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Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) for Sudan case study of the health sector
Report, DonorThe Sudan referendum on post-Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) arrangements was held during January 9-15, 2011 with results in favor of secession of the South by July 9, 2011. The economic effects will transmit largely through the fiscal and external accounts and the outcome of secession negotiations will determine the post-CPA economic landscape. The secession outcome will likely put...
Report on Assessment, Transparency and Accountability in the Montenegrin Governance System
Report, DonorThis study describes the purpose, methodology and findings of a pilot assessment of Montenegro's progress in achieving the political dimensions of the Copenhagen Criteria. It focuses on the extent to which the governance system in Montenegro is transparent and accountable, and therefore, focuses on the ability of governance institutions to guarantee democracy, the rule of law, human rights...
Vietnam Urbanisation Review
Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, Donor, GovernmentAs Vietnam enters a crucial period of urbanization corresponding to its present stage of economic development, the Government of Vietnam has placed strong emphasis on developing its system of cities. In accordance with this objective this Urbanization Review is dedicated to understanding the key dimensions and aspects of Vietnam's urbanization process and to identifying trends, opportunities,...
Why quality matters : rebuilding trustworthy local government in post-conflict Sierra Leone (English) | The World Bank
Article / Working Paper, DonorAbstract A broad consensus has emerged among practitioners and researchers that failure to build accountable and legitimate institutions is a critical risk factor associated with vicious circles of repeated violence. Despite this consensus, very few studies have tested the extent to which local government performance and decentralized service provision shape citizens' beliefs toward political...
Gender and Elections | BRIDGE
Governance and Gender, Training Material, Inter-Governmental Organization, UNDP Produced, Other UN Agency, Civil Society, DonorIn many places in the world, women struggle to be heard and, when it comes to having a voice in the highest authority in the land, the difficulties in some countries can be almost insurmountable. Gender issues affect all aspects of an election. There are numerous barriers to women’s participation in political and electoral processes. This module examines strategies for promoting women’s...
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...
Methodology by the Local Government Performance Measurement (LGPM) Framework (Indonesia)
Asia and the Pacific, Framework, Local Governance and Decentralization, DonorThe tool builds on a uniquely rich set of district-level budgetary data and survey results that are either already available or collected for the purpose of this exercise. Many methodological choices still need to be made, but the overarching ambition is clear: to provide both central and local policy-makers, development partners, and citizens with a simple and transparent tool for gauging LG...
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.
Norad's Work on Anti-Corruption (ppt)
Corruption, Europe and CIS, Presentation, DonorPresentation delivered at the workshop on national anti-corruption strategies in Oslo 2009.