Samenvatting
This paper discusses approaches to the governance issue which promote the Bank's work and protect its reputation for technical excellence, professionalism and objectivity. The paper establishes a framework for efforts going on in different parts of the Bank, and reaffirms certain basic propositions that efficient and accountable public sector management and a predictable and transparent framework for economic activity are critical to the efficiency of both markets and government interventions and to economic development. (Author/publisher)