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Economic Rights in the Land of Plenty: Monitoring State Fulfillment of Economic and Social Rights Obligations in the United States
Academic/Think Tank, Civil Society'This paper uses the Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment, ESRF, Index proposed by Randolph, Fukuda-Parr, and Lawson-Remer (Fukuda-Parr et al 2009, Randolph et al 2009) to quantitatively assess the extent to which the United States fulfills the economic and social rights obligations enunciated in the UDHR, ICESCR, and consistent with the “second bill of rights”. Three questions structure...
BRIDGE - Gender and Governance
Governance and Gender, Training Material, Civil SocietyWith their focus on democracy, transparency, accountability, inclusive citizenship and participatory processes there is huge potential in the ideas and practices of governance to catalyse real change in terms of gender equality. However, this potential remains largely untapped. This Overview Report points to the failure to challenge the entrenched unequal, gendered power relations and other forms...
Transparency and Accountability in the Montenegrin Governance System
Corruption, Democracy, Europe and CIS, Report, UNDP Produced, Civil SocietyMembership of the European Union was a key policy objective for Montenegro even before the electorate voted for independence. The project aimed to facilitate Montenegro’s accession with tools to guide the creation and implementation of the laws, policies and reforms necessary for membership and effective democratic governance. The reports that Montenegro has to submit in support of its membership...
Governance assessment in the field of Social inclusion (ppt)
Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Presentation, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered to the meeting of national stakeholders for the UNDP supported assessment in FYR Macedonia by consultants Eitan Felner and Memet Memeti.
InWEnt Capacity Building for Country- led Governance Assessments (ppt)
E-Governance, Presentation, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered by Dr Uwe Singer, InWEnt, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
APRM: Following up on National Plans: the case of Ghana (ppt)
Africa, Democracy, Presentation, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered by Samuel Cudjoe, APRM Ghana, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Mozambique African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM): Following up on the Programm of Action (ppt)
Africa, Democracy, Presentation, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered by Marechel Nhavoto, APRM Technical Unit, Mozambique, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Outside assessments- using indicators to increase political accountability, inform the policy process and political debate (ppt)
Africa, Civil Society, Presentation, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered by Chris Kinyanjui Kamau, Council of Churches, Kenya, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Niger - Presentation (ppt)
Africa, Democracy, Presentation, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered by Halima Amadou, Association Nigérienne de Défense des Droits de l’Homme, Niger, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Governance Assessments for Monitoring National Development Plans – Challenges facing the use of National Statistical Offices (ppt)
Africa, Presentation, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered by Alhaj M R Lugongo, Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre, Tanzania, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.