<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>155</termId><termName>Governance</termName><termType>TT</termType><termLanguage>en-EN</termLanguage><termVocabulary>D4RUNOFF</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>Governance</termSortkey><termNote label="Scope"><![CDATA[ <p>EEA</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>Governance has many dimensions: creating a fair legal, policy and regulatory framework in which the rights of people to access resources are secured; improving the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of government agencies; ensuring the participation of the poor in decision making; enhancing the role of civil society; ensuring basic security and political freedoms; and others. </p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>Governance has many dimensions: creating a fair legal, policy and regulatory framework in which the rights of people to access resources are secured; improving the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of government agencies; ensuring the participation of the poor in decision making; enhancing the role of civil society; ensuring basic security and political freedoms; and others. </p> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>Governance</termCreatedDate></term>  </Zthes>