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Gender Database l Global Database of Quotas for Women
26 March 2013 | comparative indicators, electoral systems, gender, gender indicators, global initiative, quotasIn liason International IDEA, Inter-Parliamentary Union and Stockholm University have developed a global database of quotas for women. The Database reveals that the use of electoral...
OGP Still Developing Review Mechanism for Action Plans | Freedom Info
19 April 2012 | civ society, global initiative, integrity, ogp, open government, transparency19 April 2012 The process through which the Open Government Partnership will review the implementation of national action plans is still being developed, according to OPG Steering Committee members....
Blogpost: PEFA Quality Assurance – Will the Check Bounce?
19 March 2012 | blogpost, commentary, economic governance, global initiative, pfmThe PEFA Program has recently announced a new “PEFA Check” (see the March 12 PFM blog post) mechanism to enhance the quality of PEFA assessment reports. This initiative was approved by the Steering...
Launch: United States Peace Index (Vision of Humanity, 7 April 2011)
07 April 2011 | conflict, country initiative, global initiative, peace, prison system, usaLaunched April 6, 2011 The inaugural United States Peace Index, created by the international think tank, Institute for Economics and Peace is the first-ever ranking of the fifty U.S. states based on...
Tax: Global Forum delivers global report card (OECD, 1 Oct 2010)
01 October 2010 | global initiative, press release, taxation, transparencyThe Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes today issued phase one peer reviews covering the legal and regulatory frameworks for transparency and exchange of tax...
blogpost: World Bank multi-regional training and learning initiative for M&E and Performance Management (PFM Blog, 14 June 2010)
15 June 2010 | blogpost, global initiative, m&e, public admin, public financeThe World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group, together with partner institutions,1/ is launching a new multiregional training and learning initiative to "contribute to strengthening the monitoring...
The Global Peace index
04 February 2010 | conflict, global index, global initiative, methodology, peaceNew page: The Global Peace Index aims at making the data comparable over time in order to shed more light into the mechanisms that nurture and sustain peace and in the 2007 has worked to quantify...