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Regional initiatives of assessing governance

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Assessing conflict-democracy links: a methodology
M. Chernic; J. Bailey / Georgetown University, 2005
This paper presents a seven-step methodology designed to analyse violent conflict, assess democratic governance and understand the relationships between the two. It has been developed principally as a tool of analysis to study the nat...
Index of African governance 2009
R.I. Rotberg; R.M. Gisselquist / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2009
The 2009 Index of African Governance seeks to measure the degree to which five categories of political goods - Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Opport...
Pitfalls of public consultations
R. M a t t e s / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
The opinions of the general public are as important as those of the elite if a country wishes to achieve a comprehensive self-assessment process, such as the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). But gathering and measuring the opinio...
How independent are think tanks?
O. I b e a n u / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
This paper analyses the relationship between privately and publicly funded policy research institutions ('think-tanks') and government, and the extent to which that relationship may change commensurate with the extent of government fu...
Lack of constitutionalism hits African governance
Y. T u r i a n s k y i / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
This paper analyses the discussion and recommendations about Africa's pressing political governance issues - including the separation of powers, election management and corruption - from the APRM reports of Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, South...
Why did the media ignore the African Peer Review Mechanism?
B. Boyle / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has not generated a national conversation in South Africa. This paper investigates the reasons for this failure of the APRM. Among the reasons, the author argues, is the failure of t...
A tool for the rapid assessment of judicial corruption
The Due Process of Law Foundation, 2007
This guide provides a tool for the rapid assessment of judicial corruption and the development of reform proposals, with special reference to Latin America. It begins by introducing concepts associated with corruption in ge...
Local alternatives to international corruption survyes
A. Hakobyan; M. Wolkers / Transparency International, 2004
This paper presents the results of a mapping exercise which assessed how national and local tools could provide a counterweight to international corruption surveys (risk assessments, perception indices and others, whose aim is often t...
Impact of violent conflict on democratic governance
M. Chernick; J. Bailey / Georgetown University, 2005
This study presents a methodology of conflict prevention and early warning for Latin America. Designed as an instrument to assess the impact of multiple forms of violent conflict and political crisis on democratic governance, the meth...
Assessing the struggles and successes of the African Peer Review Mechanism
S. Gruzd / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
This paper analyses the impact of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). It examines the APRM’s relationship with the African Union (AU), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) and other governance initiat...
Items 111 to 120 of 139

Items 111 to 120 of 139

Assessing conflict-democracy links: a methodology
M. Chernic; J. Bailey / Georgetown University, 2005
This paper presents a seven-step methodology designed to analyse violent conflict, assess democratic governance and understand the relationships between the two. It has been developed principally as a tool of analysis to study the nat...
Index of African governance 2009
R.I. Rotberg; R.M. Gisselquist / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2009
The 2009 Index of African Governance seeks to measure the degree to which five categories of political goods - Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Opport...
Pitfalls of public consultations
R. M a t t e s / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
The opinions of the general public are as important as those of the elite if a country wishes to achieve a comprehensive self-assessment process, such as the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). But gathering and measuring the opinio...
How independent are think tanks?
O. I b e a n u / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
This paper analyses the relationship between privately and publicly funded policy research institutions ('think-tanks') and government, and the extent to which that relationship may change commensurate with the extent of government fu...
Lack of constitutionalism hits African governance
Y. T u r i a n s k y i / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
This paper analyses the discussion and recommendations about Africa's pressing political governance issues - including the separation of powers, election management and corruption - from the APRM reports of Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, South...
Why did the media ignore the African Peer Review Mechanism?
B. Boyle / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has not generated a national conversation in South Africa. This paper investigates the reasons for this failure of the APRM. Among the reasons, the author argues, is the failure of t...
A tool for the rapid assessment of judicial corruption
The Due Process of Law Foundation, 2007
This guide provides a tool for the rapid assessment of judicial corruption and the development of reform proposals, with special reference to Latin America. It begins by introducing concepts associated with corruption in ge...
Local alternatives to international corruption survyes
A. Hakobyan; M. Wolkers / Transparency International, 2004
This paper presents the results of a mapping exercise which assessed how national and local tools could provide a counterweight to international corruption surveys (risk assessments, perception indices and others, whose aim is often t...
Impact of violent conflict on democratic governance
M. Chernick; J. Bailey / Georgetown University, 2005
This study presents a methodology of conflict prevention and early warning for Latin America. Designed as an instrument to assess the impact of multiple forms of violent conflict and political crisis on democratic governance, the meth...
Assessing the struggles and successes of the African Peer Review Mechanism
S. Gruzd / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
This paper analyses the impact of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). It examines the APRM’s relationship with the African Union (AU), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) and other governance initiat...
Items 111 to 120 of 139

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