- 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...
- Assessing quality of Democracy
- W. Case / Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University, Hong Kong, 2007
- This paper assesses democracy’s quality with reference to Thailand under the recent Thai Rak Thai government. It enumerates some of the conceptual difficulties that arise in these types of assessment exercises and discusses less...
- How should democracy programmes be evaluated?
- P. Burnell (ed) / International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2007
- Development programmes aimed at supporting democracy are difficult to evaluate as a result of diverse concepts of democracy, the complex nature of the democratisation process and problems in attributing change to individual developmen...
- Assessing quality of Democracy
- W. Case / Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University, Hong Kong, 2007
- This paper assesses democracy’s quality with reference to Thailand under the recent Thai Rak Thai government. It enumerates some of the conceptual difficulties that arise in these types of assessment exercises and discusses less...
- How should democracy programmes be evaluated?
- P. Burnell (ed) / International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2007
- Development programmes aimed at supporting democracy are difficult to evaluate as a result of diverse concepts of democracy, the complex nature of the democratisation process and problems in attributing change to individual developmen...
- What can be done about corruption in the judicial sector?
- Transparency International, 2007
- This year’s report concentrates on judicial systems and warns that corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial. ...
- How should donor agencies use governance indicators?
- J. Court; V. Fritz; E. Gyimah-Boadi / Overseas Development Institute, 2007
- Does governance matter? This paper explores the role of governance in aid effectiveness, pointing to policy recommendations (specifically with regards to Irish Aid) on how aid policy should be linked to governance in developing countr...
- What are the key transforming factors in public governance?
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2007
- This paper provides an overview of public governance indicators, briefly discussing their pros and cons. It also evaluates existing methodologies such as data collection, sampling, aggregation methods, and applicability of results. ...
- The media's role in empowering vulnerable groups
- J. Deane; E. McCall; A. Wilde / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2006
- This guidance note focuses on the role of information and communication in empowering vulnerable groups, and particularly centres on strategies that can strengthen the media to play this role. The authors take account of the UN...
- Highlighting the need to recognise customary land rights in Africa
- L.A. Wily / United Nations Development Programme, 2006
- The main argument of this paper is that insecurity of land tenure is a socio-political condition that can be made and unmade. This discussion paper focuses on customary land rights, particularly in the African context. The paper revea...
- Under which conditions can decentralisation help to defuse conflict?
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2006
- Although decentralisation is often advocated as an instrument for conflict transformation and securing peace, little attention has been given to the conditions under which decentralisation might have positive effects or, alternatively...
- How to understand the political context of policy processes?
- R. Nash; A. Hudson; C. Luttrell / Overseas Development Institute, 2006
- This toolkit describes a range of tools that civil society organisations (CSOs) might use to understand and map political context, in order to engage more effectively in policy processes. It introduces a series of tools tha...
- Outlines a participatory approach for the development of governance indicators
- C. Scott ; A. Wilde / United Nations Development Programme, 2006
- The aim of the guide is to provide a framework for generating pro-poor gender sensitive indicators to assist policy-makers monitor and evaluate democratic governance at the country level. The guide uses International IDEA’...
- 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)
