2015. Governance Composite Index with Goal Post and Geometric Mean approach on six indicators of governance were constructed to treat foreign aid effects on governance collectively. Results showed that most foreign aids improve human development (income, life expectancy, and education). However, some foreign aids weaken the quality of governance. The researchers recommended that government should have little or no role in foreign aid influx into the economy; rather, foreign aid should be channeled through tax effort and private investment. More so, donors should concentrate on poor countries with good institutions if foreign aid must be channeled through government expenditure. Finally, an independent body should ensure mutual accountability between recipients and donors routinely to ensure foreign aid improves human development without weakening governance quality.
By providing a forum for collaboration between diverse stakeholders, a main aim of the governance and rural development model is to ignite a representative and transverse inter-sectoral debate in relation to local development issues. This article identifies some of the determinants that arise in the transferability of the governance and rural development model from its conventional operational context of free-market liberal democracy to the post-socialist rural setting of the Ukmerge district in Lithuania, where a Rural Partnership Programme (RPP) was implemented (2003-2005). The analysis focuses specifically on how elements of the post-socialist context and other more case-specific aspects of the RPP's operation impacted on the inter-sectoral dynamics of the RPP partnership board's operation. The attitudes of the sectoral representatives towards the RPP as a model for representative and integrated rural development are explored.
Since independence, governance in Nigeria has faced several roadblocks at all levels of government. There are issues of corruption, of government institutions, and office-holders lacking the capacity to fulfil their mandates and hardly engage with citizens. This paper focuses on the issue of virtue and the business of governance in Nigeria. It distinguishes itself by its introduction of ethics—virtue in the discourse on governance to search for solutions to the challenges of governance in Nigeria. The paper adopts the philosophical theoretical frameworks of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle on virtue, and employs the thematic and analytical methods of inquiry. In the end, it discovers that imbibing virtue by those in governance can deal with the challenges of governance in Nigeria.
Plastic pollution has emerged as a significant environmental and public health concern globally, with detrimental effects on ecosystems, human health, and socio-economic development. One way to a safer global environment is encouraging rural communities to manage solid waste and reduce plastic pollution. This study aims to explore the environmental governance and political economy of plastic pollution management in rural communities of Ogun State, Nigeria. By examining the interactions between governance structures, political actors, and socio-economic factors, the study seeks to provide insights into the challenges and opportunities associated with plastic waste management in rural areas. The study employs a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, to obtain comprehensive and detailed findings. The results of the study indicate divergent interests among stakeholders regarding the management of plastic pollution and environmental concerns in rural communities of the Ijebu region in Ogun State, Nigeria. The research emphasizes the importance of supporting community-led environmental initiatives that adhere to established environmental guidelines for effective solid waste management, with particular emphasis on plastic waste, in rural areas of Nigeria.
Drastic changes have occurred throughout the past century and the world community is struggling to find the exact concepts to describe, understand and, possibly, govern them. One of the concepts used to describe these changes is the so-called "creative economy". Even though the concept is becoming more frequently used, it lacks a precise definition and its meaning remains elusive. Moreover, the proliferation of related concepts, such as the "experience economy", the "cultural economy", the "knowledge-based economy" and the "creative and cultural industries", further obscures its precise scope and meaning. These concepts are, however, no less elusive, particularly because they are of a dual or oxymoronic character, which variably combines aspects of culture, creativity and intellectual creation on the one hand with those of the economy, business, trade and commerce on the other.In sum, the conceptual uncertainties also translate into major difficulties in finding appropriate regulatory responses in the sphere of law. The aim of the present article is therefore to cast light on the meaning of the concept of the creative economy with a view to paving the way for its better and more efficient regulation in the legal sphere. To this end, the first part offers a comprehensive interpretative analysis of the "creative economy" with a view to establishing its value to the present global governance debate. Based on the evidence that designates the creative economy as an evolving concept requiring a multidisciplinary model for the formulation of an adequate approach in law- and policymaking, the second part discusses some of the creative economy's major implications in the sphere of law. In this regard, several regulatory examples appear to advocate the abandonment of the conventional in favour of a more holistic method of regulation. The article concludes with some recommendations that are deemed useful for further debate and research in this area, which ultimately may contribute to the formulation of the kind of creative laws that are needed for the successful regulation of the creative economy in the future.
