Danubius International Conferences, 20th International Conference on European Integration - Realities and Perspectives
Good governance in the EU - the missing link
Last modified: 2025-05-06
Abstract
The macroeconomic stability guarantees a good investment climate and a selective commercial opening, influencing growth. "Governing is the sum of the many ways in which individuals and institutions, public and private, manages their own business." (Commission on Global Governance - "Our Global Neighbourohood", Oxford University Press, 1995). In international organizations promoters of policies, the term of governance is not limited to descriptive findings, but is qualified, thus defending the notion of good governance. Good governance exerts a favorable influence on development. Being a difficult dimension to measure, the qualitative evaluation of the governing act aroused the interests of the researchers within the World Bank, who have elaborated and monitored the dynamics of a set of indicators that include six major dimensions: respect for political, civil and human rights; ensuring political stability and avoiding violent conflicts; the effective government expressed by a competent democracy and qualitative public services; ensuring a favorable business environment; building a state of functional law; the fight against corruption. The article examines the existing research in conjunction with the quality analysis of the governance in EU member countries from a comparative perspective, having as the basis of IMG. The results of the study reflect the quality of the government as an imperfect model, due to the rigor and the difficulties of taking into account the own characteristics of each country and the effects of development policies. The article claims that at the level of management causality links - effect must be understood and evaluated at the level of the individual, household, community, enterprise, region, country.