Assessing areas of governance
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- 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...
- 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...
