Institutional development
Analysing and sharing best practice in developing institutions as a means to creating robust and democratic states – covering legal and judicial reform; parliamentary development and the media.
Latest Documents
- Revenue reform and statebuilding in Anglophone Africa
- M. Moore / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
- Within the development field, tax administration reform is an area of relative success. Over the past two decades, the national revenue systems of most countries in anglophone Africa have undergone major reforms. These comprise, in pa...
- Policies to enable democratic policing of Kenyan elections
- Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies, 2013
- The 2007 elections spawned Kenya’s worst election-related violence and resulted in sharp criticism of the police. In light of lessons from 2007, and also from previous elections, this Policy Brief presents arguments for the adop...
- Climate legislation study: a review of climate change legislation in 33 countries (third edition)
- T. Townshend; S. Fankhauser; R. Aybar / GLOBE International, 2013
- This review of climate change legislation in 33 countries shows that developing countries are leading action on climate change. Overall, there has been significant progress in the climate and/or energy-related legislation of almost al...
- Has Africa's social contract been between state and individuals or state and communities?
- D.K. Leonard / Wiley Online Library, 2013
- This paper shows that assumptions derived from the classical social contract theorists frequently lead the international community astray as it attempts to rebuild a number of African states. The paper illustrates that the historical ...
- Briefing outlining the debate over principles and mechanisms for delivering adaptation funds
- T. Mitchell; S. Anderson; S. Huq / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex [ES], 2008
- This briefing aims to stimulate debate on the relevant principles and mechanisms for effective adaptation delivery. It highlights the context of the debate noting that funding must increase significantly to match the needs of developi...
- Technical, financial and organisational issues to consider when using hybrid mini-grids for rural electrification
- S. Rolland; C. Guerrero / USA Agency for International Development, 2011
- There are currently around 1.5 billion people in the world without access to electricity. This report summarises lessons learned from hybrid mini-grid projects implemented by members of the Alliance for Rural Development (ARE) and pro...
- Paper exploring the possibility of standard practices to climate change policy
- S. A. Mason-Case; L. del Villar; D. Olawuyi; B. Mayer / International Development Law Organisation, 2011
- This paper highlights the challenges that governments face in implementing their international climate change policy commitments and the means to addressing these challenges. The authors note that international action on climate chang...
- Summary of the SREX report on future climate extremes and risk management in Asia
- C. Cameron (ed); G. Norrington-Davies (ed); V. te Velde (ed) / Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
- This report is a summary of the 'Special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation' (SREX) from an Asian perspective. The report was written over two and a half years and it has ...
- Summary of the SREX report on climate extremes and risk management from an African perspective
- C. Cameron (ed); G. Norrington-Davies (ed); V. te Velde (ed) / Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
- This report is a summary of the 'Special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation' (SREX) from an African perspective. The report was compiled over two and a half years by over ...
- Comparing contemporary climate risk screening tools and mainstreaming guidelines
- Anne Olhoff; Caroline Schaer / United Nations Development Programme, 2010
- This report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), takes stock of the numerous climate risk screening tools and mainstreaming guidelines. It presents their relative strengths and weaknesses, with the aim of ...
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