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    The contribution of ICT to freedom and democracy: an empirical analysis of archival data on the Middle East

    Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, 2008
    This paper examines the extent to which ICT expansion is impacting social and political freedoms in ten countries of the Middle Eastern region, defined as non-democratic states. It investigates two prominent and interrelated issues in these countries:
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    The Ghana APRM process: a case study

    UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2007
    This paper examines the context within which the Ghana APRM process was conducted, the nature of the assessment, the assessment process, and how the outcome of the assessment process was used.
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    Notes on the Ibrahim Index

    United Nations Development Programme, 2008
    Mo Ibrahim Foundation published a new index in September 2007 ranking the performance of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The Ibrahim Index grades countries on factors such as security, levels of corruption, and respect for human rights. This paper points out a number of limitations of this index.
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    The state of governance in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    Informal, neo-patrimonial power structures partly explain why over 30 years of structural adjustment and calls for good governance have failed to inspire lasting change in Africa. What can be done?
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    The democracy barometers: surveying South Asia

    Democracy Asia, 2008
    This paper discusses results of the first-ever simultaneous survey of attitudes toward democracy in the five countries of South Asia - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - based on a large and representative sample of adult citizens. The survey provides evidence to suggest widespread support for democracy throughout the region.
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    Governance and state delivery in Southern Africa

    Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2007
    This document is composed of three papers: the contributions on Namibia and Botswana look at the extent to which these countries are able to set standards in terms of well functioning democracies; the paper on Zimbabwe argues that the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) should be enforced as a way out of the current impasse.
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    Background paper on access to justice indicators in the Asia-Pacific region

    United Nations Development Programme, 2003
    This paper reviews the indicators used to measure impacts and processes of access to justice and justice-related programs across the Asia-Pacific region and their limitations to assess improvements on access to justice by poor and disadvantaged groups.
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    The APRM A case study in democratic institution building?

    Institute for Security Studies, 2007
    The New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) arose out of the need to attend to the sluggish democratic transitions in Africa as well as the stagnation of African development in general.
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    Where is Africa going? views from below. A compendium of trends in public opinion in 12 African countries, 1999-2006

    Afrobarometer, 2006
    This compendium summarises both continental trends and divergent country directions. It is based on three rounds of Afrobarometer public opinion surveys, 1999-2006.
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    Corruption and governance measurement tools in Latin American countries

    Transparency International, 2006
    This study identifies and presents the international, national and local tools that measure corruption and good governance in Latin America.

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