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Assessing the quality of life in a county: ( D. Zachary / Applied Survey Research , 2006); Santa Cruz County, California has one of the oldest community indicator projects, with the first year of its Community Assessment Project (CAP) starting in 1994 and continuing through 2006 and beyo...
Measuring and tracking the performance of local governments in Indonesia: ( World Bank Research , 2008); Indonesia has been transformed from a highly centralised country into one of the most decentralised countries. Since 2001, local governments (LGs) have become the main drivers of public service delive...
Corruption in the Philippines: 2006-2007 enterprise survey results: ( Social Weather Stations , 2007); This booklet presents the findings of surveys of enterprises on corruption in Phillipines. The surveys are a part of a project to promote transparency and accountability in government and to hel...
Can e-government and technology implementation influence good governance?: ( D. Kettani;M. Gurstein;B. Moulin / Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries , 2008); This paper presents the results of a e-government project implemented for the transformation of local governance, in Morocco. The technology implementation and deployment project is aimed at tran...
Impact of decentralisation on governance and citizen participation in Tanzania: ( A. Chaligha / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania , 2008); This report analyses data on local autonomy and citizen participation from six case councils in Tanzania, for the period 2000-2004.The data covers citizen’s perceptions of their involvement in t...
Review of governance indicators in Malawi: ( C. Scott;A Wilde / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2006); This background paper aims to inform discussions on the establishment of a system to monitor the implementation of the governance goals and strategies as articulated in Malawi’s national develop...
An evaluation of governance structures in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe: ( H. Melber (ed);G. Totemeyer;C.J. Makgala;S.J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni / Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala , 2007); This document is composed of three papers: the contributions on Namibia and Botswana look at the extent to which these countries are able to set standards in terms of well functioning democracies; the...
An assessment of governance in India: ( J. Court / Overseas Development Institute [ES] , 2003); This paper presents the methodology and findings of a comprehensive governance assessment survey conducted in India as part of the World Governance Survey (WGS) project....
How corrupt are Malawi's public institutions: ( World Bank Publications , 2006); This document presents the findings of the Governance and Corruption Survey in Malawi, which aimed to ascertain the locus and extent of corruption in the country. The survey also aimed to determine ho...
Azerbaijan's MDG record: ( United Nations Development Group , 2005); Azerbaijan launched the ”State Programme on Poverty Reduction and Economic Development” (SPPRED) in 2003 in order to reduce poverty and improve living standards of its citizens. The SPPRED...