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BETTER GOVERNANCE FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH

Nations form societies for their survival and growth. As argued by Alam (2008) that a social setup is not just a cluster of groups living with harmony but it is an integration of systems ensuring discipline, basic human needs and rights, facilitation and services in all spheres of life to all members representing various groups in society. Good governance is considered abstract and indeterminable (Alam, 2009). Despite its complexity, the social scientists and institutions interpret good gover-nance through the hallmarks mainly recognized as participation of all stakeholders in society in political system, leadership, consensus based decision making, rule of law and justice, transparency in policies and pro-cedures, surety of equity, responsiveness to problems, overall work effectiveness and efficiency, unbiased accountability and a stable economy (Taylor, 2000). “Good governance is further believed to be free and immune from corruption and social injustice.