The article presents the way that governance has formed in Poland after winning the independence in 1918. It also includes the discussion on first legal acts with institutional meaning such as decree law dated on 22nd November 1918 about the supreme representative authority of the Republic of Poland and the act of Parliament's ordinance of 20th February 1919 entrusting Józef Piłsudski with further execution of the office of Chief of state. These documents became the basis for reborn country and enabled to rebuild institutions in historically difficult period. In the opinion of author, the experiences of first years of independence had ultimatelly influenced the solutions that were adapted in so called March Constitution from the year of 1921.
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Artykuł przedstawia kształtowanie się systemu rządów w Polsce po odzyskaniu niepodległości w 1918 r., w tym pierwsze akty prawne o znaczeniu ustrojowym – dekret z 22 listopada 1918 r. o najwyższej władzy reprezentacyjnej Republiki Polskiej oraz uchwałę Sejmu Ustawodawczego z 20 lutego 1919 r. o powierzeniu Józefowi Piłsudskiemu dalszego sprawowania urzędu Naczelnika Państwa. Stały się one podstawą funkcjonowania odrodzonego państwa polskiego, umożliwiając w trudnym okresie historycznym odbudowę państwowości. Zdaniem Autorki doświadczenia pierwszych lat niepodległości wpłynęły ostatecznie na rozwiązania, które przyjęto w tzw. Konstytucji marcowej z 1921.
Local sustainable development emphasizes the role of a community. One of the key prerequisite of this process is therefore participation of inhabitants. Nevertheless traditional way of managing cities does not work very well in terms of public engagement. Local sustainable development requires both i.e. governance mechanisms introduced by the local authorities and positive reaction of inhabitants for the invitation for cooperation. The paper is intended to explore some critical issues and dimensions of governance and citizens’ engagement in terms of local sustainable development. It shows the general outlook on the most relevant conditions, factors, problems and barriers of this process in Poland. It presents experiences of the city of Rybnik in its work towards public engagement in local development.
Partycypacja obywatelska staje się ważnym elementem praktyki samorządowej w Polsce. Jednym z narzędzi wspierających proces angażowania mieszkańców w sprawy samorządowe jest budżet obywatelski (BO). BO jest narzędziem współrządzenia i próbą włączenia mieszkańców w rozwój lokalny. Choć póki co nie można stwierdzić, iż partycypacja obywatelska jest wszechobecna w naszym kraju, to jednak jest widoczny rosnący ruch lokalnych inicjatyw oddolnych. Należy liczyć na to, że doświadczenie z BO nie będzie tylko chwilowym eksperymentem podszytym modą i polityczną poprawnością i na stałe zagości w polskich samorządach. Artykuł ma na celu upowszechnianie wiedzy na temat BO w oparciu o analizę badań wtórnych oraz doświadczenia własne autorki.
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Civic participation is getting more and more important in practice of local governments in Poland. One of the tools of support of the process of citizens’ engagement in self-government is participatory budget (PB). PB goes beyond cooperation with NGO’s and is an attempt to engage average residents in local development. In most of the Polish cities the experiences in participatory budgeting are assessed as a success. Even though, statistics show that we can’t still state that citizens’ participation is ubiquitous, we can observe a growing movement of individual and neighborly bottom-up initiatives. There is indication that Polish experience with PB will not only be a temporary experiment based on fashion and political correctness but will settle in Polish selfgovernments. This paper aims at disseminating knowledge about participatory budgeting based on desk research and on own experiences of the author.
Молодежные советы в Польше действуют с 2001 года. В соответствии с Законом о муниципальном самоуправлении, они являются консультативными органами, которые, в частности, высказывают мнение по нормативным актам, издаваемым органами местного самоуправления. В статье представлены результаты исследования, проведенного в рамках проекта «От диалога к размышлению. Негосударственные организации как (не)присутствующие участники процесса принятия решений на местном уровне». Исследование касалось молодежных советов и участия этих структур в процессе принятия решений на местном уровне в Польше.
