Some companies are deliberately changing their auditors, to demonstrate good governance.
In his speech today, he urged African presidents to reject conditions on foreign aid, contradicting Mr. Mbeki and others who have urged Western leaders to steer aid and investment to countries that demonstrate good governance.
"What Paul is doing," Karl Jackson, the bank consultant, told me, "is moving toward a system that says to poor governments, 'If you want to steal from a project, we all' the whole development community—'will say that we are not going to lend you any more money until you demonstrate improved governance.'" Expressed this way, Wolfowitz's actions seem eminently reasonable.
"Many large corporations are set to demonstrate good governance practices by announcing they plan to charge options to earnings sometime early next year".
At around 30percentt in recent national polls in Italy, the Five Star Movement may well have a chance to demonstrate if governance through social networks can supplant representative democracy and the Brussels bureaucracy.
For me, the impact of this is when I'm considering making a charitable donation: if I can't easily find the information that demonstrates good governance, then my money goes elsewhere.
The volatility of political life under the wealthy Shinawatra family demonstrates the governance and policy challenges when national politics are dominated by billionaires.
The foundation is best known for the Ibrahim Prize, which recognizes a democratically elected African head of state who has demonstrated good governance and observed term limits -- stepping down from office in accordance with the country's constitution.
Launching programmes to turn eight provinces and ten municipalities into models of good governance can demonstrate that the government is capable and committed to governing.
"There are a series of issues that demonstrate that corporate governance is not working at the BBC in the way that it should.
