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related to: Political institutions, intertemporal cooperation, and the quality of policies
Government at a Glance 2009
09 November 2010 | Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationGovernment at a Glance is a new, biennial publication of the OECD. It provides over 30 indicators describing key elements underlying...
Scoring for Africa
16 October 2010 | Africa, Civil Society, Conflict, Corruption, Europe and CIS, Governance and Gender, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationAhead of the kick-off of the 2010 World Cup on Friday, former UN Secretary-General and Chair of the Africa Progress Panel, Kofi Annan and United...
Atlas of Gender and Development: How Social Norms Affect Gender Equality in non-OECD Countries
08 November 2010 | Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Governance and Gender, Latin America and the Carribean, Inter-Governmental OrganizationIllustrated with graphics and maps, the Atlas of Gender and Development, published by OECD, gives readers a unique insight into the impact of...
Social mobility in Latin America: a review of existing evidence
16 November 2010 | Civil Society, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThis paper reviews evidence on social mobility in Latin America. While Latin America has improved education mobility in recent...
Education and democratic preferences
16 November 2010 | Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThis paper examines the causal link between education and democracy. Motivated by a model whereby educated individuals are in a better...
Institutional quality and fiscal transparency
16 November 2010 | Article / Working Paper, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Inter-Governmental OrganizationDespite the worldwide attention that has been paid to transparency in the last decade, empirical studies on its...
The Making of Policy: Institutionalized or Not?
16 November 2010 | Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Media, Parliament, Political Parties, Inter-Governmental OrganizationFormal analysis of policy-making within the realm of political institutions has deepened the understanding of how political...
Framework for Result Based Public Sector Management and Country Cases
03 April 2012 | Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationCountries’ weak public sector management (PSM) systems are often the key factor constraining the delivery and assessment of development initiatives....
Mapping the Public Services in the European Union and its 27 Member State: Statistics, Organizations and Regulations
25 November 2010 | Europe and CIS, Public Administration, Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, Civil SocietyFor more than twenty years, the “sectors” of Public Services / Services of General Interest have faced tremendous changes due to...
Blurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies
29 June 2011 | 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...