| What is “governance”? |
Kokamba elakisi nini? |
| The term governance often gives rise to confusion because it is (erroneously) assumed that it must refer solely to acts or duties of the government. |
Kombo oyo kokamba epesaka tango mosusu mwa pasi na kososola na ndimbola na yango pamba te na mbala mingi bato bakokamataka yango na lolenge nango ya ko kamba mboka. |
| Of course, governments do play an important role in many kinds of governance. |
ya solo, masanga ya bantoma ya ekolo misala misala mingi na maye matali kokamba. |
| However, in fact, the concept is far broader, and extends beyond merely the State. |
Kasi, esengeli koyeba ete, likanisi ya kokamba ezali bongo molayi penza, koleka likanisi ya kokamba ekolo. |
| For example, we have seen increasing reference recently to the notion of “corporate governance”, a process that involves oversight both by the State and by a host of non-State bodies, including corporations themselves. |
Na ndakisa, na mikolo miwuti koleka tosili komona ete likanisi ya kokamba ekoti bongo na kati ya bato na misala to ya mombongo, oyo elimboli lokola kokamba oyo esalami na bakonzi ya mboka elongo na baye bakosala mimbongo |
| Don McLean points out that the word governance derives from the Latin word “gubernare”, which refers to the action of steering a ship. |
Don McLean alakisi ete kombo kokamba ewuti na Latin " gubernare", pe elimboli kokumba masuwa. |
| This etymology suggests a broader definition for governance. |
esika kombo eye ewuti epesi makanisi ete kokamba ezali bongo na bandimbola mingi. |
| One important implication of this broader view is that governance includes multiple tools and mechanisms. |
Natina na kolakisa bonene bwa yango kokamba ezali na bisaleli pe lolenge ebele. |
| Traditional law and policy are certainly among those mechanisms. |
Mibeko ya bokoko pe esaleli ya kala ezali moko kati ebongiseli wana. |
| However, as we shall see throughout this primer, governance can take place through many other channels. |
kasi, nalolenge tokomona na awa, kokamba ekoki kosalema na bisika mingi |
| Technology, social norms, decision-making procedures, and institutional design: all of these are as equally important in governance as law or policy. |
kosalelaba machine, mibeko eko kamba bato, kokamata ba ndingisa, pe kokela mibeko: minso eza na tina lolenge moko na bokambi lokola mibeko to pe esaleli |
