- Engaging effectively with fragile states
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2006
- The OECD Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States highlight the fact that successful development in a fragile environment depends, at least in part, on well sequenced and coherent progress across the political, s...
- A UNDP approach to capacity development and capacity assessment
- K. Wignaraja; J. Colville; D. Balassanian / United Nations Development Programme, 2008
- This capacity assessment methodology user’s guide provides United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other development practitioners with an overview of UNDP’s approach to Capacity Development and Capacity Assessment...
- Distributional impact of decentralisation reforms
- K. Kaiser / World Bank, 2006
- This document outlines three levels of analysis that offer a potentially tractable means of mapping out Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) for decentralisation. the first level focues on the distribution of publi...
- An overview of governance indicators from various sources
- United Nations Development Programme, 2008
- A plethora of governance indicators exist that have been developed and used by intergovernmental organizations, development agencies, civil society organizations and the private sector. This source guide, based on a desktop mapping of...
- Implementing the Istanbul anti-corruption plan: country progress reports
- Ancorr Web [OECD Anti-Corruption Ring Online], 2008
- This document contains a series of country reports produced by the Anti-Corruption Network (ACN), following a first round of monitoring.The ACN carries out country examinations to assess the progress of participating countries in impl...
- Survey of democratic governance-2007
- Freedom House, 2007
- ‘Countries at the Crossroads’ is an annual survey of democratic governance in 30 strategically important countries worldwide, brought out by Freedom House. This year’s survey covers Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Bhuta...
- Party institutionalisation is weak in Africa
- M. Basedau; A. Stroh / German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2008
- The institutionalisation of political parties is recognised as an important factor for democratic development, but its measurement remains a neglected area of research. This paper seeks to address this gap by developing an instrument ...
- Impartiality of institutions as a measure of governance quality
- B. Rothstein; J. Teorell / Quality of Government Institute, 2008
- Based on analyses of political theory, this paper proposes a coherent and specific definition of quality of governance, focussing on the impartiality of institutions that exercise government authority. It relates the idea of impartial...
- Political openness as a measure of degree of democracy
- M. Gonzalez Garibay; K. Van den Brande; M. Martins Gistelinck / Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, 2008
- This paper is a critical reflection on the inconsistencies between current operationalisation of democracy and the concepts behind various operationalisation attempts. The criticisms concern two aspects: First, there is...
- Good governance is not a pre-condition for economic take off
- N. Meisel; J. Ould Aoudia / Agence française de développement, 2008
- This paper shows that while there is a correlation between “good governance” and the level of development (per capita GDP), there is no correlation between good governance and the pace of development (medium-to-long-term g...
- Political openness as a measure of degree of democracy
- M. Gonzalez Garibay; K. Van den Brande; M. Martins Gistelinck / Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, 2008
- This paper is a critical reflection on the inconsistencies between current operationalisation of democracy and the concepts behind various operationalisation attempts. The criticisms concern two aspects: First, there is...
- Good governance is not a pre-condition for economic take off
- N. Meisel; J. Ould Aoudia / Agence française de développement, 2008
- This paper shows that while there is a correlation between “good governance” and the level of development (per capita GDP), there is no correlation between good governance and the pace of development (medium-to-long-term g...
- How to assess media development at a national level
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2008
- The promotion of freedom of speech, the development of community radio, and human resource development are regarded by the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) as essential to the development of media. ...
- Obtaining socio-economic data for development.
- United Nations [UN] Statistics Division, 2005
- Detailed demographic and socio-economic data have become indispensable in economic and social policy analysis, development planning, programme management and decision-making at all levels. Consequently, policy-makers and other stakeho...
- Worldwide Governance Indicators (GWI) update 2006
- D Kaufmann; K Aart; M Mastruzzi / World Bank, 2007
- This paper presents the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project.They cover 212 countries and territories for 1996, 1998, 2000, and annually for 2002-2006.The indicators measure six dimensions of gov...
- What determines the level of satisfaction with democracy?
- L. Wantchekon; G. Taylor / Afrobarometer, 2007
- This paper seeks to explain the divergence between preference for democracy and satisfaction with its outcome. It focuses on the way political fragmentation, a distinguishing characteristic of democratic regimes, interacts with intrin...
- Quality of elections influences citizens confidence in democracy
- E. Eo Alemika / Afrobarometer, 2007
- The quality of elections is an important indicator of democratic consolidation. This paper finds a significant relationship between citizens’ evaluation of the quality of elections and their satisfaction with democracy as well a...
- Access to justice for the poor in Latin America
- R. Gargarella / Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT), 2008
- Given the importance assigned to social and participatory rights in Latin American constitutions, it may seem surprising that the poor find it so difficult assert them. This paper discusses access to justice for the poor in Latin Amer...
- How effective are electricity regulatory bodies in Latin America?
- L. Andres; J.L. Guasch; M. Diop / World Bank, 2007
- This paper focuses on an evaluation and benchmarking of the governance of regulatory agencies in the electricity sector in Latin American Countries. The authors develop an index of regulatory governance and rank all the agencies in th...
- How to measure governance better?
- D. Kaufman; A. Kraay / World Bank Institute, World Bank, 2008
- With the concept of good governance gaining prominence in development literature, there has been an intense interest in more refined, nuanced and policy-relevant indicators of governance. This paper reviews the progress to date in the...
- 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)
