Daniel Kaufmann - Mentions and Appearances
On May 26, 2020 Daniel Kaufmann discussed natural resource governance in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.
La buena gobernanza no es la ausencia de escándalos o desafíos. La buena gobernanza, lo ve la ciudadanía, es la capacidad de las instituciones para ejercer el liderazgo de las reacciones ante un escándalo.
There are two types of companies: those that focus on efficiency and innovation and can thrive in a competitive, level playing field, and those that derive gains from rent-seeking (and outright bribery), monopolistic behavior or tax avoidance.
It should be pointed out that quite a bit of aid goes to settings which are very challenging in terms of governance...we find that some donors that give aid are pretty good at choosing countries that may have relatively high corruption today, but in a few years, we track and see that aid is effective and corruption reduces over time.
[Chile] has been among the top rated emerging economies of the world in terms of its quality of governance.
Governance has been forgotten as a key pillar of achieving the Millennium Development Goals.