Assessment of Challenges and Prospects of Good Governance in Eastern Zone of Tigray

Governance has been one of the most popular buzzwords recently. It refers to a new process of governing or a changed condition of ordered rule or the new method by which society is governed. This paper discusses the challenges and prospects of good governance in the chosen public institutions of Adigrat city. Assessing the challenges and prospects of good governance were the main objectives of this research. The researcher employed both qualitative and quantitative approach. The major findings of the researcher are grumbles and grievances concerning good governance are existed. Specifically, the key elements of good governance like accountability, transparency, equality, and participation of different public institutions were real and pragmatic. In order to decipher the challenges of good governance at the grass root level of the governing process engaging societies in their governance process, organizing trainings, workshops and seminars in collaboration with governmental and nongovernmental institutions is needed.