Abstract:
This article makes a critical survey of the literature and provides an analysis on
the emerging issues that underpin governance imperatives in Africa under
the different administrative and paradigmatic settings. The article further
provokes an informative debate on the examination of governance dilemmas at
nation-state level and corporate level dimensions before analysing the global
governance trends spearheaded, especially under the aegis of the global economic
multilaterals (GEMs), in the wake of good governance pursuit. It is argued that the
governance gaps in the developing world have exacerbated the tentacles of the
global governance in the socio-economic and politico-administrative spheres,
while the recent partnership schemes between Africa and the G8 promises to
ameliorate the state-of-affairs, but with a surge of encumbrances. While the
demonstrated benefits in the partnership and debt relief should filter through to the
vulnerable grassroots, there is a perception that there is a dire need to make the
concept of good governance less overwhelming to poor countries.
