Stories From The Field
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Bhutan: Planning for happiness
Maximization of ‘Gross National Happiness’ (GNH) is the ultimate goal of development in Bhutan, as measured by the GNH Index. But how to translate the GNH vision into practice? The Government has decided to screen all policy and programme proposals for their effects on happiness.
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Angola: On its way to better local governance
One of Africa's biggest oil producers, Angola is also one of the world's poorest countries. It is striving to tackle the physical, social and political legacy of the 27-year civil war that ravaged the country after independence. Within this context the issue of decentralization is at the top of the Angolan Government's reform agenda.
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Chile: Taking stock of democratic progress
A work in progress, ‘democracy’ is never a finished product, but rather an unfolding process that requires continuous engagement by citizens. For the 2010 bicentennial celebration of independence, a coalition of think tanks from a broad spectre of the Chilean political landscape aims to strengthen this engagement by assessing the state of democracy in Chile.
Opportunities
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Workshop in Namibia: Call for participants
As part of the Global Programme on Democratic Governance Assessments the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre in collaboration with the InWEnt Centre for Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics and the Namibian Institute for Democracy are identifying participants working in Sub-Saharan Africa to the workshop entitled "Country-led Governance Assessments: Sharing Experiences and Increasing Political Accountability".
New Areas of Work
Recent Events
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Workshop in Cairo: Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance Evidence
The workshop in Cairo (1-4 June 2009) on Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance Evidence was organized in response to a growing demand for more operational tools to assess governance in service delivery. Several countries supported by the Global Programme on Democratic Governance Assessments have proposed to link their governance assessment to the national strategy to achieve the Millennium Development Goals or other human development targets.