Performance of Governance in Pakistan and The Causes of its Crisis

Abstract

The surge of focus in governance emerged in the late nineties and since then, its elements are being put into a wider scope and analyzed for better management, administration and policy making of a country. The area of governance has been expanded and interpreted variedly by different researchers. Nevertheless, Good Governance is deemed as a perquisite for better development. This paper focuses on the performance of the governance and the long-neglected causation of the issues that are prevailing in the governance of Pakistan. The data for understanding governance performance in Pakistan are taken from World Bank from 1996-2018. The data are taken into consideration to better understand the current governance crisis of Pakistan. Furthermore, causes of governance issues have been highlighted and explained in the political, socio-economic and administrative domains. The causes have been presented by the analysis of the performance data gathered and the literature reviewed. The data from The Global Competitive Index of World Economic Forum (WEF) are also taken into consideration to understand the existing conditions of governance in Pakistan and to better understand the causes of the crisis.