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    The state of reform in the Arab World 2009-2010: The Arab Democracy Index

    The Arab Reform Initiative, 2010
    This report seeks to influence the process of democratic transition by providing an index that allows advocates of democracy in the Arab world to monitor the evolution of this process. It could also serve as an important advocacy learning tool for citizens who wish to hold leaders to account and participate in decision making.  Findings include:
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    Politics women's representation in Sudan

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2010
    Women’s political participation is regarded as not only desirable but vital to the advancement of gender equality. In light of this, this report explores women’s representation in Sudan.
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    Mozambique democracy and political participation

    Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2009
    The quality of governance is a major determinant for the success or failure of nations. This report uses data from interviews and literature reviews to examine the health of Mozambique’s democracy and the quality of political participation in the country. Its aim is to contribute to consolidating democracy and strengthening political participation.
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    Assessing women’s political party programmes: best practices and recommendations

    National Democratic Institute, 2008
    This handbook presents the specific elements and approaches that are most effective in encouraging women’s participation and leadership in political parties.
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    A user’s guide to measuring gender-sensitive basic service delivery

    UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2009
    This Guide is intended as a generic and basic tool to map and analyse governance of basic service delivery through a gendered lens. It seeks to improve the measurements of basic services delivery in various areas of governance.
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    Gender and corruption

    Williams College, 2000
    This study, using several independent data sets, investigates the relationship between gender andcorruption. It presents evidence that:
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    Gender sensitive indicators: a reference manual for governments and other stakeholders

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 1999
    This reference manual is designed to assist the user in the selection, use and dissemination of gender-sensitive indicators at the national level. It aims to strike a balance between discussion of theoretical concepts and practical examples.
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    Measuring gender and women’s empowerment using confirmatory factor analysis

    Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 2005
    This paper develops a new method for constructing measures of gender and women’s empowerment with cross-sectional survey data.
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    Measuring democratic governance: a framework for developing for selecting pro-poor and gender sensitive indicators

    United Nations Development Programme, 2006
    The aim of the guide is to provide a framework for generating pro-poor gender sensitive indicators to assist policy-makers monitor and evaluate democratic governance at the country level.The guide uses International IDEA’s Democracy Assessment Framework as the source for the basic principles and values required to derive a set of pro-poor gender sensitive indicators of democratic governance.

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