Assessing areas of governance
- 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...
- 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’...
- Framework for establishing and maintaining sustainable stability
- S. Verstegen; L. van de Goor; J. de Zeeuw / Netherlands Institute of International Relations, 2005
- This framework, developed by the Conflict Research Unit of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, aims to aid policy makers and practitioners in developing strategies for establishing and maintaining sustainable stabili...
- Operationalising approaches to decentralised governance for development
- United Nations Development Programme, 2004
- This note provides guidance to UNDP country offices on how to operationalise approaches to the design, implementation and monitoring of Decentralised Governance for Development (DGD) initiatives in areas where it is believed UNDP can ...
- Governance issues in post conflict situations
- UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2004
- This report provides background papers on governance in post conflict situations, prepared for the United Nations Development Programme’s seminar in Bergen, Norway, May 2004. The report analyses post conflict governance issues an...
- Governance interventions in post-war situations
- Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
- This paper addresses governance issues in post-war situations as these are dealt with in three sets of literature: the growing case-based knowledge arising from the experience in internationally-assisted transitions fr...
- How can decision makers account for their commitment to poverty reduction?
- S. Gloppen; L. Rakner; A. Tostensen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2003
- Since adopting the Millennium Development Goals, almost all bilateral and multilateral donor agencies have adopted poverty reduction as their overriding objective. Yet progress on the ground appears slow; with some countries even regr...
- What are the indicators of the impact of governance on growth?
- S. Knack / US Agency for International Development, 2002
- An emerging consensus among development and growth economists views good governance as a prerequisite to sustained increases in living standards. However measuring the impact of institutions and the quality of governance upon economic...
- 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...
- 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’...
- Framework for establishing and maintaining sustainable stability
- S. Verstegen; L. van de Goor; J. de Zeeuw / Netherlands Institute of International Relations, 2005
- This framework, developed by the Conflict Research Unit of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, aims to aid policy makers and practitioners in developing strategies for establishing and maintaining sustainable stabili...
- Operationalising approaches to decentralised governance for development
- United Nations Development Programme, 2004
- This note provides guidance to UNDP country offices on how to operationalise approaches to the design, implementation and monitoring of Decentralised Governance for Development (DGD) initiatives in areas where it is believed UNDP can ...
- Governance issues in post conflict situations
- UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2004
- This report provides background papers on governance in post conflict situations, prepared for the United Nations Development Programme’s seminar in Bergen, Norway, May 2004. The report analyses post conflict governance issues an...
- Governance interventions in post-war situations
- Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
- This paper addresses governance issues in post-war situations as these are dealt with in three sets of literature: the growing case-based knowledge arising from the experience in internationally-assisted transitions fr...
- How can decision makers account for their commitment to poverty reduction?
- S. Gloppen; L. Rakner; A. Tostensen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2003
- Since adopting the Millennium Development Goals, almost all bilateral and multilateral donor agencies have adopted poverty reduction as their overriding objective. Yet progress on the ground appears slow; with some countries even regr...
- What are the indicators of the impact of governance on growth?
- S. Knack / US Agency for International Development, 2002
- An emerging consensus among development and growth economists views good governance as a prerequisite to sustained increases in living standards. However measuring the impact of institutions and the quality of governance upon economic...
- Will the 1990's be the 'decade of broken promises'?
- J. Vandemoortele / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2002
- This paper argues that if MDGs appear feasible at the global level, it does not necessarily imply that they will be feasible in all nations or at all locations. Averages are commonly used at each level to measure MDG progress, which c...
- 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...
