Introduction / Scott A. Fritzen -- Improving administrative performance in Malaysia : the more difficult steps in reform / Hong-Hai Lim -- India : getting governance right for inclusive growth / Santosh Mehrotra -- Is foreign aid compatible with good governance? : theory and evidence from the Philippines / Eduardo Araral, Jr. -- Public sector transparency and corporate accounting practices in Asia / Xun Wu -- The Hara factor : some lessons from innovations in governance in Japan / Jorrit de Jong and Arre Zuurmond -- "Good governance" and the constraints of local conditions : Thaksin and the breakdown of Thailand's public integrity system / Alex M. Mutebi -- The judiciary's role in good governance in Korea / Joongi Kim -- Healthcare reforms in Thailand : rethinking conventional wisdom / M Ramesh -- Restructuring government : an empirical analysis of agencification in the public health system of Rajasthan / Avantika Singh -- The structural transformation of public bureaucracy towards good governance : the case of team-based management in the Korean government / Chang Kil Lee -- Technocratic solutions versus political realities : implementing governance reforms in the Balochistan province of Pakistan / Raza Ahmad and Syed A.A. Akif
Summary
This book uses case studies of governance from across Asia to examine how good governance principles translate into local settings, how local settings influence the conception of what is good governance and how the debate over good governance is deployed as a political or administrative strategy
