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Open Budget Index 2008
International Budget Partnership, 2008The Open Budget Survey seeks to provide government officials, legislators, development practitioners, civil society organizations, journalists, and researchers with an independent, comparative measure of government budget transparency in 85 countries around the world.DocumentHealth systems and the right to health: an assessment of 194 countries
AED Center for Global Health Communication and Marketing, 200860 years ago the Universal Declaration of Human Rights laid the foundations for the right to the highest attainable standard of health. This right is central to the creation of equitable health systems.DocumentGovernance assessments and domestic accountability: feeding domestic debate and changing aid practices
Fride, 2009This paper follows on from recently completed research that investigated the impact of donor harmonisation on domestic processes of democratisation. The aim of this research is to further inform donors on how they can operationally redirect their day to day work, if the rhetoric of both partnership and domestic accountability is to be taken seriously.DocumentAnalysing and addressing governance in sector operations
EuropeAid Co-operation Office, 2008Ensuring sustainable results with sector aid and sector programmes can be a challenge as a result of governance constraints within the sector. The importance of addressing governance weaknesses at sector level is increasingly recognized as a precondition for attaining results and achieving sustainable development.DocumentThe global financial crisis: risks for fragile states in Africa
Overseas Development Institute, 2009This commentary brief considers the risks of the global financial crisis to fragile states, particularly in Africa. The author writes that it poses a serious threat to global peace and security and has the potential to create the conditions whereby policy disputes spiral into instability – violent or non-violent.DocumentA mandate to mainstream: promoting gender equality in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2009Gender mainstreaming is an example of policy transferred across different national contexts and has been added to the mix of international prescriptions for rebuilding the Afghan state. This study explores the ways that mainstreaming is being implemented in Afghanistan. It examines whether it could be useful or effective as one of various means to further gender equality.DocumentCompensating for climate change: principles and lessons for equitable adaptation funding
ActionAid International, 2007There are significant gaps between funds pledged and the needs of developing countries struggling to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Additionally, there has been insufficient attention to the question of which funding mechanisms are most appropriate for serving communities affected by climate change.DocumentAccountability in poverty reduction strategies: the role of empowerment and participation
Social Development, World Bank, 2007This paper is part of a research project analysing the participation of stakeholders beyond the drafting process of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). A number of constraints impede meaningful participation in many countries. However, exceptions demonstrate that meaningful participation in PRS processes is possible.DocumentDonor support to political parties: status and principles
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007With financing of political parties a recurrent problem in many developing and transitional countries, donors are increasingly rendering support to political parties - almost always in indirect ways. This paper outlines the modalities, principles and practices of donor support to political parties.DocumentDevelopmental states in the new millennium: concepts and challenges for a new aid agenda
Development Policy Review, 2007The developmental state is back at the centre of the international policy debate, yet policy-makers still have much to learn from the large research-based literature on the subject. This article, which introduces a special theme-based edition of Development Policy Review, discusses some of the concepts and challenges surrounding the developmental state and its incorporation in the aid agenda.Pages