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Youth Councils in Poland have been operating since 2001. According to the Act on commune self-government, these councils are consultative entities whose purpose is, inter alia, giving opinions on normative acts issued by local government bodies. The article presents the results of research carried out as part of the project ‘From dialogue to deliberation. Non-public entities as (not) present participant in the local decision-making process’. The research covered Youth Councils and the participation of these entities in the decision-making process at the local level in Poland.
Good governance and institutional quality are key concepts that can be used to distinguish between successful and unsuccessful societies. These concepts have special meaning in Eastern Europe. East European countries transitioned from communism to democracy in the early 1990s. Common wisdom has it that East Europeans, devastated with decades of communism, would be thrilled with the new political system, but are they? The short answer is no. One explanation is that political system support depends on institutional quality, which has not improved in about half of the Eastern Europe. This study investigates the effect of institutional quality on political system support in a panel of East European countries from 1990 to 2007. Good institutions increase political system support more than economic growth, inflation or unemployment.
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Kompetentne rządy i jakość instytucji to kluczowe koncepcje, pomagające odróżniać dobrze prosperujące społeczeństwa od tych, które radzą sobie gorzej. Koncepcje te mają wyjątkowe znaczenie w Europie Wschodniej, której kraje na początku lat dziewięćdziesiątych zmieniły ustrój z komunistycznego na demokratyczny. Rozsądek podpowiada, że europejczycy z bloku wschodniego, wykończeni dekadami komunizmu, powinni być zachwyceni nowym ustrojem politycznym, ale czy tak jest naprawdę? W skrócie – nie. Jednym z wyjaśnień jest to, że poparcie dla ustroju politycznego zależy od jakości instytucji, która w blisko połowie krajów Europy Wschodniej nie uległa poprawie. Autor pracy bada wpływ jakości instytucji na poparcie ustroju politycznego w grupie państw wschodnioeuropejskich w latach 1990-2007. Dobre instytucje zwiększają poziom poparcia ustroju politycznego bardziej niż wzrost gospodarczy, spadek inflacji czy niska stopa bezrobocia.
Dobra kondycja zdrowotna jest kluczowa dla osiągnięcia zrównoważonego rozwoju w dowolnej gospodarce, w tym w Nigerii. Nie dziwi fakt, że ONZ wskazało dobry stan zdrowia jako trzeci cel zrównoważonego rozwoju. Utrzymanie dobrej kondycji zdrowotnej wymaga nakładów finansowych oraz sprawnie funkcjonujących instytucji. Te właśnie zależności przeanalizowano w niniejszym artykule. W artykule zbadano wpływ finansowania opieki zdrowotnej i jakości zarządzania na wyniki zdrowotne w Nigerii w latach 1980–2018, wykorzystując dane wtórne oparte na Światowych Wskaźnikach Rozwoju (WDI). Na potrzeby analizy danych zastosowano test kointegracji i model wektorowej korekty błędów (VECM). Wykorzystując zarówno oczekiwaną długość życia, jak i śmiertelność niemowląt jako miarę wyników zdrowotnych i zmiennych zależnych, wykazano na podstawie wyników krótko- i długoterminowych, że instytucje usprawnione za pomocą dobrych praktyk zarządzania mogą przynieść pozytywne wyniki zdrowotne w kraju.
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Good health is essential to achieve sustainable development in any economy. Nigeria is no exception. No wonder it is the third goal in the sustainable development goals of the United Nations. Achieving good health also needs to be well funded with institutional quality, hence this study. This paper examined the effect of health financing and governance quality on health outcomes in Nigeria from 1980 to 2018 using secondary data sourced from World Development Indicators (WDI). A co-integration test and a vector error correction model (VECM) were employed to analyse the data. Short- and long-term results of an analysis based on life expectancy and infant mortality as a measure of health outcomes and dependent variables demonstrate that institutions empowered with good governance could produce positive health outcomes in the country.
The article shows that (a) those who expect new global powers to rise, provoking a clash with the old one seeking to maintain its supremacy (the US), are mistaken. The US will scale back its international role, but no other power will step in to take over its functions in maintaining order. Hence an increase in global disorder. The gap will be filled to some extent by ad hoc coalitions in what is here called ‘the rise of adhocracy’. (b) The reason that various powers will play a more limited international role is that they all suffer from the same domestic crisis, namely, a governing deficit due to a decline in competence and legitimacy - albeit one that takes different forms in different nations.
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