This book reflects briefly on major components, such as, participatory democracy, e-democracy, rule of law, consensus, economic efficiency, etc. The Declaration of Delhi on good governance is also presented. Issue, such as, transparency, the core factor as far as good governance is concerned, is discussed in detail, including the theme of media transparency. The subject areas of corruption, public contracting the monitoring are also covered. The global priorities in these aforementioned areas are highlighted. The initiatives undertaken by the Transparency International and the Transparent Society, besides that of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative are covered in detail. Global and regional legal instrument and non-legal actions are discussed. Full list of anti-corruption conventions and related instruments are presented with requisite details and information. Regional initiatives, particularly, that of Africa, America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Middle East are ‘documented’ in detail. A report on the follow-up actions of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption is given, so as to aquaint readers with contemporary developments in this area of global priority for action. Also the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime is presented in brief along with the review of its reports and notes. The Expert Group Report on Other Monitoring Programmes has been given as an appendix. The book is user friendly and is equipped with a detailed glossary of terms, acronyms/ abbreviations and brief bibliography and index.
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