About the Demand for Good Governance

Demand for Good Governance (DFGG), or "demand-side" activities are made up of development approaches that focus on citizens as the ultimate stakeholders for better governance. With this focus, they strengthen the capacity of civil society, the media, parliament, local communities, and the private sector to hold authorities accountable for better development results. As such, DFGG complements and strengthens the World Bank Group's traditional "supply-side" work that supports client states to provide government services.

Examples of approaches included within DFGG are:

• Social Accountability
• PRSPs
• Community Driven Development (CDD)
• Law and Justice Institutions
• Pro-poor Approaches to Justice Reform
• Participation and civic engagement

These governance mechanisms are increasingly recognized world-wide as a means to enhance democratic governance, improve service delivery, and create empowerment.

The approval of the Governance and Anti-Corruption (GAC) Strategy has created a major opportunity for scaling up the Bank’s work and brings to the fore the need for strengthened collaboration and coordination among the diverse DFGG efforts within and outside of the Bank. At this critical juncture, this electronic resource portal provides a space that:

• Enables practitioners within and outside of the Bank to exchange information and learning related to DFGG
  
• Serves as a resource center for technical, financial, analytical and human support

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New & Noteworthy

DFGG Learning Summit, June 2-3, 2008, Washington, DC

Google.org has launched new initiatives focused on "Informing and Empowering to improve public services". The goals of the Google.org initiative (and the grantee's activities) overlap significantly with the demand for good governance. Click here for more information.

Launch of Governance and Anti-Corruption Strategy, featuring President Robert Zoellick
6 out of 7 of the President’s case examples concerned demand for good governance

Social Accountability in Practice: From Tools to Outcomes” –

Does CDD Work? Emerging Evidence from the KALAHI-CIDSS Project in the Philippines

Quick Links - World Bank

M&E Information Systems to Strengthen Accountability Relationships

World Bank Operations by Region Supporting The Demand for Good Governance

Strengthening World Bank Group Engagement on Governance and Anticorruption (GAC)

The Governance and Anti-Corruption Implementation Plan (GAC IP)

Public Sector Governance

Social Accountability Source Book

Justice for the Poor

Community of Practice on Social Accountability (COPSA)

Quick Links – Partners

Governance & Social Development Resource Centre: Voice & Accountability Conference
Transparency International
InterAction
South Asia Social Accountability Network
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Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Social Accountability:
A sustainable enabling environment for good governance depends on the degree to which laws, norms, and political processes encourage citizens to become involved in planning, implementing and monitoring government actions. The World Bank works with client governments to build a more receptive environment for civic engagement with efforts such as: political economy analysis of the existing policy environment; transparent information sharing with civil society groups, foundations and bilateral donors; support for judicial reform; and support for development policy lending focused on the demand for good governance. Click here for more »

Enhancing Demand-side Approaches in Bank Operations:
It is essential to balance and link Bank-financed operations with overall reforms in national systems. The Bank supports citizen and civil society engagement in Bank-financed investment operations. It uses tools that support greater transparency and empower multi-stakeholder engagement in fiduciary, accountability, grievance and monitoring systems. Click here for more »

Support for Independent Civil Society Capacity:
Local civil society capacity for oversight and participation is essential if good governance efforts are to be sustainable. The Bank supports mechanisms, like the Partnership for Transparency Fund, that provide direct support to developing country-based civil society groups and networks of such groups to build the technical knowledge and skills necessary for higher level participation in design, implementation, and monitoring of national anti-corruption programs. Click here for more »

Exploring a Multi Donor Trust Fund On The Demand For Good Governance:
The Bank is exploring establishing a Multi-Donor Trust Fund that will enable it to work directly with countries and other development partners to improve the enabling environment for demand-side approaches, support mainstreaming of these approaches in development operations, and enhance civil society capacity. To find out more about the MDTF, Click here for more »