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Blogpost (UK): Audit of Political Engagement – a local perspective (LGiU, 4 April 2011)
04 April 2011 | audit, blogpost, civ engagement, localLast night the Hansard Society launched their eighth Audit of Political Engagement – an annual healthcheck on our democratic system and effectiveness of Parliament. Beneath the headline analysis on...
Mobile Mapping for Rapid Field Assessment of Health Infrastructure in Indonesia (MobileActive.org, 4 Oct 2010)
04 October 2010 | asia pacific, data collection, health, indonesia, initiative, local, mapping, technologyThe rural population of eastern Indonesia generally has limited access to health services due to rugged topography, poor roads and limited health resources. Moreover, there are no comprehensive...
Blogpost: Local Council Spending Data in the UK (Guardian, 1 Oct 2010)
01 October 2010 | access-to-data, blogpost, budget, local, open data, united kingdomNow that the guidelines for the publishing of local council spending data have been published, it's a good point to take stock of how councils are actually, well, publishing the data. And the picture...
Blogpost: Evaluation of Government Performance and Public Policies in Spain (PFM blog, 9 Aug 2010)
09 August 2010 | europe, evaluation, local, spainPosted by Juan-Ramon Ruiz Evaluation of government policies has taken place in Spain for many years, with a marked acceleration and qualitative improvement since 2005. However, despite Spain’s...