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E-Governance Assessment Frameworks (EAF ) Version 2.0
Asia and the Pacific, E-Governance, Framework, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Prof. T. P. Rama Rao, Prof. V. Venkata Rao, Prof. S. C. Bhatnagar & Shri. J. Satyanarayana. The Department of Information Technology, Government of India, has created a rational framework for assessing e-Governance projects on various dimensions. The objective for the proposed Framework is to: To create an assessment framework that make it possible to evaluate...
International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) Questionnaire
Governance and Gender, Questionnaire , Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThe International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) is a comprehensive household questionnaire on men’s attitudes and practices – along with women’s opinions and reports of men’s practices – on a wide variety of topics related to gender equality. The questionnaire can be used as a tool to assess gender equality on a household level. Topics include: gender-based violence; health and...
Guide for Community Assessment on Women's Health
Africa, Civil Society, Framework, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThis framework is a tool for civil society organizations and organizations of people living with HIV to improve women’s access to health care among communities hard-hit by the AIDS epidemic. The guide is designed to help these organizations facilitate community assessments on women’s health care, using participatory methods that involve not only members of the community, but also...
Civil Society Capabilities Towards Governance in Africa – A story of Five Elephants(ppt)
Civil Society, Presentation, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered on the The Africa Forum on Civil Society and Governance Assessments, in Dakar 2011.
Democratic Governance for Social Accountability(ppt)
Presentation, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered at the workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011.
The Metrics of Human Rights: Complementarities of the Human Development and Capabilities Approach
Human Rights, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyCapabilities and human rights are closely related and share common commitments to freedom and justice as central political objectives. Much of the literature on this relationship has focused on defining the overlaps and differences between them as theoretical concepts. This paper explores a different aspect of the relationship, namely the overlaps and differences in their respective measurement...
Economic Rights in the Land of Plenty: Monitoring State Fulfillment of Economic and Social Rights Obligations in the United States
Academic/Think Tank, Civil Society'This paper uses the Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment, ESRF, Index proposed by Randolph, Fukuda-Parr, and Lawson-Remer (Fukuda-Parr et al 2009, Randolph et al 2009) to quantitatively assess the extent to which the United States fulfills the economic and social rights obligations enunciated in the UDHR, ICESCR, and consistent with the “second bill of rights”. Three questions structure...
Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment Index: Country Scores and Rankings
Report, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyBuilding on a previously proposed methodology for an index of economic and social rights fulfillment, this article presents country scores and rankings based on the Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment Index (ESRF Index). Unlike socioeconomic indicators, which are often used as proxies for the extent to which rights-holders enjoy economic and social rights, the ESRF Index incorporates the...
The Oslo Principles on Democratic Governance Assessments
GAP, Policy Document, Academic/Think Tank, UNDP Produced, UN Women, Other UN Agency, Civil SocietyIn early October 2011, the Oslo Governance Forum gathered 270 policy makers, experts and practitioners from 75 countries to engage in a rigorous investigation of the principles and pragmatics underpinning democratic governance assessments. The Forum was convened by UNDP’s Democratic Governance Group in partnership with a broad coalition of stakeholders, including UNDEF, ActionAid, Act Alliance,...
Global Informationa Technology Report 2012
Report, Academic/Think Tank, Civil Societyhe Global Information Technology Report 2012 is a special project within the framework of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Global Competitiveness and Performance and the Industry Partnership Programme for Information Technology and Telecommunications Industries. It is the result of a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and INSEAD. ISBN-10: 92-95044-33-9, ISBN-13: 978-92-95044-33-3...