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    Governance in education: transparency and accountability

    International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2006
    There is a wealth of experience in different countries regarding successful approaches to reducing corruption and increasing transparency in the management of the education sector.
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    Governance and getting the private sector to provide better water and sanitation services to the urban poor

    Human Settlements Programme, 2006
    This working paper examines issues related to the governance of private sector water and sanitation services.The author reviews a number of related issues, including:urban water and sanitation issues and the Millennium Development Goalsmisleading controversies over private versus public provision of water and sanitationthe principles of water governance and the dangers of promot
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    Decentralization and service delivery

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2005
    Dissatisfied with centralised approaches to delivering local public services, a large number of countries are decentralising responsibility for these services to lower- level, locally elected governments, with mixed results.
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    Does oil corrupt?: evidence from a natural experiment in West Africa

    ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2006
    This paper is an attempt to deepen knowledge on the relationships between natural resources and corruption. Specifically, the paper attempts to understand whether there is a causal relationship from natural resource abundance to corruption. The paper analyses the case of São Tomé and Príncipe.
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    2006 Corruption Perceptions Index

    Transparency International, 2006
    Transparency International’s 2005 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) measures the perceived level of corruption in 163 countries. It draws on multiple expert opinion surveys that poll perceptions of public sector corruption.
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    Civil society in Angola: inroads, space and accountability

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006
    The primary aim of this report is to develop an understanding of the political role of civil society organisations (CSO) in contemporary Angola. It looks at how civil society can contribute to transparency, accountability and sound management of the rapidly increasing mineral wealth of Angola.
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    Meanings of citizenship in Latin America

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    This paper introduces the Latin American debate on the meanings of citizenship.
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    Eye on EITI: civil society perspectives and recommendations on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

    Publish What You Pay, 2006
    Launched in September 2002, EITI brings together representatives from governments, oil, gas, and mining companies, and civil society to address the paradox that has come to be known as the "resource curse" in which two-thirds of the world’s poorest people inhabit countries rich in natural resources.
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    Triumph, deficit or contestation?: deepening the "deepening democracy" debate

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    This paper focuses on emerging debates in the "deepening democracy" field.
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    Global environmental governance: a reform agenda

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2006
    Since environmental issues entered the international agenda in the early 1970s, global environmental governance (GEG) institutions have been developing rapidly. As a consequence, however, the GEG system has outgrown its original design.

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