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    The effectiveness of the state, intergovernmental relations, and the success or failure of the international strategy in Afghanistan

    Urban Institute, USA, 2010
    This policy brief raises awareness about Afghanistan’s territorial structure and the current system of intergovernmental relations that are hindering effective delivery of public services. It highlights corruption as a symptom of this dysfunction manifesting the structural weaknesses in the Afghan state’s organization.
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    Why accountability matters

    Overseas Development Institute, 2010
    This paper states that strengthening accountability is fundamentally a political activity, requiring a robust understanding of local politics combined with smarter and more flexible ways of delivering aid and technical support.
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    Opportunities for inclusive participation and national ownership

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    The demand for measuring democracy, human rights and governance is increasing from international development partners. This report is a record of the proceedings of a seminar which focused on governance assessments in the context of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and its principles.
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    Measuring and monitoring governance by listening to the people and not the interest groups

    World Bank, 2009
    For many years, there has been a proliferation of composite worldwide governance indicators designed to measure various aspects of governance quality for use by the development aid agencies, the media and the academia. This paper provides a conceptual framework for measuring governance quality using citizens’ evaluations consistently across countries over time.
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    Building accountable justice in Sierra Leone

    Fride, 2009
    It is widely recognised that an important challenge for Sierra Leone as it rebuilds its state institutions is to strengthen the accountability and responsiveness of these institutions to citizens, as unaccountable and unresponsive governance has historically been a driver of conflict within the country.
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    Domestic accountability and agency reform

    Fride, 2009
    In July 2009, FRIDE hosted researchers and policy makers to a seminar to heighten awareness about the current challenges governance assessments pose to aid partnerships and domestic accountability.
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    Open Budget Initiative (OBI)

    The Open Budget Initiative (Initiative) is a global research and advocacy program which seeks to promote public access to budget information and the adoption of accountable budget systems.
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    Revenue authorities and state capacity in Anglophone Africa

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008
    Since the 1990s, many African Anglophone countries have established semi-autonomous revenue authorities ( ARAs ) which are separate from ministries of finance. This article examines the experiences of these ARAs in relation to the interactions between African countries and international aid and development organizations.
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    Democracy and good governance in the Black Sea Region

    Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2010
    This policy report assesses the quality of the existing democratic institutions and identifies common structures in the political and societal development of the Black Sea region by comparing ten countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. This report also provides details of issues such as:
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    Zambian citizens, democracy and political participation

    Afrobarometer, 2010
    The end of one-party rule in Zambia towards the end of the 1980’s, resulted in Zambians getting an opportunity to monitor the performance of their government on governance issues with a view to helping to shape their own destiny.

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