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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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    For good measure: devolving accountability for performance and assessment to local areas

    Localis, 2010
    This report is a contribution to the debate on the future of local government performance and assessment. In it the author outlines the possibility of reducing the burden of inspection on councils, while simultaneously increasing local accountability and the level of sector-led assistance and support.
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    Empowering Maasai women in Tanzania

    2010
    Maasai women are among the poorest and most marginalised groups in Tanzanian society. A local women-led organisation – the Pastoral Women’s Council – works to improve the lives of Maasai pastoralist women and children by increasing their access to social services and economic empowerment.
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    Advocacy in the age of authoritarianism: adjustments of all sorts in Egypt

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    The focus of this paper is on the top-down introduction of advocacy in the Egyptian context in the 1990s as part of the bid to promote democratisation in the Arab world. The paper argues that in authoritarian contexts, participatory advocacy is contrary to the inhibitive policy environment and the nature of the political culture in place.
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    A new phase in postwar reconstruction

    Tiri, 2009
    In nations emerging from war, the immediate postwar period rarely lives up to the hopes and expectations of the country’s citizens or the international community. An upsurge in corruption and a lack of accountability, which frequently become entrenched during this time, can erode trust in democracy and its institutions, thereby eating away at the legitimacy of the postwar state.
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    Tiri

    Tiri is an independent non-governmental organisation that works with governments, business and civil society in an attempt to find practical solutions to making integrity work.
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    The people's survey pilot 2006

    Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, 2006
    The people’s survey (the “Survey”) was conceived as one of the components of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Soloman Islands (RAMSI). A performance framework (the “Framework”) was established that would provide indicators for measuring country-level and program-level objectives and outcomes (RAMSI, 2005).
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    An introduction to human rights in the Middle East & North Africa: a guide for NGOs

    Network Learning, 2009
    The international human rights system has been slow to develop in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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    Participatory gender analysis: a tool to promote gender equity within the Union Parishad in Bangladesh

    Intercooperation Bangladesh, 2009
    These guidelines have been prepared as a tool for conducting participatory discussion and analysis on the social position and condition of men and women within the context of the Union Parishad (UP) regional structure in Bangladesh.
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    Local governance self assessment: guidelines for facilitators

    Intercooperation Bangladesh, 2009
    Local government promises to be more responsive to people's demands, more effective in service delivery and more accountable when citizens participate in local governance. This can be achieved through public meetings, grievance procedures, civil society group activities, opinion surveys, elections, and media involvement.

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