- Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIF)
- The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) is a political science research centre.
- Working paper identifying and promoting best practice in national low carbon growth plans
- 2009
- This working paper summarises output from Project Catalyst, an initiative of the ClimateWorks Foundation, aimed at providing analytical support for the UNFCCC negotiations on a post-Kyoto international climate agreement. It seeks to s...
- GATEWAY
- GATEWAY focus is on collecting, sharing and expanding knowledge on corruption assessment. It aims to allow those who wish to measure corruption to match their needs with existing diagnostic tools. The project involves: Collecting information on existing corruption assessment methods and tools; Providing tool users with a better understanding of...
- Is the process of allocation revenue from Malawi local governments reliable?
- J. Boex; R. Mwadiwa; R. Kampanje 2000
- Now that local government elections have taken place in Malawi and new assemblies have been sworn in across the country, the implementation of the fiscal decentralisation programme is expected to go ahead with full force. However, bef...
- An overview of Malawian democracy and political participation
- W.C. Chirwa 2009
- Malawi was a colonial territory of Britain until 1964, known as Nyasaland. From 1944, the Nyasaland African Congress (NAC), later renamed the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in 1959, spearheaded a nationalist movement to overthrow the col...
- A critical analysis of the dynamics of policy-making and processes in Malawi
- B. Chinsinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2007
- For a period of nearly 20 years, Malawi’s economy has been characteristically unstable. Since 1981, the country’s economy has experienced boom and bust style growth patterns underpinned by rising levels of inflation, decli...
- An analysis on the management of constituency development fund in Malawi
- B Chisinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2009
- Malawi adopted devolution or democratic decentralisation as the strategy for implementing its decentralisation policy reforms seen as a logical conclusion to the transition to democracy since May 1994. The decentralisation policy refo...
- A report of a field study on community broadcasting in Malawi
- W. C. Chirwa / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2000
- This document is a report of a field study of community broadcasting in Malawi commissioned by AMARC Africa. The purpose of the study was to provide a current country-level state of play for community radio including the country econo...
- Are Malawians involved in key decision making processes?
- B Chisinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2003
- There is little doubt that one of the most momentous policy events within the development community at the beginning of the previous decade was the return of poverty on the international development agenda. This is very much associate...
- MiniAid (MiniAid)
- Working paper identifying and promoting best practice in national low carbon growth plans
- 2009
- This working paper summarises output from Project Catalyst, an initiative of the ClimateWorks Foundation, aimed at providing analytical support for the UNFCCC negotiations on a post-Kyoto international climate agreement. It seeks to s...
- Is the process of allocation revenue from Malawi local governments reliable?
- J. Boex; R. Mwadiwa; R. Kampanje 2000
- Now that local government elections have taken place in Malawi and new assemblies have been sworn in across the country, the implementation of the fiscal decentralisation programme is expected to go ahead with full force. However, bef...
- An overview of Malawian democracy and political participation
- W.C. Chirwa 2009
- Malawi was a colonial territory of Britain until 1964, known as Nyasaland. From 1944, the Nyasaland African Congress (NAC), later renamed the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in 1959, spearheaded a nationalist movement to overthrow the col...
- A critical analysis of the dynamics of policy-making and processes in Malawi
- B. Chinsinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2007
- For a period of nearly 20 years, Malawi’s economy has been characteristically unstable. Since 1981, the country’s economy has experienced boom and bust style growth patterns underpinned by rising levels of inflation, decli...
- An analysis on the management of constituency development fund in Malawi
- B Chisinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2009
- Malawi adopted devolution or democratic decentralisation as the strategy for implementing its decentralisation policy reforms seen as a logical conclusion to the transition to democracy since May 1994. The decentralisation policy refo...
- A report of a field study on community broadcasting in Malawi
- W. C. Chirwa / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2000
- This document is a report of a field study of community broadcasting in Malawi commissioned by AMARC Africa. The purpose of the study was to provide a current country-level state of play for community radio including the country econo...
- Are Malawians involved in key decision making processes?
- B Chisinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2003
- There is little doubt that one of the most momentous policy events within the development community at the beginning of the previous decade was the return of poverty on the international development agenda. This is very much associate...
- Gendering basic service delivery
- L. Corner; S. Repucci / United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- The delivery of gender-sensitive basic services for women is a prerequisite for development. However, the the Millennium Development Goals will not be achieved unless and until women are able to contribute to and benefit from developm...
- 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 guide is intended for UNDP Country...
- 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 academic purposes. The majority are of...
- Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIF)
- The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) is a political science research centre.
- GATEWAY
- GATEWAY focus is on collecting, sharing and expanding knowledge on corruption assessment. It aims to allow those who wish to measure corruption to match their needs with existing diagnostic tools. The project involves: Collecting information on existing corruption assessment methods and tools; Providing tool users with a better understanding of...
- MiniAid (MiniAid)
- African Community of Practice (AFCOP)
- AfCop's mission is to build African capacity to manage for development results through sharing experiences, networking and building strong learning relationships between practitioners in Africa and around the world. Its members bring this dialogue and knowledge-sharing to their countries through national AfCoP chapters across the continent.
- Open Budget Initiative (OBI)
- The Open Budget Initiative (Initiative) is a global research and advocacy program which seeks to promote public access to budget information and the adoption of accountable budget systems. IBP launched the Initiative with the Open Budget Survey—an analysis and survey that evaluates whether governments give the public access to budget information and opportunities to participate i...
- Localis (http://localis.org.uk/)
- Localis is an independent think-tank based in Westminster, dedicated to issues related to local government and localism. Since its formation it has produced research on a variety of issues including housing, the reform of regional government, innovation in services and local government finance.
- Local government of Rwanda
- Local government of Rwanda site. Declares as it's mission statement: 'Promoting the well-being of the population by good governance, community development and social affairs.
- Research Programme on Democracy (Democracy as Idea and Practice)
- Research Programme on Democracy (Democracy as Idea and Practice) is based at the University of Oslo. (website under construction - more details to follow)
