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Securing communities: summaries of key literature on community policing
Overseas Development Institute, 2013This document contains extended summaries of key background texts and readings from both academic and policy literatures which elucidate and debate the definitions, objectives, models and influencing factors of community policing in different contexts. The author states there is an extensive literature on community policing and it was not possible to cover it all in these summaries.DocumentLeague logs improve financial performance in Jigawa
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2012A league log is a spreadsheet for collecting information on monthly submissions to treasury departments by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). The logs record the quality, timeliness and comprehensiveness of monthly returns, and allow the performance of MDAs and the accountants responsible for the returns to be appraised.DocumentLand registry reforms in Lagos State
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2009Several Nigerian states are reforming their land registries. This means that transferring land in Nigeria is becoming far quicker and more secure. The reforms make it more difficult to avoid paying land taxes so state government revenues also benefit.DocumentCivil service pension reforms in Jigawa
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2009The leaflet Better Pensions…and They Cost Less: Civil Service Pension Reforms in Jigawa describes how Jigawa State has reformed civil service pensions and the lessons that can be learned from its experience. Pensioners are paid on time, all arrears have been settled and unclaimed benefits returned.DocumentThe mainstreaming of gender and social inclusion in state policy and planning
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2011SPARC is committed to promoting gender equality and social inclusion in its technical support to state partners, recognising that these are important goals and are vital to poverty elimination and the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).DocumentGuidelines for the conditional grants scheme
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2012The Federal Government allocates part of the federal share of debt-relief gains each year to conditional grants to leverage resources and policy reforms. State and local governments can request funds from the Conditional Grants Scheme (CGS) but must comply with specific criteria and governing guidelines outlined in the MDGs Conditional Grants Scheme Implementation Manual.DocumentKnowledge management toolkit for innovation diaries
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2010The SPARC Knowledge Management Toolkit Innovation Diaries explains how innovation diaries can be used in knowledge management. Innovation diaries capture knowledge which is ephemeral and not likely to be captured by conventional monitoring and reporting.DocumentKnowledge management toolkit for communities of practice
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2010This SPARC Knowledge Management Toolkit briefly describes the knowledge management cycle and how it can provide a working framework for communities of practice – people with common concerns or problems – to extract and share knowledge.DocumentFederal knowledge management strategy
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2012The SPARC Federal Component Knowledge Management Strategy is the framework for knowledge management activities in the SPARC federal component. The strategy is a guide for making operational choices and directing work plans.DocumentKnowledge management strategic plan
State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, 2012The SPARC Knowledge Management Strategic Plan sets out the approach to knowledge management in SPARC. It includes a communication strategy to support knowledge management. This is the third revision of the plan. The strategy describes knowledge management approaches appropriate to states at different stages of the reform process:Pages