Given that there is no obvious way of measuring governance, one solution is to build an index that captures the essence of the concept by translating observable attributes of the regulatory agency and its environment into a number ranging from 0 to 1 (low-to-high quality governance).
This may be both because illegal and unreported fishing is contributing to overexploitation of stocks, and because the general management of stocks (including the quality of research, for instance) is likely to be better in areas of higher quality governance.
Finally, to transfer the TOD lessons of Dalian to other Chinese cities, we conclude that to make TOD work in China, cities should at least meet all critical conditions such as pedestrian friendly urban design, good governance and high quality transit services.
This unique fund supports country-led efforts to raise agricultural productivity and stresses country ownership, good governance, inclusivity and high quality monitoring and evaluation.
As the need for anticipatory strategic decision-making increases at all levels of governance, there are growing demands for high quality and relevant contributions from Foresight exercises.
Sue Baldwin, EFA director of academies and maintained schools, wrote: "I am pleased that there has been some improvement in the financial management, control and governance of DAT in order to secure high quality education opportunities for the children at Durand Academy.
A second challenge for data collection and governance is to determine the most efficient way to build comprehensive, high quality and useful datasets.
It is possible to capture digital images that are not only of high quality but can be archived and used for longitudinal and repeat assessments, clinical and research governance and audit processes.
However, local governance is still weak in many areas and lacks the capacity and political will necessary to provide high quality services in an equitable manner.
