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New tool shows relationship between development, aid and governance | ONE
26 November 2012 | aid, development, governance, toolDani Kaufmann and Homi Kharas have combined their expertise on governance and aid at the Brookings Institution to produce a new tool for “connecting the empirical dots” on development, aid and...
Leveraging New Tools to Report Fraud and Corruption: The World Bank Launches its Integrity App | Exploring the interactions among public opinion, governance, and the public sphere
20 November 2012 | citizen reporting, corruption, reporting, tool, world bankThe launch of the Integrity App expands the World Bank’s open data universe, and - perhaps even more excitingly - enables users to engage as 'citizen corruption fighters' to help protect the...
The United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding (deadline 31 December 2012)
08 November 2012 | civil society, community, economic opportunities, funding, human rights, media, opportunity, rule-of-law, tool, women, youthThe United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding for projects to advance and support democracy. Project proposals may be submitted on-line between 15...
Bolivia: Using DevInfo to Help Monitor Rural Water and Sanitation Programmes
03 April 2012 | bolivia, database system, e-learning, latin america, monitor prg, software, tool, washTo support the Government of Bolivia’s efforts in increasing access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation and improved hygiene (WASH) for all citizens, the Water and Environmental (WES) section of...
DevInfo Toolkit Now Available to Assist in Assessing and Monitoring Child Friendly Cities (26 April 2011, DevInfo)
26 April 2011 | children, tool, urban governance, web resource, youthUNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) has partnered with the DevInfo initiative in the development of the Child Friendly Cities DevInfo assessment and monitoring toolkit. This is designed to help...
Publication: Do Our Laws Promote Gender Equality? - A Handbook for CEDAW-based Legal Reviews (CEDAW Southeast Asia, 9 Dec 2010)
09 December 2010 | assessment framework, gender, human rights, international law, legislation, methodology, publication, toolA Handbook for CEDAW-Based Legal Reviews is a user-friendly guide for reviewing laws to identify whether they discriminate against women. Using the Convention on the Elimination of...
Online Database of Accountability Tools for Policy Research (One World Trust, 5 Oct 2010)
05 October 2010 | accountability, database, evidence-based, research, tool, web resourceFind out more about this project The tools in this resource uphold four accountability principles. Implemented at various key institutional and research processes, they aim to improve...
Governance assessment toolbox for education and health MDGs
30 September 2010 | assessment framework, education, framework, health, health sector, mdgs, tool, toolkitThe idea for this Toolbox arose from a simple observation: measurement influences action. If equity, accountability and transparency in the provision of health care and education are not being...
Arab Democracy Barometer launched
30 September 2010 | arab states, arab-reform-initiative, barometer, survey, toolThe Arab Reform Initiative (ARI), in partnership with the Arab Barometer, has recently launched the Arab Democracy Barometer (ADB), a rich multi-country survey project on a variety of social and...
Philippines: Blog Archive Online platform allows Filipinos to monitor good governance (FitToPost, 21 Sept 2010)
21 September 2010 | asia pacific, blogpost, mapping, mdgs, philippines, tool, web resourceBy Anna Valmero, loQal.ph QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA— Non-profit organization YouthVote Philippines launched an online platform wherein citizens can submit, map and monitor community-level...