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On the Farewell Lecture @ the World Bank
By Kaufmann | December 8, 2008 3 Comments »
Update: since some bloggers requested it, here is the link to the B-Span video and summary of the Presentation event of yesterday, December 9th, at the World Bank.
previous posting, from early morning December 9th, stated: fyi–the farewell address will be webstreamed at www.worldbank.org\wbi, at 9a.m., Wash., DC time.
Topics: Aid Effectiveness, Corruption, Measurement Frontiers, Public-Private Linkages, Rule of Law, Transparency, Voice and Human Rights, capture, financial crisis | | 3 Comments
December 10th, 2008 at 3:09 am
I wonder if it would be possible for you to include a transcript of your farewell lecture in this blog. Unfortunately, I could not watch the lecture live. I’m sure many of us in India, where I stay, and indeed all over the world, could benefit from contemplating on your ‘unorthodox reflections’ if they are made available here.
December 11th, 2008 at 12:29 am
http://info.worldbank.org/etools/bspan/PresentationView.asp?PID=2363&EID=1056
December 15th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Thank you for making your lecture available to a wider audience.
May I just share some thoughts that occurred to me as I went through your presentation, though it may be the voice of inexperience, no more:
Voice and accountability do not appear to have a bearing on control of corruption. In other words, perhaps it may be said, the kinds of governments do not impact the corruption levels?
Singapore scores high on good governance – it is a benign dictatorship; it is not very clear from the presentation where they are placed as far as freedom of expression and accountability of the government are concerned.
China – a military dictatorship – obviously scores poorly where voice and accountability is concerned, moderately in governance and is between the 25th and 50th percentile where corruption control is concerned.
India, despite a vibrant democracy and a free press, and a good score on voice and accountability, is on par, almost, with China where governance and control of corruption is concerned.
Chile seems to be doing very well, recovering from the Pinochet years in just two decades, showing what governments that work with a will can achieve.
New Zealand too has made a steep climb in the last three decades or so, I think, though liberalization is probably what helped them.
Japan’s is a remarkable achievement, despite the constant state of flux on the political front and turbulent times for the economy.
Why do the Nordic countries score so well on all parameters? What lessons can the world learn from them? And Bhutan too perhaps?
The presentation gave me a good idea of the span of your speech, but it would have been wonderful to listen to your lecture, which has, apparently, been uploaded. I was not able to listen to the lecture, though the problem could be at my end.