governance as defined by the United Na-
tions Development Programme
(UNDP) is the exercise of economic,
political and administrative authority to manage a
country affairs at all levels. It comprises the mechanisms, processes and institutions through which
citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their obligations and
mediate their differences
Governance encom-
passes the state, but transcends the state by including the private sector and civil society organizations.
”
(UNDP, 1997)