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  Practitioners reflections: making a difference in high corruption and weak governance country environments

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

  Good governance involves capable, accountable, transparent, and responsive states. Unfortunately, in many developing countries, weaknesses in these attributes are a grim reality, which, in turn, gives rise to pervasive corruption.
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  Active citizens, accountable governments

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2011

  Throughout Latin America a diverse range of interest groups form a vibrant and innovative civil society. These groups are the driving force behind progress towards greater transparency, decentralization of decision-making and consolidation of democracy.
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  Social media in the Arab World: leading up to the uprisings of 2011

  Center for International Media Action, 2011

  The Arab world has experienced an awakening of free expression that has now entered the body politic of Tunisia and Egypt and has helped break down the strangle hold of state sponsored media and information monopolies in those countries.
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  Public procurement and corruption in Bangladesh: confronting the challenges and opportunities

  Academic Journals, 2010

  Public procurement has been a neglected area of academic research yet it is a major function of government. Policy makers, professionals and academics are aware of the importance of public procurement in facilitating government operations in both developed and developing new democracies like Bangladesh.
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  Reform without ownership? Dilemmas in supporting security and justice sector reform in Honduras

  Fride, 2010

  The citizens of Honduras have been plagued with insecurity since the 2009 coup d’état which brought to the fore a sustained crisis of security and legitimacy making the political equilibrium very fragile.
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  Power, politics, and change: how international actors assess local context

  International Peace Institute, 2010

  In the recent past, donor governments and international organizations have come up with frameworks and tools to assess governance, conflict, and fragility. This report argues that these assessment tools are fraught with a multiplicity of contradictory objectives underpinned by deep unstated assumptions.
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  The Ibrahim Index 2010 - summary report

  Mo Ibrahim Foundation, 2010

  This Index is ultimately aimed at engaging governments, parliaments, civil society, and citizens in a meaningful conversation about improving governance to the benefit of all Africans. The paper provides findings such as
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  Guide to rule of law country analysis: The rule of law strategic framework

  US Agency for International Development, 2008

  Donors are increasingly recognizing that promoting democratic governance (DG) rooted in the rule of law contributes to long-term, sustainable economic and social development. This guide focuses specifically on the link between the rule of law and democratic governance, with particular attention to the empowerment of the poor.
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  Managing change and cultivating opportunity: the case for a capability index measuring countries' ability to manage change

  Overseas Development Institute, 2011

  Countries are constantly confronted with financial crises, natural disasters or long-term widespread processes that affect their fundamental structure over time. It is important to understand the capability of a country to manage these different types of change. This paper examines the various types of capability that may determine a country’s ability to manage change to its own advantage.
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  Contextualising conceptions of corruption: challenges for the international anti-corruption campaign

  German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2009

  In the recent past, international organisations, governments,non-governmental organisations and academics have been paying increasing attention to corruption. There was initially consensus that corruption has negative effects on development, macroeconomics, rule of law anddemocracy, and on social expenditure.

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