What might a responsive governance portfolio for UNDP look like in the Pacific?
In this policy paper on Responsive Governance in the Pacific, Glenn Bond sets out some options, building on the Centre’s EU-funded research on accountability ecosystems in the Pacific.
As Glenn notes in the Executive Summary of the paper: "Against the backdrop of the 2050 Strategy for a Blue Pacific Continent, and in the context of a global push towards decolonisation, it is from a nuanced understanding of each local context that the greatest opportunities will emerge. In striving for more inclusive and equitable governance practices, an intimate knowledge of pre-existing political settlements and the nature of citizen-state interactions are critical. Furthermore, analysis from the Pacific, echoed by UNDP’s staff and partners, suggests alternative governance models that are locally led, and perhaps hybrid or nodal in form, may be particularly useful in triggering transformational change in governance systems".
For more information about this research project, see Accountability Ecosystems in the Pacific.
