Guidance to governance indicators

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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...
Governance assessments: essential tools for enhancing democratic governance: ( United Nations Development Programme , 2009); UNDP’s support for country-led democratic governance assessments is a key element of the organisation’s broader agenda on democratic governance to: foster inclusive participation, strength...
Managing for results: a guide to assessing developing countries' capacity: ( P. Bastoe (ed);A. Hauge (ed) / Asian Development Bank , 2006); This guide describes an approach for rapid assessment of a country's capacity for results management. It is constructed on five building blocks that constitute the key factors that influence the de...
On measuring governance: framing issues for debate: ( D. Kaufmann (ed);A. Kraay (ed) / World Bank , 2007); ...
Developing indicators to measure the rule of law: A global approach: ( J. Parsons (ed);M. Thornton (ed);H. Bang (ed) / Vera Institute of Justice , 2008); Governance and rule of law performance indicators have emerged as a tool for tracking progress. This is a report about a pilot project which developed a set of 60 rule of law indicators designed to...
The tyranny of international index rankings: ( B. Hoyland;K. Moene;F. Willamsen / Research Programme on Democracy (Democracy as Idea and Practice) , 2009); This paper considers International index rankings and determines that they are perhaps too persuasive. The authors stress that these rankings emphasise country differences where simi...
The Economist Intelligence Unit's index of democracy: ( L. Kekic / Economist Intelligence Unit , 2008); This document describes the Economist Intelligent Unit’s index of democracy. This index is based on view that measures of democracy that reflect the state of political freedoms and civil liberti...
Indicators for human rights based Approaches to development in UNDP programming: a users’ guide: ( UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2006); This document is a practical guide on indicators for human rights based approaches to development programmes, for UNDP country offices....
Governance indicators: a users’ guide - second edition: ( UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2007); The increasing demand for reliable measures of governance has resulted in a tremendous growth in indicator sources, which are used to measure the performance of governments, the quality of public inst...
A survey of composite indices measuring country performance: 2006 update: ( R. Bandura;C. Martin del Campo / Office of Development Studies, UNDP , 2009); This paper presents an update of the June 2005 survey of country indices that rank or assess countries according to some measure. The present update includes new indices launched between June 2005 and...