Regional initiatives of assessing governance
- Development undermined: low-level corruption
- J.S. Arbache; J. Habyarimana; V. Molini / African Development Indicators, World Bank, 2010
- This essay in the Africa Development Indicators series aims to shed light on a different type of corruption. It introduces the term “quiet corruption” to indicate various types of malpractice of frontline providers that do...
- How successful was the African peer review process in Nigeria?
- L.A. Jinadu / Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2008
- This report seeks to identify the challenges, problems and opportunities which Nigeria’s implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism has opened up for the country’s governance. The report gives details about issues...
- Evaluating the African Peer Review Mechanism process in Burkina Faso
- J. Natielsé (ed) / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2009
- This report is an evaluation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process in Burkina Faso. It examines whether and to what extent the self-assessment complied with the effectiveness and credibility criteria defined by the APRM ...
- Evaluating the African Peer Review Mechanism process in Benin
- G. Badet (ed) / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2008
- This report offers an independent review of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process of governance in Benin. It presents the most important stages in the process from the time Benin signed the APRM MoU until the presentation o...
- What aids social mobility in Latin America?
- V. Azevedo; C.P. Bouillon / Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2009
- This paper reviews evidence on social mobility in Latin America. While Latin America has improved education mobility in recent decades, it still presents lower education mobility than in developed countries. The paper also reviews stu...
- What makes for better policy-making?
- C. Scartascini (ed); E. Stein (ed); M. Tommasi (ed) / Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2009
- In all states, public policies play a fundamental role in influencing economic and social outcomes. This paper builds cross-country indicators of policy capabilities drawing from available broad cross-national sources from the Inter-A...
- Is policy making institutionalised?
- C. Scartascini (ed); M. Tommasi (ed) / Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2009
- Formal analysis of policy-making within the realm of political institutions has deepened the understanding of how political institutions shape economic policies. Other than voting, forming political parties, bargaining in the legislat...
- Assessing democratic development in transit states
- V.D. Shkolnikov / Freedom House, 2009
- Nations in transit 2009 is Freedom House’s comparative study of democratic development from Central Europe to Eurasia. It documents how journalists were once again at risk throughout the region, from Croatia to Uzbekistan, and h...
- What has been the level of constitutional reform in the Arab world?
- A.E. Messaudi / The Arab Reform Initiative, 2010
- Constitutional reform in the Arab world derives legitimacy from its importance in the process of modernization, reformulating the relationship between state and society, and effecting changes that reflect evolving ideological and inte...
- Citizenship in Africa: detailing the struggle
- B. Manby / Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2010
- ‘We needed a war because we needed our identity cards. Without an identity card you are nothing in this country.’ As the author points out, a fighter for the rebel ‘new forces’ in Côte d’Ivoir...
- Development undermined: low-level corruption
- J.S. Arbache; J. Habyarimana; V. Molini / African Development Indicators, World Bank, 2010
- This essay in the Africa Development Indicators series aims to shed light on a different type of corruption. It introduces the term “quiet corruption” to indicate various types of malpractice of frontline providers that do...
- How successful was the African peer review process in Nigeria?
- L.A. Jinadu / Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2008
- This report seeks to identify the challenges, problems and opportunities which Nigeria’s implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism has opened up for the country’s governance. The report gives details about issues...
- Evaluating the African Peer Review Mechanism process in Burkina Faso
- J. Natielsé (ed) / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2009
- This report is an evaluation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process in Burkina Faso. It examines whether and to what extent the self-assessment complied with the effectiveness and credibility criteria defined by the APRM ...
- Evaluating the African Peer Review Mechanism process in Benin
- G. Badet (ed) / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2008
- This report offers an independent review of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process of governance in Benin. It presents the most important stages in the process from the time Benin signed the APRM MoU until the presentation o...
- What aids social mobility in Latin America?
- V. Azevedo; C.P. Bouillon / Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2009
- This paper reviews evidence on social mobility in Latin America. While Latin America has improved education mobility in recent decades, it still presents lower education mobility than in developed countries. The paper also reviews stu...
- What makes for better policy-making?
- C. Scartascini (ed); E. Stein (ed); M. Tommasi (ed) / Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2009
- In all states, public policies play a fundamental role in influencing economic and social outcomes. This paper builds cross-country indicators of policy capabilities drawing from available broad cross-national sources from the Inter-A...
- Is policy making institutionalised?
- C. Scartascini (ed); M. Tommasi (ed) / Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2009
- Formal analysis of policy-making within the realm of political institutions has deepened the understanding of how political institutions shape economic policies. Other than voting, forming political parties, bargaining in the legislat...
- Assessing democratic development in transit states
- V.D. Shkolnikov / Freedom House, 2009
- Nations in transit 2009 is Freedom House’s comparative study of democratic development from Central Europe to Eurasia. It documents how journalists were once again at risk throughout the region, from Croatia to Uzbekistan, and h...
- What has been the level of constitutional reform in the Arab world?
- A.E. Messaudi / The Arab Reform Initiative, 2010
- Constitutional reform in the Arab world derives legitimacy from its importance in the process of modernization, reformulating the relationship between state and society, and effecting changes that reflect evolving ideological and inte...
- Citizenship in Africa: detailing the struggle
- B. Manby / Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2010
- ‘We needed a war because we needed our identity cards. Without an identity card you are nothing in this country.’ As the author points out, a fighter for the rebel ‘new forces’ in Côte d’Ivoir...
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