Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption - New Frontiers in Public-Private Partnerships

Programme

March 15, 2007: 9:00 - 11:30 PM, Conference Hall, Egmont II

Measuring governance

The panel on Measuring Governance will examine key issues in the design of indicators to measure and monitor of governance. Critical concerns related to the appropriate use and potential misinterpretation of indicators will be addressed, emphasizing the complementarity of cross-country aggregate indicators and country-level diagnostics. Topics will include how policy makers and international aid organizations can make effective use of both levels of indicators for strategy and action planning. Because an important part of the audience will be from the private sector, the panel will also focus on the link between public and private sector and examine the role of the private sector as both producer and consumer of governance indicators, highlighting how this sector can best utilize indicators as a guide for business decisions.

Moderator

Mr. Mark Nelson, World Bank Institute

Speakers

Mr. Charles Oman, Author of OECD report, The Uses and Abuses of Governance Indicators
Mr. Philippe Darmuzey, Acting Director (General Affairs), DG Development, European Commission
Mr. Adelino da Cruz, Former Head of Mozambique's Commission for Private Sector Reform
Mr. Valentine Collier, Former Head of Anti-Corruption Commission, Sierra Leone
Mr. Daniel Kaufmann, Director, Global Programs, World Bank Institute