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Developing indicators to measure the rule of law: A global approach
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Justice, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Civil SocietyGovernance and rule of law performance indicators have emerged as a tool for tracking progress. This is a report about a pilot project which developed a set of 60 rule of law indicators designed to assess and be tested on the cities of Chandigarh in India, Lagos-Nigeria, Santiago-Chile and New York in USA. The indicators draw from various data sources like expert opinions, views from the...
Institutionalisation Of Government Evaluation: Balancing Trade-Offs
Article / Working Paper, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Civil SocietyCarefully designed and implemented evaluations can improve people’s welfare, and enhance development effectiveness. The paper investigates institutions in Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, and shows that for the successful inception of an institutionalised system for evaluation, three common factors stand out: the existence of a democratic system with a vocal opposition, the...
What Men Have to Do with It - Public Policies to Promote Gender Equality
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Governance and Gender, Latin America and the Carribean, Policy Document, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyHow can public policies more adequately engage men and boys in achieving gender equality and reducing gender disparities in health and social welfare? How can underlying social norms and institutions be changed to support men in becoming more gender-equitable on a large scale? A growing number of program experiences with men and boys worldwide confirm that programs can influence men’s...
Institutionalisation Of Government Evaluation: Balancing Trade-Offs
Article / Working Paper, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyCarefully designed and implemented evaluations can improve people’s welfare, and enhance development effectiveness. This paper investigates institutions in Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, and shows that for the successful inception of an institutionalised system for evaluation, three common factors stand out: the existence of a democratic system with a vocal opposition, the existence of...
Cuan Democratica es la Democracia en Chile: Informe de Actividades y Base de Datos
Democracy, GAP, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, UNDP Produced, Other UN Agency, Civil SocietyUNDEF/IDEA Evaluación de la Calidad de la Democracia en Chile . ¿Qué tan democrática es la democracia chilena? Activities report of the International IDEA and UNDP-supported Chile Democracy Project at the end of March 2010 and basic set of indicators (in Spanish)