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Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment Index: Country Scores and Rankings
Report, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyBuilding on a previously proposed methodology for an index of economic and social rights fulfillment, this article presents country scores and rankings based on the Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment Index (ESRF Index). Unlike socioeconomic indicators, which are often used as proxies for the extent to which rights-holders enjoy economic and social rights, the ESRF Index incorporates the...
Global Parliamentary Report
Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, UNDP ProducedThe Global Parliamentary Report (GPR) seeks to provide an overarching analysis of the state of parliaments worldwide. The central theme of this report is the changing relationship between parliaments and citizens. While emphasizing the diversity among parliaments, it looks in particular at reforms designed to enhance this relationship. The report comprises 5 chapters organized as follows: Chapter...
Human Development Report 2010
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, UNDP ProducedThis year’s Report celebrates the contributions of the human development approach, which is as relevant as ever to making sense of our changing world and finding ways to improve people’s well-being. Indeed, human development is an evolving idea—not a fixed, static set of precepts—and as the world changes, analytical tools and concepts evolve. So this Report is...
Attacks on the Press 2009: A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Latin America and the Carribean, Media, Report, Civil SocietyThis report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) provides statistics and analysis on media freedom around the world and to which extent journalists are killed, imprisoned or otherwise harassed while doing their job. It also provides country specific summaries on media freedom. The report also tries to tackle the shifting role of the media and traditional (print)...
Who Accepts Bribery? Evidence from a Global Household Survey
Article / Working Paper, Corruption, Academic/Think TankThis paper processes responses from households in 66 countries to address differences in the extent to which bribes and gifts are considered acceptable. Levels of acceptance differ substantially from one country to another, but they do not conform to popular expectations: Respondents in rich, western countries do not exhibit lower levels of acceptance. A higher acceptance of bribery can...