Resources
related to: WomanStats Database Codebook / Variable List
TrustLaw Poll: Best and Worst Countries to be a Woman
15 June 2012 | Global Index, Academic/Think TankA TrustLaw global poll of experts ranks the world’s major economies in terms of how good they are for women
Strengthening African Governance: index of African governance result and rankings
14 November 2010 | Africa, Corruption, Global Index, Human Rights, Justice, Local Governance and Decentralization, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThe 2009 Index of African Governance seeks to measure the degree to which five categories of political goods - Safety and Security; Rule of Law,...
Decentralization, local power and womens rights
01 May 2012 | Guide / Manual / Indicators, Academic/Think TankDecentralization has the potential to empower citizens, including such historically excluded groups as women, poor people, and racial, ethnic,...
Global Database of Quotas for Women
26 March 2013 | Electoral Systems, Governance and Gender, Web Resource, Academic/Think TankThis Database provides information on the various types of gender quotas in existence today, detailing the percentages and targets in countries where...
Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility
29 March 2012 | Conflict, GAP, Local Governance and Decentralization, Users' Guide, Academic/Think Tank, UNDP ProducedState fragility has become a buzzword in international development policy, leading to a dramatic explosion in the production of indices to...
A Manager's Guide to Evaluating Citizen Participation (eGovernment Resource Centre)
29 February 2012 | Civil Society, E-Governance, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Academic/Think TankThe Obama administration's Open Government Initiative is now three years old. But is it making a difference? By Tina Nabatchi, Maxwell School of...
Millennium Development Goal 9: indicators and the state of democracy in Mongolia
16 March 2010 | Asia and the Pacific, Democracy, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, Academic/Think Tank, Other UN AgencyThis publication contains two parts that present the outputs of the MDG-9 Project: the first part describes the methodology and the baseline...
Strengthening African Governance: index of african governance results and rankings
15 October 2010 | Africa, Conflict, Electoral Systems, Governance and Gender, Human Rights, Justice, Report, Academic/Think TankThe Index of African Governance is compiled and updated annually by a team of researchers at Harvard University and across Africa, under...
Aspects, Variables, and Indicators Frameworks and Justifications - Indonesia
13 June 2012 | Asia and the Pacific, Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, UNDP Produced, GovernmentThis publications contains an overview, justification and explanation of indicators and variables used for the Indonesian democracy index.
The Metrics of Human Rights: Complementarities of the Human Development and Capabilities Approach
20 April 2012 | 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...