Governance Principles, Institutional Capacity and Quality
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- International
The resilience of nations is manifest in their ability to anticipate and prepare for shocks, which, in turn, depends on the technical capacities of organizations and institutions at the front lines of crisis response, the overall functioning of country systems, and the governance structures that set the rules of the game. This chapter (out of a larger publication) identifies the institutional qualities and governance principles that are critical for developing and implementing effective and equitable policy measures to mitigate the impact of economic crises. These institutional qualities are performance, adaptability, and stability; the main governance principles are participation/inclusion, non-discrimination/equality and rule of law/accountability. It is key that country systems responsible for crisis response imbibe and display these qualities, else policy measures will become unsustainable.
