Global initiatives of assessing governance
- Assessing International Development Association allocation decisions
- B. Leo (ed) / Center for Global Development, USA, 2010
- Several donors have pressed for reforms to increase the share of International Development Association (IDA) resources provided to the neediest and most vulnerable countries during the last few IDA negotiations. The proposed reforms v...
- What are the challenges in developing and applying governance indicators?
- D. Kaufmann (ed); A. Kraay (ed) / World Bank, 2007
- Work on developing governance indicators has made many aware of the difficulties that arise in efforts to measure governance, and in using governance indicators to inform policy decisions. In this short issues paper the authors offer ...
- How can the international community better assist the democratic process in Kenya?
- J. Zeeuw / Fride, 2010
- In early 2008 Kenya was almost on the brink of an all-out civil war after the outcome of a heavily disputed presidential election led to largescale violence between the country’s main ethnic groups. During eight weeks of bo...
- The value of democracy assistance programmes
- R. Youngs / Fride, 2010
- For some years now, donors and non-governmental promotors of democracy have insisted that they are committed to designing democracy policies that are more demand-led. This report provides a comprehensive account of informati...
- Corruption and aid: analysing donor approaches
- I. Kolstad (ed); V. Fritz (ed); T. O'Neil (ed) / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- Corruption is the abuse of public office or entrusted power for private gain. This paper looks at the linkages between good governance, new aid modalities and poverty reduction. It provides a review of the literature relating to corru...
- Assessing the performance of local service providers and decentralized governance in Indonesia
- W. Widyanti (ed); A. Suryahadi (ed); K. Weatherley (ed) / SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2008
- Decentralization has been implemented in Indonesia since 2001. Many efforts to improve it have been supported by international and bilateral donor agencies. The Governance and Decentralization Survey (GDS) is one of the initiatives th...
- Towards more democratic governance assessments
- UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2010
- Democratic governance is central to human development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which provide an enabling environment for reducing poverty. This UNDP strategic plan for 2008-2011, addresses the ne...
- Reinforcing mechanisms and processes for mutual accountability
- M. Martin (ed); G. Rabinowitz; K. Kyrili / The United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2010
- One key thematic focus area for the UN Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) in assessment of trends in development cooperation is reinforcing mutual accountability (MA). This review focuses on the mechanisms and processes in which stak...
- Measuring the need and capacity for reform
- Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2009
- This is a code book to measure the need and capacity for reform using sustainable governance indicators in a given country. It breaks down the main indicators into status of democracy, economic and policy-specific performance, executi...
- Assessing governance quality using citizens’ evaluations
- M. Ivanyna (ed); A. Shah (ed) / World Bank, 2009
- For many years, there has been a proliferation of composite worldwide governance indicators designed to measure various aspects of governance quality for use by the development aid agencies, the media and the academia. This paper prov...
- Assessing International Development Association allocation decisions
- B. Leo (ed) / Center for Global Development, USA, 2010
- Several donors have pressed for reforms to increase the share of International Development Association (IDA) resources provided to the neediest and most vulnerable countries during the last few IDA negotiations. The proposed reforms v...
- What are the challenges in developing and applying governance indicators?
- D. Kaufmann (ed); A. Kraay (ed) / World Bank, 2007
- Work on developing governance indicators has made many aware of the difficulties that arise in efforts to measure governance, and in using governance indicators to inform policy decisions. In this short issues paper the authors offer ...
- How can the international community better assist the democratic process in Kenya?
- J. Zeeuw / Fride, 2010
- In early 2008 Kenya was almost on the brink of an all-out civil war after the outcome of a heavily disputed presidential election led to largescale violence between the country’s main ethnic groups. During eight weeks of bo...
- The value of democracy assistance programmes
- R. Youngs / Fride, 2010
- For some years now, donors and non-governmental promotors of democracy have insisted that they are committed to designing democracy policies that are more demand-led. This report provides a comprehensive account of informati...
- Corruption and aid: analysing donor approaches
- I. Kolstad (ed); V. Fritz (ed); T. O'Neil (ed) / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- Corruption is the abuse of public office or entrusted power for private gain. This paper looks at the linkages between good governance, new aid modalities and poverty reduction. It provides a review of the literature relating to corru...
- Assessing the performance of local service providers and decentralized governance in Indonesia
- W. Widyanti (ed); A. Suryahadi (ed); K. Weatherley (ed) / SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2008
- Decentralization has been implemented in Indonesia since 2001. Many efforts to improve it have been supported by international and bilateral donor agencies. The Governance and Decentralization Survey (GDS) is one of the initiatives th...
- Towards more democratic governance assessments
- UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2010
- Democratic governance is central to human development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which provide an enabling environment for reducing poverty. This UNDP strategic plan for 2008-2011, addresses the ne...
- Reinforcing mechanisms and processes for mutual accountability
- M. Martin (ed); G. Rabinowitz; K. Kyrili / The United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2010
- One key thematic focus area for the UN Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) in assessment of trends in development cooperation is reinforcing mutual accountability (MA). This review focuses on the mechanisms and processes in which stak...
- Measuring the need and capacity for reform
- Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2009
- This is a code book to measure the need and capacity for reform using sustainable governance indicators in a given country. It breaks down the main indicators into status of democracy, economic and policy-specific performance, executi...
- Assessing governance quality using citizens’ evaluations
- M. Ivanyna (ed); A. Shah (ed) / World Bank, 2009
- For many years, there has been a proliferation of composite worldwide governance indicators designed to measure various aspects of governance quality for use by the development aid agencies, the media and the academia. This paper prov...
- 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...
