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Comparative Study of Decentralisation in Africa: summary of findings
Africa, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Civil Society, DonorDecentralization has advanced considerably in Africa in the last two decades. Since 1990, many African central governments have initiated or deepened processes to transfer authority, power, responsibilities, and resources to sub-national levels. To examine the results of these processes, USAID has commissioned a comparative study to draw lessons from 10 country experiences with decentralization...
Blurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Academic/Think Tank, DonorBlurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies provides a summary of nearly a decade of research on citizen engagement done by the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (the Citizenship DRC). The brief note Blurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies has been produced by the Development Research Centre on...
Governance Assessment: Experience of a development partner (ppt)
Africa, Presentation, DonorPresentation delivered by Donald Rukare, EU Uganda, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Which Countries Pass the FY2011 Corruption Indicator? A Preview into Round 8 of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Country Selection
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Corruption, Europe and CIS, Latin America and the Carribean, Policy Document, DonorIn this MCA Monitor analysis, Casey Dunning and Sarah Jane Staats summarize which countries pass the latest control of corruption indicator, offering a first look at which countries might be selected as eligible for MCC assistance in FY2011. In the MCC selection process, countries must pass the control of corruption indicator in order to qualify for MCC money, making it the...
The APRM Process in South Africa
Africa, Civil Society, Electoral Systems, Human Rights, Public Administration, Report, Civil Society, DonorThis report reviews the process of implementing the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in South Africa. The aurthor of this report, Nobuntu Mbelle, finds that, though South Africa was anxious to complete the APRM self-assessment on time and did so successfully, its commitment to speed was perhaps at the expense of quality. Although there was an expectation that South Africa would...
Working towards more effective collective donor responses to corruption: Background study of how donors have responded to corruption in practice
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Corruption, Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, DonorIn 2006, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Ministers of Development expressed a desire to move towards more effective collective responses to governance issues, particularly as regards corruption. In 2007 the OECD Policy Paper on Anti-Corruption “Setting an Agenda for Collective Action” proposed developing a voluntary code of conduct for co-ordinated donor responses to...