TY - JOUR A1 - Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina ED - Campbell, Philip T1 - Good governance powers innovation JF - Nature N2 - Many believe innovation can lead the way out of the present economic crisis. In Europe and the United States leaders have repeatedly referred to the importance of innovation, research and education to sustaining economic growth. The concept that innovation is the key to prosperity is great- but we must understand that this applies to a certain governance context which is seldom encountered in the real world. KW - austerity policy KW - control of corruption KW - European Union KW - governance and innovation KW - governance Y1 - 2015 SN - 0028-0836 VL - 518 IS - 7539 SP - 295 EP - 297 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina ED - Diamond, Larry ED - Plattner, Marc F. T1 - The Quest for Good Governance: Learning from Virtuous Circles JF - Journal of Democracy N2 - Once of interest mainly to specialists, the problem of explaining how institutions change is now a primary concern not only of economists, but of the international donor community as well. Many have come to believe that political institutions are decisive in shaping economic institutions and, with them, the course of innovation and investment that leads to a developed society. This is the shift from patrimonialism to ethical universalism, a transformation that most of today’s advanced democracies accomplished through a long historical evolution. But there has been very little research on whether and how this kind of change can be engineered and speeded up by human design. The EU-funded ANTICORRP project that I have been leading aims to help fill this gap. The big challenge is to explain the shift of the governance paradigm from particularism to universalism in the few societies that have managed to accomplish it in the postwar era. Do these success stories offer any lessons about how other societies can make that journey? KW - accountability KW - control of corruption KW - governance KW - institutional development Y1 - 2016 SN - 1045-5736 VL - 27 IS - 1 SP - 95 EP - 109 ER -