In development administration, not only the government but also citizens and NGO’s play a vital role. The term ‘governance’ is used to describe this cooperative effort of the government and non governmental bodies in public administration.
The Good Governance approach aims at the following:
1. to reform the traditional, huge-sized public administration which was riddled with red tape and corruption
2. to replace the archaic systems with responsible, participative and equitable systems
3. to look at interlinkages between government and civil society
4. to make the administration citizen centered and not rule bound.
Citizen participation refers to the following aspects:
1. the development process is a ‘bottomup’ approach in which citizens are not recipients but participants in this process
2. citizens have a right in making decisions pertaining to themselves
3. there are modalities by which citizens can take control of resources and influence decision making.
4. it contributes to a responsive, participative democracy.
