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Searching with a thematic focus on Governance, Good Governance, Participation

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  Battling for corporate accountability:experiences from the titanium mining campaign in Kwale, Kenya

  Participation Group, IDS, 2002

  This paper argues that transnational corporation ventures ought to factor in and mainstream accountability at the early stages of a project, implying that corporate accountability is a process to be nurtured over time. It also outlines a role for civil society actors as being instrumental in creating spaces for engagement with diverse stakeholders.
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  A tale of two houses: the House of Commons, the Big Brother House and the people at home

  E-Democracy Programme [Hansard Society], 2003

  In the UK, there are growing concerns about the disengagement of citizens from political debates and their apathy toward the electoral process. There are calls for a ‘reconnection’ to be made between politicians and citizens.
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  Civil society, the media and internet as tools for creating accountability to poor and disadvantaged groups

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2002

  This report analyses the ways in which civil society and the media contribute to establish more accountable governments in Latin America. It provides a general overview of the trends and changes that affected the development of Latin American societies and the media in the past decade.
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  African decentralization: local actors, powers and accountability

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2003

  This review samples the rapidly expanding literature on decentralization in Africa.
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  Tools to support participatory urban decision making

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2001

  This toolkit to support participatory urban decision-making was prepared as part of the Global Campaign on Urban Governance, a campaign led by UN-HABITAT in collaboration with a whole range of partners, which seeks to contribute to the eradication of poverty through improved urban governance.The toolkit provides information on a continuously growing set of urban management tools which are relat
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  Essential series: civic engagement

  United Nations Development Programme, 2002

  Looks at the concept of civic engagement as it relates to participation, democratisation and the role of civil society. The key ‘Lessons Learned’ presented on the paper are: including non-state actors in development initiatives is a potential source of enhancing ownership and participatory governance the institutional framework for effective civic engagement requires access to rele
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  Global accountability report

  One World Trust, 2003

  Report compares the accountability of Inter-governmental Organisations (IGOs), Trans-national Corporations (TNCs) and International NGOs, assessing eighteen of the world’s most powerful organisations.
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  Mapping accountability: origins, contexts and implications for development

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002

  This paper provides an overview of the political uses and applications of the term accountability in contemporary discourses and practices of development. The first part reflects on the historical origins of competing narratives of accountability and what it means for actors, and the processes in which they are embedded, to be accountable.
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  The corruption fighters' tool kit: civil society experiences and emerging strategies

  U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2001

  The Corruption Fighter's Tool Kit was created to share the experiences of Transparency International's country chapter programmes, best practices, and lessons learned. The aim is to foster discussion, spark ideas, and inspire those fighting corruption around the world. The tool kit presents cases of anti-corruption activities to be replicated or adapted by civil society groups in other countries.
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  Democracy in Nigeria: continuing dialogue(s) for nation-building

  International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2000

  This assessment report entitled is the product of an elaborate consultative process conducted by 42 Nigerian resource persons and contains concrete recommendations to strengthen the process towards establishing lasting democracy in Nigeria.

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