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Article: Defining governance.(Online Law)(Website list)

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The theme for this issue of LAWNOW is governance. Governance, as a noun, (which Merriam-Webster online www.m-w.com/ assures me it is) means the idea of equitable and accountable decision-making whether it is in the corporate and financial sphere or with regard to government

Coincidentally, as I was crafting this article, a couple of postings on the Law Librarian Blog (http://lawprofessors. typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/) caught my eye.

October 10, 2007

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project

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"The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for ...

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