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No end to poverty without better governance
20 May 2013 | citizen reporting, corruption, good governance, institutional strength, poverty reduction, public service deliveryIn April the World Bank governors endorsed two historic goals: to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to ensure that prosperity is shared. It will take a lot to end poverty: strong growth, more...
UNDP Launches Index of Forestry Protection in Indonesia
17 May 2013 | country index, forest governance, un-reddJAKARTA – May 6 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Indonesia on Monday launched the first comprehensive forest governance index for Indonesia. The index analyses...
Post-2015 l MY World’ Survey – first results – half a million citizens tell the United Nations their priorities
17 May 2013 | crowd-sourced, global, post-2015, public opinion‘MY World’ Survey – first results – half a million citizens tell the United Nations their priorities: “A good education”, “better health care” and “an honest and responsive government” are the...
UN-REDD+ l Valuable breakthrough in Indonesia’s efforts towards improved REDD+ governance
16 May 2013 | asia pacific, data collection, forest governance, ogc, pga, un-reddAfter two years of extensive consultation and involvement from civil society actors, academia and the Government of Indonesia, the Participatory Governance Assessment for REDD+ (PGA) was launched in...
Working paper series on the quality of governance in China debuts - Governance Project
16 May 2013 | asia pacific, authoritarian, governance concept, governance quality, paper, public admin, rural developmentAs part of its ongoing effort to better conceptualize and measure governance, the Governance Project housed at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law held two workshops in...
Post-2015 l Crowdsourcing the next global development agenda
16 May 2013 | crowd-sourced, ict, mobile phones, post-2015, poverty reduction, targetsThe United Nations is using digital media and mobile phone technology to enable people from across the world to take part in setting the next generation of anti-poverty goals. For the first time in...
USA l 10 ways civic hacking is good for cities
16 May 2013 | citizen inclusion, civic hacking, crowd-sourced, open data, transparencyThe first weekend in June, civic-minded technologists across USA will participate in a large-scale hackathon event called the National Day of Civic Hacking, in which several federal agencies will...
Armenia l World Bank Places Governance at the Heart of Higher Education Reform in Armenia
16 May 2013 | accountability, governance and education, higher education, institutional frameworkYEREVAN, May 7, 2013 – “Higher Education Reform in Armenia”, a one-day conference, on May 7, organized by the World Bank and the Ministry of Education, with participation of Government agencies,...
Why good governance should be included in the post-2015 agenda
15 May 2013 | good governance, post-2015Good governance didn’t make it to the Millennium Development Goals when the United Nations established them in 2000, but today, a civil society organization argues there is no reason why fighting...
Launch l Oil, Gas and Minerals for the Public Good: The Revenue Watch 2013 Resource Governance Index
15 May 2013 | extractive, global index, natural resource management, transparencyToday, Revenue Watch Institute is releasing the 2013 Revenue Governance Index. Trillions of dollars in resources lie buried in the backyards of many of the world’s poorest citizens. Oil, gas and...