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related to: Areas of Governance
Stagnation of a “miracle”: Botswana’s governance record revisited
22 November 2010 | Africa, Article / Working Paper, Democracy, Political Parties, Civil SocietyBotswana has been dubbed an 'African miracle'. The country has been praised not only for maintaining a multiparty...
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...
Legal Framework and Citizen Participation in South Asia Regional Report
16 October 2010 | Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Local Governance and Decentralization, Political Parties, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThis document is part of a global research initiative undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies, the Ford Foundation and some regional...
Progress in Public Management in the Middle East and North Africa
13 October 2010 | Arab States, E-Governance, Governance and Gender, Land Governance, Political Parties, Public Administration, Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationArab states have been actively reforming public management systems over the past five years. There are pockets of good practice that, if adopted by...
The World's Women 2010: Trends and Statistics
01 March 2012 | Governance and Gender, Report, Other UN AgencyThe World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics is the fifth issue of The World’s Women and is being produced to coincide with the first-ever World’s...
Women in Parliaments: World and Regional Averages
04 March 2012 | Governance and Gender, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe data in the table below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments. 190...
Elections and accountability in South Africa
22 November 2010 | Africa, Electoral Systems, Political Parties, Report, Civil SocietyAllowing citizens to decide whether or not to extend a government’s tenure through regular elections is the principal...
Assessing women’s political party programmes: best practices and recommendations
14 November 2010 | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Governance and Gender, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Political Parties, Civil SocietyThis handbook presents the specific elements and approaches that are most effective in encouraging women’s participation and leadership...
Progress of the World's Women: Who Answers to Women: Gender and Accountability
22 February 2012 | Governance and Gender, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Other UN AgencyAccountability cannot result from demand-side pressures alone. Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009 demonstrates innovative examples of states and...
GNU Watch - A Year in Review
03 December 2010 | Africa, Parliament, Political Parties, Report, Civil SocietyThe Zimbabwe GNU Watch provides an overview, month by month, of political developments under the terms set out in the Global Political Agreement (GPA...