Challenges and Opportunities of Local Good Governance in Lumame Town, A Wable Woreda, East Gojjam, Amhara Region
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The concept of local governance can have different meaning to different peoples and groups. It
doesn't have a universally accepted meaning. It should be understood based on the plillJoses of
its application. Aid donors, development agencies, international financial institutions and social
activists have developed their own concept and indicators of governance. Even though there are
conceptual differences among these groups, all of them agreed up on the needfor governance to
promote development and improve the quality of citizens well being. Good governance has
gained significant attention in developing countries and Ethiopia is no exception. It is widely
recognized that as a precondition/prerequisite for sustainable development particularly for
developing countries like Ethiopia
Local governance requires the involvement of various stakeholders living and lVorking together
to achieve different objectives. Local governance is more than the provision of services by local
government. It requires the interaction and cooperation among different stake holders to
promote their rights and discharge their responsibilities.
This paper assesses the challenges of good governance via selecting of a case study woreda.
Hence fore, in this paper transparency and accountability, community participalion and rule of
law which are the core dimensions of good governance had selected to assess prevailing
conditions in woreda court, municipal office and woreda administration. The main objective of
the study was to assess the state of local governance in the town and describe the related
practices, challenges and opportunities. Capacity, discrimination, corruption, accessibility of
information, delay, openness and satisfaction are considered the major determinants of good
governance in the woreda in general and the selected public institutions in particular. To know
() the perception of service users on transparency, accountability, community participation and
rule of law of the selected public institutions a descriptive study had used that enriched through
oral and writ/en interview, discussion, personal observation and survey. Hereafter,
incapacitated human power had observed and identified in the selected public institutions and in
the town. Moreover, due to lack of capacity in the service providers disseminaling information,
accessibility of their institutions information, delivering a timely service aud providing decision
based on reasonable evidence had rarely practiced.
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Opportunities of Local Good Governance, in Lumame Town