Rohini Nilekani Quotes

I'm convinced the question of development is mainly an issue of governance and leadership.

Good governance is an important precondition for success of government but it is not sufficient. Economic growth is necessary.

I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed.

A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.

There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.

Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey.

The basis of effective government is public confidence.

Government is not the enemy. Government is simply a tool that can be used wisely or unwisely.

A dominion then, whose well-being depends on any man's good faith, and whose affairs cannot be properly administered, unless those who are engaged in them will act honestly, will be very unstable. On the contrary, to insure its permanence, its public affairs should be so ordered, that those who administer them, whether guided by reason or passion, cannot be led to act treacherously or basely.

Democratic government is responsible government—which means accountable government--and the essential problem in contracting out is that responsibility and accountability are greatly diminished.

Self government cannot work if the people do not know what their rulers are doing and why.

Knowledge is the cause as well as the effect of good government

Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of a good government.

Good government

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

We can have more democracy and openness and still be efficient.

China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.

In order to fulfill the aspirations of masses, we have to sharpen the tool called the government machinery: we have to make it keen, more dynamic, and it is in this direction that we are working.

E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.