Global initiatives of assessing governance
- Good governance in Nigeria: a study in political economy and donor support
- Inge Amundsen (ed); Adele Jinadu; Tina Søreide / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2010
- Managing for results: a guide to assessing developing countries' capacity
- P. Bastoe (ed); A. Hauge (ed) / Asian Development Bank, 2006
- This guide describes an approach for rapid assessment of a country's capacity for results management. It is constructed on five building blocks that constitute the key factors that influence the demand for results management, namely, ...
- Improving public service provision in Haiti
- K. Crane (ed); J. Dobbins (ed); L. Miller (ed) / RAND Corporation, 2010
- The 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti exposed the weaknesses of Haiti’s state institutions. To be better prepared for future disasters, the government and the international donor community need to build the foundations for a mor...
- How can governance be better addressed in sector operations?
- N. Boesen; European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) / European Commission Humanitarian Office, 2008
- Ensuring sustainable results within sector-specific aid is a challenging task. Often the issue is not a lack of good ideas and funding, but political constraints and institutional issues in and beyond the sector, or what are...
- Undermining democracy: strategies and methods of 21st Century authoritarians
- J. Corrales; D. Kimmage; J. Kurlantzick / Freedom House, 2009
- How effective are Public Financial Management assessements?
- E. Hedger (ed); P. de Renzio (ed) / Overseas Development Institute, 2010
- Government budgets are important to public action and are ways in which policy objectives are selected and acted upon, the necessary resources collected, allocated and spent. Budgeting systems are also vital for donor agencies to ensu...
- Supply and demand of democracy in Mozambique
- J.C. Pereira / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2009
- Civil war, sabotage from neighbouring states, and economic collapse characterised the first decade of Mozambican independence. During most of the civil war, the government was unable to exercise effective control outside of urban area...
- Has democracy been positive for Zimbabwe?
- J. Makumbe / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2009
- This paper briefly outlines some of the perceptions of Zimbabweans regarding the various changes that have occurred in the country in the past 10–15 years, particularly where the democratisation process is concerned. The paper s...
- The impact of democracy in Botswana
- E. Fakir / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2009
- Since independence in 1966, Botswana has been a non-racial, multiparty democracy operating within the framework of a constitution, which enshrines freedom of speech, of association, and of worship, and affords all citizens equal right...
- Gauging Sierra Leone’s economic, social and political performance
- A. Jumah (ed) / United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- Sierra Leone is one of the world's poorest countries and recently emerged from civil war. This paper is a reference guide for gauging Sierra Leone’s economic, social and political performance as seen through international indice...
- Good governance in Nigeria: a study in political economy and donor support
- Inge Amundsen (ed); Adele Jinadu; Tina Søreide / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2010
- Managing for results: a guide to assessing developing countries' capacity
- P. Bastoe (ed); A. Hauge (ed) / Asian Development Bank, 2006
- This guide describes an approach for rapid assessment of a country's capacity for results management. It is constructed on five building blocks that constitute the key factors that influence the demand for results management, namely, ...
- Improving public service provision in Haiti
- K. Crane (ed); J. Dobbins (ed); L. Miller (ed) / RAND Corporation, 2010
- The 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti exposed the weaknesses of Haiti’s state institutions. To be better prepared for future disasters, the government and the international donor community need to build the foundations for a mor...
- How can governance be better addressed in sector operations?
- N. Boesen; European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) / European Commission Humanitarian Office, 2008
- Ensuring sustainable results within sector-specific aid is a challenging task. Often the issue is not a lack of good ideas and funding, but political constraints and institutional issues in and beyond the sector, or what are...
- Undermining democracy: strategies and methods of 21st Century authoritarians
- J. Corrales; D. Kimmage; J. Kurlantzick / Freedom House, 2009
- How effective are Public Financial Management assessements?
- E. Hedger (ed); P. de Renzio (ed) / Overseas Development Institute, 2010
- Government budgets are important to public action and are ways in which policy objectives are selected and acted upon, the necessary resources collected, allocated and spent. Budgeting systems are also vital for donor agencies to ensu...
- Supply and demand of democracy in Mozambique
- J.C. Pereira / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2009
- Civil war, sabotage from neighbouring states, and economic collapse characterised the first decade of Mozambican independence. During most of the civil war, the government was unable to exercise effective control outside of urban area...
- Has democracy been positive for Zimbabwe?
- J. Makumbe / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2009
- This paper briefly outlines some of the perceptions of Zimbabweans regarding the various changes that have occurred in the country in the past 10–15 years, particularly where the democratisation process is concerned. The paper s...
- The impact of democracy in Botswana
- E. Fakir / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2009
- Since independence in 1966, Botswana has been a non-racial, multiparty democracy operating within the framework of a constitution, which enshrines freedom of speech, of association, and of worship, and affords all citizens equal right...
- Gauging Sierra Leone’s economic, social and political performance
- A. Jumah (ed) / United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- Sierra Leone is one of the world's poorest countries and recently emerged from civil war. This paper is a reference guide for gauging Sierra Leone’s economic, social and political performance as seen through international indice...
- 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...
