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  Trust in public finance: citizens' view on taxation by local authorities in Tanzania

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This paper looks at persistent public resistance to paying local taxes in Tanzania, as evidenced by widespread tax evasion and non-payment of fees and charges. In the standard economic model of taxpayer behaviour, the perceived quality of the government does not influence the level of taxes remitted.
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  Engaging the disenfranchised: developing countries and civil society in international governance for sustainable development: an agenda for research

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2004

  This report presents a research agenda to investigate the problems and questions surrounding the participation of both delegates from developing nations, and civil society actors—particularly those from the developing world—in international regimes for sustainable development.The report discusses what it means for each of these groups to be disenfranchised, and outline the specific barriers tha
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  Developing capacity for participatory development in the context of decentralisation: Takalar district, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia

  Capacity.org, 2004

  This case study examines how Takalar district in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi took up the challenge of tackling rural poverty through the use of participatory development and community empowerment methodologies.Between 1997 and 2002 Takalar district and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) introduced a model of participatory development known as the Sistem Dukungan,
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  Increasing women’s representation in Iraq: what strategies would work best?

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2004

  This briefing document summarises some of the main policy options used for securing women’s inclusion in all Iraqi governing bodies. These strategies can be adopted for election or appointment to the Governorate Election Caucus, the Transitional National Authority, the national legislature, any regional or local bodies, and other public offices, such as commissions.
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  Alliances against poverty: DFID’s experience in Peru 2000-2005

  Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2005

  This book offers a reflection on some of DFID’s recent experiences in Peru. The book’s central theme is how DFID identified new means for applying rights-based approaches to country programming through the concept of active citizenship. It did this within an evolving strategy of supporting both state and society actors separately as well as facilitating their working together on shared agendas.
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  Globalising women's rights: confronting unequal development between the UN rights framework and the WTO trade agreements

  Women in Development Europe, 2004

  This paper is a report of WIDE’s annual conference from 2004, held at the Gustav-Stresemann-Institute, in Bonn from 21-22 May. The report includes summaries of the main seminars held.
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  Women's political participation and good governance: 21st century challenges

  United Nations Development Programme, 2000

  Launched during the General Assembly Special Session on Beijing +5, this paper contains studies illustrating that despite substantial obstacles, women decision makers in developing countries have already begun to put a distinctive stamp on governance mechanisms, institutions and broader political debates.
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  Women, the state, and the travails of decentralising the Nigerian Federation

  West Africa Review, 2000

  In this essay focusing on Southern Nigeria, the author claims that women have been deliberately and consciously excluded from political participation.
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  Issues and options for improving engagement between the World Bank and Civil Society Organizations

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper assesses the World Bank’s recent relations with civil society organisations (CSOs).
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  What is the rights-based approach all about?: perspectives from international development agencies

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  In the last few years, there has been growing talk amongst development actors and agencies about a “rights-based” approach to development. Yet what exactly this might consist of remains unclear.

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