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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.
Measuring Democracy and Democratic Governance in a Post-2015 Development Framework
Article / Working Paper, Democracy, GAP, Governance and MDGThis discussion paper aims to outline some of the major factors to consider should it be decided that global goal(s) covering democratic governance are included in a post-2015 framework. In contrast to the existing MDGs, which are focused on socio-economic development indicators, democratic governance is not easy to measure because it means different things to different people, because it 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...
Claiming the MDGs: An Empowerment Framework
Framework, GAP, Governance and MDG, UNDP ProducedThe existing MDG needs assessment and costing methodology (which aims to create a detailed inventory of the material, financial, human and technical inputs needed for the Goals to be reached by 2015) does not account for the critical exclusionary mechanisms standing in the way of people’s ability to access opportunities. These systemic obstacles are therefore likely to...
Summary Review of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MDGS) Governance Indicators
Africa, GAP, Governance and MDG, Report, UNDP ProducedThis background paper aims to inform discussions on the establishment of a system to monitor the implementation of the governance goals and strategies as articulated in Malawi's national development plan. The aim of the paper is to inform a workshop to be held in December of relevant stakeholders i.e. those state and non-state actors that have a stake in monitoring governance performance and...