Country Initiatives of assessing governance
- Nepal: assessing social exclusion, economic and social development
- A. Das (ed); M. Hatlebakk (ed) / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- This paper is a discourse on social exclusion in Nepal. It aims to identify statistically significant economic and social development differences between castes and ethnic groups. It reports on the changes in poverty levels and other ...
- Issues for decentralized planning in Tanzania
- B. Cooksey (ed); I Kikula (ed) / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2010
- This report discusses district level planning as perceived by representatives of different districts in Tanzania. It refers to planning as a process of making choices of interventions in pursuit of sustainable development in relation ...
- Rwanda joint governance assessment report: monitoring progress
- A. Duncan (ed); G. Williams (ed); T. Sheehy (ed) / Local government of Rwanda, 2008
- This report is an assessment of governance in Rwanda and is aimed at establishing a common understanding of governance progress, problems and priorities on the basis of agreed indicators and benchmarks. The report states that i...
- Assessing the quality of life in a county
- D. Zachary / Applied Survey Research, 2006
- Santa Cruz County, California has one of the oldest community indicator projects, with the first year of its Community Assessment Project (CAP) starting in 1994 and continuing through 2006 and beyond. This paper outlines the hi...
- Citizen activism defeats Zambian President's anti-democratic plans
- C. Chella; S. Kabanda / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2005
- In 2001, Zambian President Frederick Chiluba tried to change the country’s constitution to allow him to run for a third term. However, a civil society-led campaign forced the President to abandon the plan. This paper ...
- Collective action on the environment offers lessons in Uganda
- B. Twesigye / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
- This paper highlights the role played by citizens who launched a campaign to prevent Uganda’s celebrated natural forest, the Mabira Central Forest Reserve, from being donated to a private sugar-growing and processing company. Th...
- Making governance assessments nationally owned
- G. Hyden / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2007
- This paper focuses on the challenges for making governance assessments nationally owned, which is a requirement under the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness. The author says that making governance assessments nationally-owned does...
- Measuring and tracking the performance of local governments in Indonesia
- World Bank Research, 2008
- Indonesia has been transformed from a highly centralised country into one of the most decentralised countries. Since 2001, local governments (LGs) have become the main drivers of public service delivery, and have had to dramatically e...
- Governments and donors coordinating governance assessments
- G. Williams; A. Duncan; P. Landell-Mills; S. Unsworth; T. Sheehy / The Policy Practice, 2009
- A joint governance assessment (JGA) aims to bring government and development partners together to undertake a joint assessment of governance performance based on commonly agreed indicators. The first assessment of this kind was undert...
- Corruption in the Philippines: 2006-2007 enterprise survey results
- Social Weather Stations, 2007
- This booklet presents the findings of surveys of enterprises on corruption in Phillipines. The surveys are a part of a project to promote transparency and accountability in government and to help build a counter-corruption cultu...
- Nepal: assessing social exclusion, economic and social development
- A. Das (ed); M. Hatlebakk (ed) / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- This paper is a discourse on social exclusion in Nepal. It aims to identify statistically significant economic and social development differences between castes and ethnic groups. It reports on the changes in poverty levels and other ...
- Issues for decentralized planning in Tanzania
- B. Cooksey (ed); I Kikula (ed) / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2010
- This report discusses district level planning as perceived by representatives of different districts in Tanzania. It refers to planning as a process of making choices of interventions in pursuit of sustainable development in relation ...
- Rwanda joint governance assessment report: monitoring progress
- A. Duncan (ed); G. Williams (ed); T. Sheehy (ed) / Local government of Rwanda, 2008
- This report is an assessment of governance in Rwanda and is aimed at establishing a common understanding of governance progress, problems and priorities on the basis of agreed indicators and benchmarks. The report states that i...
- Assessing the quality of life in a county
- D. Zachary / Applied Survey Research, 2006
- Santa Cruz County, California has one of the oldest community indicator projects, with the first year of its Community Assessment Project (CAP) starting in 1994 and continuing through 2006 and beyond. This paper outlines the hi...
- Citizen activism defeats Zambian President's anti-democratic plans
- C. Chella; S. Kabanda / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2005
- In 2001, Zambian President Frederick Chiluba tried to change the country’s constitution to allow him to run for a third term. However, a civil society-led campaign forced the President to abandon the plan. This paper ...
- Collective action on the environment offers lessons in Uganda
- B. Twesigye / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
- This paper highlights the role played by citizens who launched a campaign to prevent Uganda’s celebrated natural forest, the Mabira Central Forest Reserve, from being donated to a private sugar-growing and processing company. Th...
- Making governance assessments nationally owned
- G. Hyden / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2007
- This paper focuses on the challenges for making governance assessments nationally owned, which is a requirement under the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness. The author says that making governance assessments nationally-owned does...
- Measuring and tracking the performance of local governments in Indonesia
- World Bank Research, 2008
- Indonesia has been transformed from a highly centralised country into one of the most decentralised countries. Since 2001, local governments (LGs) have become the main drivers of public service delivery, and have had to dramatically e...
- Governments and donors coordinating governance assessments
- G. Williams; A. Duncan; P. Landell-Mills; S. Unsworth; T. Sheehy / The Policy Practice, 2009
- A joint governance assessment (JGA) aims to bring government and development partners together to undertake a joint assessment of governance performance based on commonly agreed indicators. The first assessment of this kind was undert...
- Corruption in the Philippines: 2006-2007 enterprise survey results
- Social Weather Stations, 2007
- This booklet presents the findings of surveys of enterprises on corruption in Phillipines. The surveys are a part of a project to promote transparency and accountability in government and to help build a counter-corruption cultu...
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