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  Regional strategies for empowering women

  Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2007

  There has been an increase in the participation of women in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region governments. The shift from three percent to seven percent across the board is partly due to the case of Iraq’s enforced twenty-five percent quota for women in parliament.
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  Political institutions and local public goods: evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia

  Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, 2007

  Decentralisation processes in the developing world have raised question about how local political processes affect the provision of local public goods. This paper explores how different local political mechanisms affect the satisfaction of community members in Indonesia.
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  EISA

  EISA strives for the promotion of credible elections, participatory democracy, human rights culture, and the strengthening of governance institutions for the consolidation of democracy in Afri
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  We fall down and get up: state failure, democracy and development in Sierra Leone

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2007

  This document assesses the long-term impact of the 2007 elections in Sierra Leone. It also looks at the broader context of elections in light of poverty, corruption, war and state building. Key points include: 
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  Elections, democracy and stability in Pakistan

  International Crisis Group, 2007

  This paper discusses the current political situation in Pakistan and its implications for democracy and future elections. It argues that President Musharraf faces the most serious challenge to almost eight years of military rule and that the choice is not whether a transition will come, but whether it will be peaceful and orderly, through free and fair elections, or violent.
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  Democracy without people political institutions and citizenship in the new South Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007

  South Africa is widely seen as one of the success stories of the so-called "Third Wave of Democracy". Whilst there is an increasingly widespread public perception that South Africa is providing a high level of democracy, there is little evidence that this success has resulted in greater public demand for democracy.
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  At the heart of change: the role of communication in sustainable development

  Panos Institute, London, 2007

  We have passed the half-way point of the Millennium Development Goals, yet it is almost certain that many countries will fail to reach them. One of the reasons, the authors argue, is that policymakers are neglecting the central role of information, communication and the media for successful development.
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  Bolivia Information Forum Bulletin No. 7, June 2007

  Bolivia Information Forum, 2007

  This report bulletin focuses on recent developments and issues in Bolivia under the current MAS government led by Evo Morales. It particularly focuses on four themes:
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  Local institutions and social policy for children: opportunities and constraints of participatory service delivery

  Young Lives, 2007

  This paper evaluates an attempt in Andhara Pradesh to improve the outreach, quality and accountability of education, health and early childhood development services. The project specifically aims to involve parents closely with their children’s monitoring and management.
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  Institute for Democratic Governance

  As a civil society research, advocacy and capacity building organisation, IDEG is committed to a set of organisational principles and objectives.

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