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Poland: Developing Good Governance Indicators for Programmes Funded by the European Union
Europe and CIS, Framework, Public Administration, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThis report proposes a practical, country-based framework for developing good governance indicators for programmes funded by the European Union.
Guidelines on Open Government Data for Citizen Engagement
Civil Society, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Public Administration, Other UN AgencyOver the last decade an increasing number of citizens around the world have demanded that their fundamental right to engage in policy making and policy implementation be recognized and that their governments become more transparent and accountable. Responding to recognition of the rights of citizens, governments across the world have embraced the concept of ‘Open Government’ including three...
DataGov | Tracking and analyzing governance around the world
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Economic Governance, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Web Resource, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe DataGov database provides country and regional scores from publicly available sources. The Database provides a user-friendly interface for accessing most of the publicly available indicators related to governance. The interactive tool permits users to easily produce cross-national comparative and time series graphs and tables for immediate printing or for export to standard office software....
Public governance indicators: a literature review
Article / Working Paper, Public Administration, Other UN AgencyThis paper provides an overview of public governance indicators, briefly discussing their pros and cons. It also evaluates existing methodologies such as data collection, sampling, aggregation methods, and applicability of results. The author argues that any discussion of governance should integrate the private sector more closely as a partner. Transforming new factors such as the information age...
Guide | Les indicateurs de gouvernance des organismes publics en réponse aux enjeux du développement durable
Guide / Manual / Indicators, Public Administration, GovernmentCe guide vise à fournir une démarche de diagnostic de la stratégie de développement durable et de sa bonne gouvernance au sein des établissements publics et entreprises publiques. Ce diagnostic s'effectue dans un premier temps sur la base de l'identification d'un ensemble d'indicateurs de bonne gouvernance des Organisations en réponse aux enjeux du développement durable et dans un second temps...
Impact Evaluation Toolkit
Guide / Manual / Indicators, Public Administration, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe Impact Evaluation Toolkit is a hands-on guide on how-to design and implement impact evaluations. While many parts of the toolkit can apply to impact evaluation in general, the focus of the toolkit is to help evaluate the impact Results-Based Financing (RBF) projects in the health sector on maternal and child health. The toolkit is structured as follows: For each stage of the impact...
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...
The Benefits of a Big Tent: Opening Up Government in Developing Countries
Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankBringing open data and open government under a single banner, Yu and Robinson argue, leads to conceptual muddling that ultimately impedes progress for both projects. They express a concern that superficial commitments to open data “can placate the public’s appetite for transparency.” Drawing on our experiences with the Kenya Open Data Initiative and the Open Government Partnership, we argue...
MDG Report 2012 l Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals
Africa, Public Administration, Report, UNDP ProducedWith less than three years before the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target date of 2015, development practitioners, including agencies of the United Nations (UN), are already initiating consultations aimed at defining the contours of the post-2015 development agenda. Any meaningful discussion of Africa’s priorities after 2015 must, however, be grounded in Africa’s experiences and lessons...
Una nueva generación de sistemas de evaluación de desempeño en América Central. Panoramas de un recorrido reciente
Article / Working Paper, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankExamina las característica de una nueva generacíon de sistema de evaluacíon de de desempeño en América Central. Se procura identificar si los mismos han tomado elementos de un enfoque centrado en el desarrollo de las personas. El recorrido realizado es importante pero hay pendientes y desafíos con el propósito de lograr un sistema efectivamente centrado en el aprendizaje organizacional, el...