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Video l Rewiring Government for Openness, Connection & Choice
27 February 2013 | local governance, open data, open government, participatory, videoSusan Crawford and Beth Noveck in conversation at Social Media Week New York 2013 about open government, social media and technology. Towards the end, Councillor Gail Brewer of NYC talks about the...
Governance Self Assessment in Gujrat
21 February 2013 | asia pacific, community assessment, governance performance, local governance, self-assessmentThe Village Governance Fund (VGF) was introduced by Setus to transform the relationship between donors, NGOs, and communities; and to create platforms for Panchayats to sponsor and monitor the...
Global Integrity Publishes New Data on Municipal Governance in the Philippines
08 February 2013 | anti-corruption assessment, data set, indicators, local governance, methodologyGlobal Integrity is pleased to formally publish a new data set assessing governance and anti-corruption measures at the local level in the Philippines, the Philippines Local Governance Transparency...
Using Twitter to Run Cities Better: Governance @SF311
02 February 2013 | accountability, citizen reporting, ict, local governance, open government, transparency, web2.0It will soon be nearly four years since then San Francisco mayor, Gavin Newsom visited Twitter headquarters. He told Biz Stone (one of the Twitter founders) about how someone from the city had...
Blogpost l Buying Votes versus Supplying Public Services
02 February 2013 | basic service delivery, blogpost, local governance, poverty reductionFor the first time, new research provides direct empirical evidence that where vote-buying practices are more prevalent, goverments invest less in pro-poor services.A survey was designed to be able...
Supporting public oversight by youth in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
11 December 2012 | governance assessment framework, local governance, palestinian territories, service delivery, undp-supported, youthWith the technical support of GAP, the Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund (DGTTF) funded UNDP Programme for Assistance to Palestinian People (PAPP) Project “Support to the Role of Youth...
India l Panchayat l Governance Self Assessment
10 December 2012 | assessment framework, community assessment, local governance, self-assessmentThe Village Governance Fund (VGF) was introduced by Setus to transform the relationship between donors, NGOs, and communities; and to create platforms for Panchayats to sponsor and monitor the...
Macedonian citizens can now give their feedback on the work of local government online
03 December 2012 | citizen monitoring, innovation, local governance, marcedonianFor the first time ever in this country, citizens can now use a free phone-number and an interactive website to give their feedback on the work of local government. By calling the new phone-line...
Índice de Competitividad Social en México 2012
13 July 2012 | competitiveness, latin america, local governance, mexico, undp-supportedEl Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) elaboró un informe sobre Competitividad Social en México. Quizá lo más novedoso de este informe es la forma de entender la competitividad...
Blogpost: Governance and Development: Ignore informal institutions at your own risk
19 June 2012 | blogpost, commentary, institutions, local governanceInformal institutions across the world have considerable influence over their communities. They can determine how poorer groups and rural citizens interact with governance processes, donor projects...