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The goal of Good governance will be achieved only by strengthening the grass root level democracy.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 20 marks
  • Grassroots Democracy

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The World Bank's Governance and Development (1992) defined governance as "the manner in which power is exercised in the management of a country's economic and social resources for development". UNDP (1997) turned good governance into a set of standards: participation, rule of law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus orientation, equity, effectiveness and accountability. The statement is right…

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  • Why grassroots democracy is necessary
  • Why "only" is too strong
  • Reconciling the two
  • Conclusion
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