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STATE OF CIVIL SOCIETY 2013: Creating an enabling environment
Civil Society, Report, Civil SocietyThis report contains insight from over 50 civil society experts from around the world. Amidst the challenges facing civil society, the CIVICUS State of Civil Society 2013 report highlights good practices around the world and challenges on the horizon for citizens and civil society around the world. In the publication the following is assessed: Rising fundamentalism threatening women's and...
Oslo Governance Centre 2012: A Year in Review
Civil Society, Conflict, Democracy, GAP, Governance and Environment, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, ReportThis document looks back at 2012 and highlights the work of UNDP's Oslo Governance Centre, including new areas of work in support of UNDP’s results in Democratic Governance at country, regional and global level.
Report | Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya and Corruption
Corruption, Economic Governance, Report, Academic/Think TankCorruption in the private sector is widespread and costs the economy greatly while undermining efforts to reduce the poverty rates in the country. In order for small and medium enterprises to grow, they need to put their incomes into business related transactions and not those that aren’t such as corruption. This report highlights persistent corruption pertaining to small and medium...
Development Effectiveness Review 2012 - African Development Bank
ReportThe Development Effectiveness Review (DER) is a series of publications reviewing the African Development Bank’s (AfDB or Bank) contribution to Africa’s development results. Beginning with the first Annual Development Effectiveness Review published in 2011, the DER series has promoted transparency and accountability to our member countries and stakeholders. It also helps us ensure that our...
Human Development Reports 2013
Civil Society, Report, UNDP ProducedThe 2013 Human Development Report is part of the series of global Human Development Reports published by UNDP since 1990 as independent, empirically grounded analyses of major development issues, trends and policies. The 2013 Human Development Report – "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" – examines the profound shift in global dynamics driven by the fast-rising new powers...
Report | AfriCOG’s survey report on devolution
Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Civil SocietyThe survey was conducted and sponsored by Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) between 12th and 19th May, 2012 A sample of 2400 respondents was interviewed to represent the Kenyan adult population of 19,462,358 translating into a minimum margin of error of -/+ 2 at 95% degree of confidence. The survey was conducted in all provinces of Kenya.
Review report on Beyond GDP indicators
Civil Society, Report, Academic/Think TankThe central assumption of the BRAINPOoL project is that indicators, if effectively embedded in the policy making process, are an effective transmission mechanism to connect research and policy. The creation of ‘Beyond GDP’ indicators can be seen as key to re-orienting policy, in turning an otherwise unfocused desire for change into concrete plans. In this project ‘Beyond GDP indicators’ are...
Report | Madagascar - Mineral Resources Governance Project
Governance and MDG, ReportRatings for the Mineral Resources Governance Project for Madagascar were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was high, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the Borrower performance was also moderately satisfactory. There were two lessons learned: 1) High-level scientific oversight is key to ensuring the success of a complex geology...
Report | WJP Rule of Law Index
Justice, Report, Civil SocietyThe WJP Rule of Law Index® is an innovative quantitative assessment tool designed by the World Justice Project offering a detailed and comprehensive picture of the extent to which countries adhere to the rule of law in practice. It provides original data regarding a variety of dimensions of the rule of law, enabling the assessment of a nation’s adherence to the rule of law in practice, identify...
Report | OGP: Guidelines for Assessing OGP Action Plans
Democracy, Report, Academic/Think TankThe Centre for Law and Democracy is today releasing a Report – Making the OGP Effective: Guidelines for Assessing OGP Action Plans – which presents nine guidelines for assessing Open Government Partnership (OGP) Participating States’ action plans. The development and implementation of action plans is central to the whole OGP project: they contain the concrete commitments made by Participating...