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Oslo Governance Centre 2012: A Year in Review
Civil Society, Conflict, Democracy, GAP, Governance and Environment, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, ReportThis document looks back at 2012 and highlights the work of UNDP's Oslo Governance Centre, including new areas of work in support of UNDP’s results in Democratic Governance at country, regional and global level.
Are we making progress with building governance into the post 2015 framework?
Civil Society, Governance and MDG, Academic/Think TankMomentum is building for governance and accountability issues to have a greater profile in the post 2015 framework, and there is a growing recognition that we cannot afford to ignore governance even if it is politically challenging to incorporate. This briefing provides an assessment of some of the main proposals on the table that have been gaining traction in the debate, as...
Briefing | Malawi | More than just ‘demand’: Malawi’s public-service community scorecard
Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Governance and MDG, Public Administration, Civil SocietyCommunity-based monitoring instruments, such as scorecards, are used increasingly to complement and reinforce conventional mechanisms to strengthen accountability and performance in public-service delivery. While they have been backed by the international community, there is limited evidence on how they work in practice and what conditions they need to be effective. This Project Briefing seeks...
Building governance into a post-2015 framework I Exploring transparency and accountability as an entry point
Civil Society, Governance and MDG, Report, Civil SocietyThis research report by Bergh et al. of ODI, discusses the role of governance post-2015. As the debate on the post-2015 agenda gains momentum, some are arguing that there is a need to increase the focus on governance in a future agreement. Although this responds to people’s aspirations for political freedoms and greater participation, it remains politically controversial, and it’s...
Guide to Monitoring Target 11: Improving the lives of 100 million slum dwellers
Africa, Civil Society, Framework, Governance and MDG, Other UN AgencyThis guide represents a milestone in the efforts of the United Nations to monitor the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the UN member states in the year 2000. These goals address essential dimensions of poverty and their effects on people’s lives. They constitute, in themselves, a commitment by the world’s leaders to the world’s poor, addressing the most pressing issues related to...
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...
Seminar Report Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration: Opportunities for Inclusive Participation and National Ownership
Civil Society, GAP, Governance and MDG, Report, UNDP Produced, Civil SocietyThe demand for measuring democracy, human rights and governance is increasing from international development partners. This report is a record of the proceedings of the UNDP and CMI Bergen seminar in 2007 on Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration. The report identifies the following three ways in which the Paris Declaration has changed governance assessments: Through a...
The APRM in Algeria: a critical assessment
Africa, Civil Society, Governance and MDG, Public Administration, Report, Civil SocietyAlgeria was one of the initiators of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). This report is about the APRM self assessment by Algeria. It states that although the assessment can be described as having been a technical success, it faced some structural problems due to lack of democracy and respect for public...
Governance assessment: overview of governance assessment frameworks and results from the 2006 World Governance Assessment
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Governance and MDG, Report, Civil SocietyThis report presents the summary of discussions at the ODI Learning Workshop-2007 on governance assessments. Discussions focus on the way in which the World Governance Assessment (WGA) could further contribute to country-level processes, including the shaping of a country agenda for improving governance and links between the WGA and other processes. Issues covered include: The extent...
Advocating for the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics: Country-level Toolkit
Africa, Civil Society, Governance and MDG, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Media, Public Administration, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe Country-level Advocacy Toolkit aims to help NSS managers and statisticians in developing countries start their own advocacy work and to demonstrate the advantages of planning advocacy systematically. It gathers, in a single package, advocacy methodology, tools, tips and messages. The Toolkit deals with statistical advocacy at country-level. It focuses on statistical advocacy as a means to...