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Report on Assessment, Transparency and Accountability in the Montenegrin Governance System
Report, DonorThis study describes the purpose, methodology and findings of a pilot assessment of Montenegro's progress in achieving the political dimensions of the Copenhagen Criteria. It focuses on the extent to which the governance system in Montenegro is transparent and accountable, and therefore, focuses on the ability of governance institutions to guarantee democracy, the rule of law, human rights...
Mapping and Capacity Assessment of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Dafur
Africa, Conflict, Report, UNDP ProducedThis publication, prepared by "Partners in Development Services", is part of the background material for the The Oslo Governance Forum (OGF). The OGF took place on 3-5 October 2011, and was organised by the UNDP’s Democratic Governance Group in collaboration with United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), ActionAid, ACT Alliance, World Bank Institute and PRIA Global Partnership. The Forum focused...
Indonesia Country Assessment: The Asia-Pacific Rights and Justice Initiative
Asia and the Pacific, GAP, Human Rights, Justice, Report, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Ana Patricia Graça and Andrea Davis This report presents the assessment findings of the DGTTFsupported Indonesia project Strengthening Access to Justice and the Rule of Law (A2J Assessment Project). The country study is an assessment and not a project evaluation. It provides an overall analytic review of results, rather than an evaluation of progress. It aims mostly to...
Measuring the Progressive Realization of Economic and Social Human Rights in Brazil: A Disaggregated Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment Indexi
Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Academic/Think TankThis paper summarizes findings and conclusions from our application of the Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment Index developed by Fukuda-Parr, Lawson-Remer and Randolph (2009) to the states of Brazil. The key features of this methodology in assessing economic and human rights fulfillment is the focus on state obligations rather than only on human outcomes, and reference to both level of...
Development divide vs digital divide – cross country study
Report, Academic/Think TankThe paper presents most recent estimates on the field of cross national digital gaps, in terms of application new information and communication technologies. The author proposes a way of measurement of the digital gaps among countries. The methodology is mainly based on the taxonomy principles, using the notion of the n-dimension metrics. Additionally, there are some dynamics of ICTs usage and...
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...
Performance indicators to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the technology transfer framework
Report, Other UN AgencyThis document provides an executive summary of the final report by the Chair of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer on performance indicators to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the technology transfer framework. The Conference of the Parties (COP), by its decision 3/CP.13, annex II, requested the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT) to...
NBS/EFCC Business Survey on Crime & Corruption and Awareness of EFCC in Nigeria, 2007
Africa, Corruption, Report, GovernmentThe present report summarizes the key findings of a survey carried out in 2007 by the National Bureau for Statistics (NBS) in partnership with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and with the support of the European Union and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The survey covered a total of more than 2,200 businesses across all Nigerian States and...
State of the USA Health Indicators: Letter Report
Civil Society, Report, GovernmentResearchers, policymakers, sociologists and doctors have long asked how to best measure the health of a nation, yet the challenge persists. The nonprofit State of the USA, Inc. (SUSA) is taking on this challenge, demonstrating how to measure the health of the United States. The organization is developing a new website intended to provide reliable and objective facts about the U.S. in a...
An Assessment of the Role of Community Radio in Peacebuilding and Development: Case Studies in Liberia and Sierra Leone
Africa, Civil Society, Media, Report, Civil SocietyThis five-page report details the results of an evaluation of four community radio stations in rural Sierra Leone and Liberia. The evaluation focused on areas still struggling to achieve meaningful development in a post-conflict setting and was designed to assess the relationships between drivers of development and community radio stations. The study found that community radios are...