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Survey | Survey for the Free Movement of People in Africa Study
14 January 2013 | africa, freedom, multi-country surveys, studyThe CCP-AU is currently conducting a continental study on the Free Movement of People in Africa. The outcomes of the study will inform continental advocacy initiatives targeting the African Union...
Study: Happiest countries have press freedom
27 August 2012 | blogpost, commentary, correlation, happiness, media, press freedom, research, study, well-beingFreedom of the press is a reliable indicator of a country’s happiness, journalism doctoral student Edson Tandoc Jr. concludes in a new study. Tandoc and Michigan State University’s Bruno Takahashi...
Blogpost: Can International Election Monitoring Harm Governance?
14 May 2012 | blogpost, elections, paper, studyAccording to a convincing new paper (ungated version here) by political scientists Alberto Simpser and Daniela Donno, the answer is a definite yes. As election monitoring has increased, governments...
Internet Use and Democratic Demands: A Multinational, Multilevel Model of Internet Use and Citizen Attitudes about Democracy – Journalist's Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center
16 April 2012 | access-to-info, civ action, comparative, correlation, ict, publication, research, social accountability, study, technologyThe global relationship between the Internet and democracy has become a subject of great scholarly interest and debate. Prior research has focused on national Internet penetration and use rates and...
Publication: Asset declarations for public officials: a tool to prevent corruption (UNPAN, 6 April 2011)
06 April 2011 | anti-corruption, case studies, cis, corruption, europe, fiscal transparency, legislation, research, studyA great number of countries around the world have introduced systems of asset declaration for public officials in order to prevent or combat corruption. Many believe that asset declarations can be a...
Publication: Corruption and Trust: Theoretical Considerations and Evidence From Mexico (Vanderbilt, 27 Sept 2010)
27 September 2010 | corruption, latin america, mexico, perceptions, publication, studyThe growing empirical literature on political corruption shows trust (interpersonal and political) to be both cause and consequence of corruption: a conclusion that largely builds on studies using...
Publication: Statistical evaluation of spatial concentration of unemployment by gender (MRPA, 21 Sept 2010)
21 September 2010 | gender, labour, publication, romania, studyThis paper studies the spatial distribution of unemployment by gender, in the counties of Romania, in 2008.The Lorenz curve and Gini index are used to identify a pattern of spatial concentration of...
Publication: Measuring Elusive Populations with Bayesian Model Averaging for Multiple Systems Estimation: A Case Study on Lethal Violations (Statistics, Politics and Policy, 16 Aug 2010)
18 August 2010 | human rights, methodology, publication, research, studyCollecting data for the analysis of past human rights violations is fraught with challenges. For example, individuals from or about whom data should be collected may be displaced, missing, or dead...
Review of Performance Reporting: Insights from International Practice (PFM Blog, Jun 8 2010)
08 June 2010 | australia, canada, cross-country, ireland, pfm, publication, study, usaPosted by Teresa Curristine Performance Reporting: Insights from International Practice by Richard Boyle[1] is one of the latest additions to the Managing for Performance and Results series published...
What Men Have to do With It: report examines how policies of 7 countries involve men in gender equality goals (ICRW, 8 June 2010)
08 June 2010 | cross-country, gender, publication, report, studyICRW: What Men Have to do With It: report examines how policies of 7 countries involve men in gender equality goals http://bit.ly/9JqeEN #WD2010