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Local governance in Colombia: the role of UNDP in fragile contexts(ppt)
Conflict, Latin America and the Carribean, Local Governance and Decentralization, Presentation, UNDP ProducedPresentation delivered at a workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011
State fragility: Towards a data-driven multi-dimensional typology (ppt)
Conflict, Presentation, GovernmentPresentation delivered at a workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011
Enhancing National Capacities for Conflict Mapping, Analysis and Transformation in Sudan (ppt)
Africa, Conflict, Presentation, UNDP ProducedPresentation delivered at a workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011
Measuring Progress on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (ppt)
Conflict, Presentation, Inter-Governmental OrganizationPresentation delivered at a workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011
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...
Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility
Conflict, GAP, Local Governance and Decentralization, Users' Guide, Academic/Think Tank, UNDP ProducedState fragility has become a buzzword in international development policy, leading to a dramatic explosion in the production of indices to rank countries according to levels of fragility. Despite this proliferation, no systematic analysis of such indices has yet been produced. The Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility aims to meet this need by providing a rigorous, comprehensible and...
Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence – An Analytical Inventory of Peacekeeping Practice
Africa, Conflict, Guide / Manual / Indicators, UN WomenAddressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence – An Analytical Inventory of Peacekeeping Practice Author/Editor(s): UNIFEM, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict Despite increased attention to the women, peace and security agenda since the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1325 in October 2000, major analytical and...
Human Security Gateway - Do Governance Indicators Predict Anything? The Case of "Fragile States" and Civil War
Article / Working Paper, Conflict, Academic/Think TankThere is almost no research on the question of whether these expert-based governance indicators actually forecast a country’s performance in the next five or ten years. If aid allocation and style decisions are going to be conditioned to a significant degree on these indicators, we would like to know if perceptions-based measures of somewhat unclear concepts actually are picking up anything...
Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 - Wikiprogress.org
Conflict, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, UNDP ProducedCrime has become one of the main challenges threatening economies and livelihoods in Caribbean countries, but the right mix of policies and programmes can halt the problem, according to the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012. “Violence limits people’s choices, threatens their physical integrity, and disrupts their daily lives,” said UNDP Administrator Helen Clark at the report’s launch...
Governance Assessments in Conflict and Fragile Environments: Challenges and Opportunities
Conflict, Training Material, UNDP ProducedThe issue brief by the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre on governance assessments in conflict and fragile states gives a short overview of important aspects and challenges of conducting governance assessments in fragile settings. The issue brief by the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre on governance assessments in conflict and fragile states gives a short overview of...