Delicious Governance: Not always an Oxymoron?

The African problem dates from Centuries. At the root, there is a difference in development between Africa and Europe, especially the center of Africa. As these two civilization met, they never found a way to collaborate in a way that could help African development. Aid, be it from US, or Europe, is diverted to the rich. Because the poor have no power. Or when they do, they replace the old dictator with a new one who will take all the money once more.

I read in one of the article here on this site somewhere about people who were using twitter to inform other people of breaking news. Delicious is good and doing a great job as well.

I can not agree with you more.

Though i am not into delicious i like the way things are being discussed in this blog. It is true that most governance are still not perfect and are only filled with corruptions. The worst is the case in developing countries where additional problem still combat the functioning of a proper government.

what about the others major social bookmark services?

Great stuff there. I could totally relate to it without any issues.

I was especially interested in your section on governmental corruption. Having lived in several African countries I have seen the devastating effects of corruption in government and I think that the more exposure this scourge gets the better. Some in depth case studies may be a good idea perhaps.

Great information, but dont stick to just delicious. There are tons of social bookmarking sites that will do great things for your site. Delicious is great, but dont use it as only source.
Thanks.

Yes I agree there are many.. Reddit is one..

A realy do love this site! I was looking for a big while for such publications and at last i found it :) My best regards!

This is a good move from your side to start using social bookmarking. I will add you to my delicious account, if i'll have anything governance related i'll add it to your bookmarks collection

I think it is great... The article was a nice read and governance should definately be in the hands of a democratic society.

I agree that it is a good idea to have these social avenues for important issues like governance. Look at what is going on in Iran right now, where these social networks are these peoples only way of telling the world what is going on there.

I will sign in and check the news. Best wishes from germany

I have to object a few things. Although the social networks like delicious have been doing well to raise awareness and spread news extremely fast, everytime I see a news spreading like wild fire is something negative. Seems like there is never a good news for the country. Some aspects should be given towards the good news too. After all, the world is not so bad.

As Joel Barkan demonstrates in his Smart Aid chapter on budget support, simply transferring funds to the central budget of African governments, which accounts in some cases for 40% of their operating budgets, can accentuate many of the governance problems the aid donors have repeatedly made commitments to eliminate. Nigeria can lead the shift in emphasis in international financial transactions with Africa from that of providing more and more aid to accelerating and strengthening investments, trade, and capacity building. In brief, we need to hear more about support for Africa

Actually, governance is an issue in all Governments to a certain degree because of corruption and conflict of interest. Since allocation of funds, creation and passing of bills and movements in the course of any given country are strongly dictated by fund allocation, there always exists the possibility for corruption and improper handling of information, power and funds.

Governance truly does matter. It's something that is as important as when counselors govern the GED test to make sure each individual has an equal and fair chance of success.

Will make sure to look out for the governance bookmarks that are created...

The opposite of Good Governance is Bad Governance. This is what a majority of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are grappling with. The Only way which good governace can be recorded in many developing countries will be by making sure that a durable democratic system is encouraged and also by strengthening the anti-corruption agencies in the countries concerned. Politicians mainly contribute adversely to Bad Governance through rigging of elections and stealing directly from the public till.

Governance is more a problem in the developing world than in the developed world because the developing world is still trying and testing its strategies on combating poverty, corruption, not so efficient ministers and politicians who think they are more important than the general public. Whereas in the developed world government try to be more transparent, media is powerful and independent of the government. Developed world have tried , tested their strategies, policies for years but they are not perfect either but can be made better. I would define good governance as a government that listens to its people and solves their problems and all life to be equally important irrespective of caste, colour, religion, race, gender, age, sex.

why only on delicious, what about the other major social bookmark services?

I am not a big fan of Delicious, but I must say that you make a good point with governance there. The worlds developpement needs good and strong fondations.

these things are so hard to police, I guess its just down to the community - due to the size the site operator would not be able to moderate it all

Anyone wishing to understand the complexity of the “aid business” in Africa, and why it so often compounds rather than alleviates the well-known problems of the continent. A High Level Forum organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Accra, Ghana, September 2-4, 2008 took up the issue of aid effectiveness.
it will be an eye-opener what an unwieldy system has been created. Smart Aid provides an Obama/Biden Administration, and other major aid donors, the framework to pursue smarter, not just bigger aid, the title of a chapter in our book by the UK-based scholar, Paolo de Renzio.