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In response to the Zhang-McCain exchange, Rudd calmly sketched both the huge growth in individual freedom and prosperity in China over the past 30 years, and the distance still to go before China can be described as a well-governed country under the rule of law.
Why Barack Obama and Xi Jinping need an Australian retreat with Kevin Rudd | Timothy Garton Ash 2012
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Much of the more recent work in this area has evolved out of the growing conviction that ethical, well-organized and well-governed corporations bring improved shareholder value over the long term.
Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI: Note to Gekko: Governance is Good OMI Rev. Seamus P. Finn 2011
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The main area for this kind of usually temporary reprieve is the notoriously well-governed and financially stable world of the English non-league pyramid.
xxHas a team ever been relegated from the same division two years in a row? | The Knowledge 2011
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Minnesota traditionally is a well-governed state which supports education well, but Pawlenty is changing that.
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North Kosovo's tightly knit Serbian communities are well-governed by directly elected municipal assemblies and their institutions, with the Orthodox Christian Church playing a positive role in social welfare and youth guidance.
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Because we ran a well-governed company with no skeletons in the cupboard or under-the-table envelopes, we commanded a high premium when the time came to sell.
Businessman, Philanthropist Touts Africa Neanda Salvaterra 2011
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According to Keny-Guyer, vibrant, sustainable, well-governed local institutions have been nurtured to independence.
Jonathan Lewis: Mercy Corps: Mission Accomplished? Jonathan Lewis 2011
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Ghana's discovery of oil in 2007 in the large Jubilee field in the Gulf of Guinea, has raised concerns that this well-governed though still fairly undeveloped country may follow the same tragic path as Angola, Chad, and Nigeria.
Global Voices in English » Ghana: Global discussion of Obama’s visit to Ghana 2009
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According to Keny-Guyer, vibrant, sustainable, well-governed local institutions have been nurtured to independence.
Jonathan Lewis: Mercy Corps: Mission Accomplished? Jonathan Lewis 2011
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The issues we face are not, however, only financial: Infrastructure must rise to the challenge of helping the sector to build a sustainable, effective, accessible and well-governed future.
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