IMPROVING QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT THROUGH MASS EMPOWERMENT

There is an immediate need to improve quality of government (QoG) in Pakistan.Exaggerated information asymmetry and depleted civic norms have resulted in frustration of development goals. Public policy design and promulgation initiatives need to be augmented with modern day computer and media technologies in order to improve QoG. This paper identifies reasons behind ineffective policy initiatives and discusses the role of media in addressing them. Citing the example of Pakistan, this paper introduces the concept of mass empowerment and suggests how it can be affected in the developing world through the use of System Dynamics simulation models.