- Analysing the impact of the new social media in the Arab world
- J. Ghannam / Center for International Media Action, 2011
- The Arab world has experienced an awakening of free expression that has now entered the body politic of Tunisia and Egypt and has helped break down the strangle hold of state sponsored media and information monopolies in those countri...
- How can the security sector in Honduras be best supported?
- J. Schünemann (ed) / Fride, 2010
- The citizens of Honduras have been plagued with insecurity since the 2009 coup d’état which brought to the fore a sustained crisis of security and legitimacy making the political equilibrium very fragile. Levels of v...
- A guide to planning a governance assessment
- K. Mease / United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- Over the past 15 years, governance has become a key concept in the debates surrounding international development. However, governance assessments vary according to the interests, needs and culture of the assessor. Some focus mostly on...
- Towards better quality governance and conflict assessment tools
- J. Slotin (ed); V. Wyeth (ed); P. Romita (ed) / International Peace Institute, 2010
- In the recent past, donor governments and international organizations have come up with frameworks and tools to assess governance, conflict, and fragility. This report argues that these assessment tools are fraught with a multiplicity...
- Assessing African government performance: 2010
- N. Delapalme; H. Farhan; E. Gyimah-Boadi / Mo Ibrahim Foundation, 2010
- This Index is ultimately aimed at engaging governments, parliaments, civil society, and citizens in a meaningful conversation about improving governance to the benefit of all Africans. The paper provides findings such as ...
- How can country-led democratic governance assessments be best supported?
- United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- Governance assessments have been an increasing priority for donors and national development partners alike, especially in the last five years. Country-led democratic governance assessments help to foster inclusive participation, ...
- Linking the rule of law and democratic governance: a guide
- G. Lecce; M. Miklaucic; T. Geiger / US Agency for International Development, 2008
- Donors are increasingly recognizing that promoting democratic governance (DG) rooted in the rule of law contributes to long-term, sustainable economic and social development. This guide focuses specifically on the link between the rul...
- Managing change - considering countries' capability
- N. Cantore; K. Ellis; I. Massa / Overseas Development Institute, 2011
- Countries are constantly confronted with financial crises, natural disasters or long-term widespread processes that affect their fundamental structure over time. It is important to understand the capability of a country to manage thes...
- Critiquing and contextualising the corruption concept
- M. Gephart (ed) / German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2009
- In the recent past, international organisations, governments,non-governmental organisations and academics have been paying increasing attention to corruption. There was initially consensus that corruption has negative effects on devel...
- The shortcomings of political party research and assistance
- G. Erdmann (ed) / German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2010
- Support for political parties is a recent, controversial component of international democracy assistance. This study attributes some of the shortcomings of political party aid to the poor relationship between assistance providers and ...
- Towards better quality governance and conflict assessment tools
- J. Slotin (ed); V. Wyeth (ed); P. Romita (ed) / International Peace Institute, 2010
- In the recent past, donor governments and international organizations have come up with frameworks and tools to assess governance, conflict, and fragility. This report argues that these assessment tools are fraught with a multiplicity...
- Assessing African government performance: 2010
- N. Delapalme; H. Farhan; E. Gyimah-Boadi / Mo Ibrahim Foundation, 2010
- This Index is ultimately aimed at engaging governments, parliaments, civil society, and citizens in a meaningful conversation about improving governance to the benefit of all Africans. The paper provides findings such as ...
- How can country-led democratic governance assessments be best supported?
- United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- Governance assessments have been an increasing priority for donors and national development partners alike, especially in the last five years. Country-led democratic governance assessments help to foster inclusive participation, ...
- Linking the rule of law and democratic governance: a guide
- G. Lecce; M. Miklaucic; T. Geiger / US Agency for International Development, 2008
- Donors are increasingly recognizing that promoting democratic governance (DG) rooted in the rule of law contributes to long-term, sustainable economic and social development. This guide focuses specifically on the link between the rul...
- Managing change - considering countries' capability
- N. Cantore; K. Ellis; I. Massa / Overseas Development Institute, 2011
- Countries are constantly confronted with financial crises, natural disasters or long-term widespread processes that affect their fundamental structure over time. It is important to understand the capability of a country to manage thes...
- Critiquing and contextualising the corruption concept
- M. Gephart (ed) / German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2009
- In the recent past, international organisations, governments,non-governmental organisations and academics have been paying increasing attention to corruption. There was initially consensus that corruption has negative effects on devel...
- The shortcomings of political party research and assistance
- G. Erdmann (ed) / German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2010
- Support for political parties is a recent, controversial component of international democracy assistance. This study attributes some of the shortcomings of political party aid to the poor relationship between assistance providers and ...
- Assessing Bolivia's representative, participatory and communitarian democracy
- A. Schilling-Vacaflor (ed) / German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2010
- Over the past two decades, Latin American countries have adopted new constitutions in a wave of constitutional change. Bolivia’s new constitution defines the country as a representative, participatory and communitarian democracy...
- An empirical analysis of African political party manifestos
- S. Elischer (ed) / German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2010
- The third wave of democratisation in sub-Saharan Africa has led to a new interest in African political parties and their role in democratic consolidation. However few, if any, studies systematically compare political party manifestos....
- Assessing tax performance in developing countries
- C. Haldenwang; M. Lvanyna / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2010
- Governments, donors and international organisations need to be able to judge the performance of tax systems in a broader context of development, governance and international cooperation. The tax performance assessment (TPA) introduced...
- 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)
