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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....
Internal Government Assessments of the Quality of Governance in China
Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Academic/Think TankAuthoritarian governments produce internal assessments of the quality of governance that allow them to identify and address brewing problems before they threaten regime stability. This paper provides a theory of how the information necessary to produce such assessments is gathered. The empirical focus of the paper is on China, which is used to illustrate how information-gathering channels in...
Transparency for Inclusive Governance: An assessment of India
Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Report, Civil SocietyAuthor: Pranjal Sharma. The euphoria of India as a regional power has been dented by talk of systemic corruption, poor public services, nagging problems of unemployment, illiteracy and poverty and demographic challenges. Establishing a strong sense of credibility in government and the development of adequate capacity for enforcement must also be addressed to ensure the success of India’s efforts...
Global survey on internet privacy and freedom of expression
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, E-Governance, Europe and CIS, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Other UN AgencyThis publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The report maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint of freedom of expression. It provides an overview of legal protection, self-regulatory guidelines,...
Assessment of the delivery of the Vietnam development report 2010 : modern institutions and its impact on policy debates around institutional reforms in Vietnam
Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Local Governance and Decentralization, Inter-Governmental OrganizationAs development processes become ever more complex, there is a growing demand for knowledge products that provide the necessary informationtoimplement evidence-based policy change. However, the practice ofmonitoring the impact of knowledge products, often produced by international donors, is relatively new. Viet Nam has seen sustained economic growth and rapid reductions in poverty since the...
Measuring well-being I different approaches, their implications and an illustration | Development Progress
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Academic/Think TankThis Project Note examines three methods of measuring progress that allow us to compare the performance of different countries. It argues that the methods we employ to measure progress matter, illustrating the diverse results that are generated in a comparison of performance in East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The note summarises how the findings inform the measurement component of ODI’s...
Bogor 2012: Workshop Report
Asia and the Pacific, Land Governance, Report, UNDP ProducedThis workshop report presents the outcome of the Participatory Governance Assessments Knowledge Exchange Meeting 17-18 April 2012, Bogor - Indonesia. The UN-REDD Programme is currently piloting four PGA pilots (Ecuador, Nigeria, Vietnam and Indonesia) which are in different stages of preparation and implementation. In our dialogue with the PGA practitioners and stakeholders, they have expressed...
Lessons Learned: Global Programme on Governance Assessment
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, GAP, Latin America and the Carribean, ReportOn the heels of the Oslo Governance Forum, UNDP convened projects supported by the Global Programme on Governance Assessments from around the world. This one-day workshop collected and compared the lessons learned from experiences in 16 countries. This report draws on those experiences, as well as the seven reviews and evaluations of UNDP’s governance assessments projects...
Project Facts Viet Nam
Asia and the Pacific, GAP, Presentation, Public AdministrationThe Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) is developed in the context of increasing demands for engaging citizens in monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation to feed evidence for subsequent policymaking. PAPI provides objective and evidence-based measures, based on citizens’ experiences and direct interactions, of the standards of provincial...
China Project Fast Facts
Asia and the Pacific, GAP, PresentationChina's recent development policies have witnessed a shift from a growth-oriented model to one that incorporates and places increasingly more emphasis on equality, inclusion, and balance as key factors. This shift has created new needs for the government and other social sectors to improve their understanding of, and capacity to exercise good governance. This document gives a quick presentation...