Global initiatives of assessing governance
International initiatives aimed at assessing governance have been launched by a number of organisations: multilateral and bilateral donors, as well as independent research institutes. Over the last decade, an ever growing number of tools and methodologies for governance assessments of various types have been developed by researchers, the private sector, NGOs and aid agencies. Bilateral and multilateral donors have become heavily involved in the provision and use of governance assessments and indicators.
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‘Countries at the Crossroads’ is an annual survey of democratic governance in 30 strategically important countries worldwide. It looks at looks at four core areas of democratic governance: anti-corruption and transparency; rule of law; civil liberties; and accountability and public voice.
This section brings together global initiatives of governance assessments that are being carried out by a multitude of international organisations.
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- How can we measure public administration performance? A guide
- ( M. Laberge (ed);J. Nahem (ed);K. Brown / United Nations Development Programme , 2009)
- The proliferation of different public administration (PA) assessment tools has resulted in some confusion about which tools to use, how they should be applied and their weaknesses and strengths. This ...
- National Human Development Reports and their use of democratic governance indicators
- ( J. Nahem (ed) / United Nations Development Programme , 2004)
- There exists a multiplicity of governance indicators that are almost exclusively used as country-ranking instruments intended for business investment, donor allocation, civil society advocacy and acad...
- How to select pro-poor and gender sensitive governance indicators: a guide
- ( United Nations Development Programme , 2006)
- There are many indicators of democratic governance used in poor countries but most of them have been externally developed by private sector risk assessment agencies and international organizations. Th...
- A comparative anaysis of fragility indices
- ( J. F. Mata;S. Ziaja / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI) , 2011)
- Although the understanding of the security threats posed by fragile states is still highly hypothetical and merits further investigation, fragile states are often considered an ideal breeding ground f...
- Considering country corruption self-assessment
- ( S. Repucci (ed) / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2009)
- The UN Convention against Corruption offers countries a unique framework to strengthen their ability to prevent and combat corruption. The self-assessment checklist is one of the few available methods...
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