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Governance for the Future

By: Gita Welch and Zahra Nuru

Good governance and development are important goals in their right; they also depend on and reinforce each other. That is one of the main lessons the United Nations has drawn from its vast and varied experience throughout the world. Without the rule of law and respect for human rights; without transparency and accountability; and unless governments derive their power legitimately, through the ballot box, the path to prosperity is likely to be more difficult, and gains could remain fragile and reversible. World leaders themselves, at