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  The role of media in fragile situations: a research dialogue across disciplines

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009

  There has been growing evidence in recent years about the significant role of media in determining governance and development outcomes in states often described as fragile, or thought to be experiencing fragility. This report presents the deliberations at a symposium on this theme.
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  Toward the development of international standards for democratic legislatures

  National Democratic Institute, 2007

  Prepared by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), this document is intended as a basis for discussion within the international community regarding standards for the functioning of democratic legislatures. The standards set forth in this document are intended to apply to all national legislatures, whether they are known as a parliament, a congress or a national assembly.
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  Connecting outcomes to indicators: the Santa Cruz, California Community Assessment Project

  Applied Survey Research, 2006

  Santa Cruz County, California has one of the oldest community indicator projects, with the first year of its Community Assessment Project (CAP) starting in 1994 and continuing through 2006 and beyond.
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  Measurement of decent work: discussion paper for the tripartite meeting of experts on the measurement of decent work

  International Labour Organization, 2008

  This paper focuses on the measurement of decent work and, more specifically, how progress towards decent work can be monitored at the country level.
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  Sur International Journal on Human Rights: Issue 9 - Sixty years of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  Sur - International Journal on Human Rights, 2008

  This issue of the Sur Journal on International Human Rights presents a number of papers which critically revisit two issues initially raised 60 years ago by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the indivisibility and the universality of human rights.
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  Democratic ownership and mutual accountability

  Fride, 2008

  This activity brief contains presentations by three development experts on the power relations between donors and recipients of aid and the repercussions of such relations on domestic politics in southern countries.
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  Impact assessment of ICT-for-development projects: a compendium of approaches

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2009

  While there has been an increase in the investment in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects, little is understood about the actual impact of such projects. This, the authors of this compendium argue, reflects a lack of knowledge about how to undertake impact assessment of ICT4D projects.
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  The predatory or virtuous choices governors make: political institutions and economic performance

  Overseas Development Institute, 2008

  This paper explores the idea that political institutions are important determinants of the policies implemented in states.
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  Conducting conflict assessment: a framework for strategy and programme development

  2004

  This document presents a framework to assess conflicts. The framework comprises diagnostic tools that are designed to:
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  Monitoring governance: lessons from international experience

  World Bank, 2001

  This paper develops a set of governance monitoring tools on the basis of international experience.In contrast to efforts to develop a single governance rating, this approach seeks to collect and propose a range of different instruments and procedures under a single umbrella designed to enhance the capacity to monitor government performance.

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