This book highlights the importance of good governance to attain sustainable development, with particular emphasis on predictable and transparent framework of rules and institutions for the conduct of private and public business. Many development economists from the Indian ocean region have contributed in this volume. The main theme is that an efficient management of resources by government, business and the community at large determines a society's ability to cope with the complex process of development. Without good governance, the basic pre-requisite for long-term development disappears; and despite all its resources, a country would fail to successfully respond to the challenges of sustainable development both for its present and for its future generations. While dealing with contemporary topical issues such as crime, corruption and good governance, the book also contains a number of case studies from Africa and Asia. It is expected that the issues raised by various authors will provide food for thought and healthy debates among economists and politicians, who are currently concerned with the nature of good governance and its impact on sustainable development.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Abu Siddique
Abu Siddique is at present Director of the Centre for Migration and Development Studies which is located within the Department of Economics at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia. Prior to this he used to teach at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh where he obtained his early degrees in Economics (B.A. Honours, M.A. and M.Phil). He also obtained a post-graduate diploma in Development Economics from the University of Hawaii in 1975 before working for his Ph.D. at the University of Western Australia. A frequent contributor to learned journals, Dr. Siddique’s principal research interests relate to consumption economic history with special focus on South-East Asia, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Robin Ghosh
Robin Ghosh is a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Prior to his voluntary early retirement (1995), he was Head of the Department of Economics and Director of the Centre for Migration and Development Studies at UWA. Before migrating to Australia he taught at the University of Delhi and at Visva-Bharati at Santiniketan in India. Professor Ghosh's two main research interests are the History of Economic Thought and Development Economics. A prolific writer, he has published a number of books and written many articles for learned journals.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rony Gabbay
Rony Gabbay is Senior Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Economics, the University of Western Australia and is a Visiting Professor at the Notre Dame University of Australia. He has published extensively in the fields of marketing, banking and finance, and socio-economic issues relating to the Middle East and the Indian Ocean region. He has also acted as consultant to the Economic Commission of Europe, the Iranian Government , the Seychelles Marketing Board, the UNICO International Group, the Swiss Banking corporation and others.
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