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    Young democracies in the balance: lessons for the international community

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2008
    In the last few years democracy promotion has gone high up on the agenda of the international community and aid agencies. It has been observed that countries like Thailand, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Russia are going backwards in terms of democracy leading to concerns about the viability of this regime type in the developing world.
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    Mozambique democracy and political participation

    Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2009
    The quality of governance is a major determinant for the success or failure of nations. This report uses data from interviews and literature reviews to examine the health of Mozambique’s democracy and the quality of political participation in the country. Its aim is to contribute to consolidating democracy and strengthening political participation.
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    Reforms at a standstill for the Taëf Government of Lebanon

    The Arab Reform Initiative, 2009
    This report provides a critical assessment of the state of reform for the Taëf government of Lebanon, reviewing the pattern and pace of progress. The report considers the reformist ethos of the Taëf Government; omissions of reform and the considerable obstacles that must be overcome by a weakened state. The paper offers a number of findings, including:
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    Education and democratic preferences

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2009
    This paper examines the causal link between education and democracy. Motivated by a model whereby educated individuals are in a better position to assess the effects of public policies and hence favour democracy where their opinions matter, the empirical analysis uses World Values Surveys to study the link between education and democratic attitudes. Findings:
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    Reforms and counter-reforms in Bolivia

    International Data Base, 2009
    This paper analyzes reforms and counter-reforms in Bolivia in recent decades and their effects on the policymaking process (PMP) and productivity. Bolivia’s PMP has shifted from a formal representative democracy to a 'participative and direct type of democracy' where street protest and other non-conventional forms of political participation have become dominant.
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    Institutional quality and fiscal transparency

    Sustainable Development Department, Inter-American Development Bank, 2009
    Despite the worldwide attention that has been paid to transparency in the last decade, empirical studies on its determinants are still quite limited. Relying solely on economic factors while disregarding institutional concerns may be misleading. This paper investigates the role of the institutional environment in shaping the informational structure of various national systems.
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    Resource dependence and budget transparency

    Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2008
    This paper analyses the results of the Open Budget Survey 2008 - an evaluation of budget transparency in 85 countries. The authors highlight a number of issues including: 
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    Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2008: political management in international comparison

    Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2008
    The Bertelsmann Transformation Index is composed of the status and management index. In the status index, the BTI examines the current state of democracy and market economy in 125 developing and transformation countries according to a standardized criterion while the management index focuses on the quality of political leadership and governance in shaping change.Findings:
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    Constitutional reform in the Arab world

    The Arab Reform Initiative, 2010
    Constitutional reform in the Arab world derives legitimacy from its importance in the process of modernization, reformulating the relationship between state and society, and effecting changes that reflect evolving ideological and intellectual systems, as well as regional and international political developments.
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    Rwanda: joint governance assessment report

    Local government of Rwanda, 2008
    This report is an assessment of governance in Rwanda and is aimed at establishing a common understanding of governance progress, problems and priorities on the basis of agreed indicators and benchmarks. The report states that its objectives are threefold:

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