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Searching with a thematic focus on Governance, Civil Society and governance, Good Governance, Participation

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  Hong Kong Transition Project

  The Hong Kong Transition Project is funded by a competitive research application to the central academic research funding body of the Hong Kong Government, the Research Grants Council.
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  Netherlands Institute for Muliparty Democracy

  The NIMD was established by the Dutch political parties as a response to international requests for support by political parties and groups abroad.
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  National Democratic Institute

  The National Democratonprofit organization working to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide.
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  Political party assessment: Afghanistan

  Netherlands Institute for Muliparty Democracy, 2006

  This report provides an overview the current state of Afghanistan’s emerging political parties. It particularly focuses on parties represented in the National Assembly and discusses the political identity, organisational strength, internal democracy, and electioneering capacity of the 25 parties that were examined in this research. Some of the key findings include:
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  Associations and the exercise of citizenship in new democracies: evidence from São Paulo and Mexico City

  Centre for the Future State, IDS, 2007

  Associations are often seen in democratic theory as ‘schools of democracy’, which play a critical role in producing civic and active citizens. Based on research in São Paulo and Mexico City, this IDS paper argues that this may not be the case in newer democracies with authoritarian legacies.
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  The APRM process in Kenya: a pathway to a new state?

  Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2007

  This report takes a critical look at the self-assessment process conducted in Kenya for the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) from February 2004 through March 2006. The review identifies strengths and weaknesses of the APRM self-assessment in Kenya and examines the engagement of civil society organisations with the process.
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  International Conference on Engaging Communities

  2005 UN and Queensland government organised conference resulting in the Brisbane Declaration on Community Engagement.
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  Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organisations - their perceptions of their relationships with the Government of Tanzania and donors, and their role in poverty reduction and development

  Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2007

  This paper presents findings from a survey of a section of Tanzanian NGOs on their perceptions of their relationships with the government and donors, and their views on their roles and impacts on poverty reduction and development.Key findings of the study indicate that:the relationship between NGOs and the government of Tanzania is expanding and improving, characterised by increased com
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  Triumph, deficit or contestation?: deepening the "deepening democracy" debate

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This paper focuses on emerging debates in the "deepening democracy" field.
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  Essential series: civic engagement

  United Nations Development Programme, 2002

  Looks at the concept of civic engagement as it relates to participation, democratisation and the role of civil society. The key ‘Lessons Learned’ presented on the paper are: including non-state actors in development initiatives is a potential source of enhancing ownership and participatory governance the institutional framework for effective civic engagement requires access to rele

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