Using indicators for policy making

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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...
On measuring governance: framing issues for debate: ( D. Kaufmann (ed);A. Kraay (ed) / World Bank , 2007); ...
Measuring the need and capacity for reform: ( Bertelsmann Stiftung , 2009); This is a code book to measure the need and capacity for reform using sustainable governance indicators in a given country. It breaks down the main indicators into status of democracy, economic and...
The right to health: assessing countries' health systems: ( G. Backman;P. Hunt;R. Khosla / AED Center for Global Health Communication and Marketing , 2008); 60 years ago the Universal Declaration of Human Rights laid the foundations for the right to the highest attainable standard of health. This right is central to the creation of equitable health sys...
Rwanda joint governance assessment report: monitoring progress: ( A. Duncan (ed);G. Williams (ed);T. Sheehy (ed) / Local government of Rwanda , 2008); This report is an assessment of governance in Rwanda and is aimed at establishing a common understanding of governance progress, problems and priorities on the basis of agreed indicators and benchm...
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) as an aid criterion: ( J. Müller-Goldenstedt / International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity , 2009); This paper analyses the use of the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) rankings by bilateral and multilateral donors in their aid allocation and other related decisio...
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...
Assessing the impact of right to information programmes: ( A. Puddephatt;E. McCall;A. Wilde / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2006); This guide focuses on the monitoring and evaluation side of the right to information programmes, paying particular attention to the use of appropriate indicators, including gender and pro-poor indicat...
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...
How to use indicators for assessing human rights standards in development programmes?: ( 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....