GOOD GOVERNANCE IN DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
A PARADOX
Waheduzzaman
School of Management, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
ABSTRACT
Around the developing world, a number of initiatives are being taken to make people’s participation effective in
achieving an ideal model of good governance. But neither the donor agencies nor the recipient governing
agencies are fully aware of the present state of governance within the recipient agencies. Therefore, they are
unable to set a clear target for achieving a better level of good governance. The literature review shows,
paradoxically, that while the governments of developing countries are practising democracy centrally, they are
not practicing democracy locally. This study suggests that governing agencies can do much to empower local
people to achieve a Democratic model of governance that actually is true good governance.