Governance for All sounds a lot like Education for All.  That's the global movement, led by UNESCO, that aims to meet the learning needs of all children, youth and adults by 2015.  But this time it's the World Bank, and our own Dani Kaufmann, launching a new blog on governance.   A great idea.

Writes Kaufmann in his inaugural post, "The governance puzzle is far from solved; many questions are waiting to be answered. Others are subject to ongoing debate...We still need to learn how governance matters more in particular countries or institutions, or whether it only matters in the longer term. Whether it influences other major determinants of development. Which concrete factors and measures account for improved governance and corruption control. Which practical measures work better than others. Why some countries and institutions have improved, others deteriorated, and others just stagnated.  For instance, is developing stronger institutions to put some checks and balances on the executive more important than adopting anticorruption decrees and laws?...These questions are but a few of those researchers and practitioners are currently grappling with in many corners of the globe. They deserve to be shared and debated more widely."  I could not agree more.  We wish the blog luck and many good posts.