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Education | The Surprisingly Dire Situation of Children's Education in Rural West Africa: Results from the CREO Study in Guinea-Bissau (Comprehensive Review of Education Outcomes)
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Governance and MDG, Academic/Think TankWe conducted a survey covering 20% of villages with 200-1000 population in rural Guinea-Bissau. We interviewed household heads, care-givers of children, and their teachers and schools. We analysed results from 9,947 children, aged 7-17, tested for literacy and numeracy competency. Only 27% of children were able to add two single digits, and just 19% were able to read and comprehend a simple...
Report | The Transformational Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Africa
ReportThis new flagship report – eTransform Africa – produced by the World Bank and the African Development Bank, with the support of the African Union, identifies best practice in the use of ICTs in key sectors of the African economy.Under the theme "Transformation-Ready", the growing contribution of ICTs to Agriculture, Climate Change Adaptation, Education, Financial Services, Government Services...
Report | Equity in public services in Tanzania and Uganda
Governance and MDG, ReportThe context of this note is the concern in both Uganda and Tanzania that the distribution of public servants in both countries has been uneven, leading to inequity in the delivery of public services, with lower quality services linked to persistent poverty in certain underserved or hard-to-reach and stay (HTRS) areas. The note looks in detail at the nature of the problem as it affects education...
MDG Report 2012 l Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals
Africa, Public Administration, Report, UNDP ProducedWith less than three years before the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target date of 2015, development practitioners, including agencies of the United Nations (UN), are already initiating consultations aimed at defining the contours of the post-2015 development agenda. Any meaningful discussion of Africa’s priorities after 2015 must, however, be grounded in Africa’s experiences and lessons...
World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE)
Web Resource, Civil SocietyThe World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) highlights the powerful influence of circumstances, such as wealth, gender, ethnicity and location, over which people have little control but which play an important role in shaping their opportunities for education and wider life chances. It draws attention to unacceptable levels of education inequality across countries and between groups within...
Citizenship and Governance in the Asian Region: Insights from The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study
Article / Working Paper, Academic/Think TankLarge scale assessment of student performance is a regular feature of the international education landscape. The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is a recent attempt with a focus on citizenship knowledge and skills. Student political trust data from ICCS is reported here and a mixture Rasch model is used to identify the heterogeneity in this data. The results...
Frutos de la Democracia: Manual de Implementacion del Program Auditoria Ciudadana Calidad de las Practicas Democraticas en Municipos
Civil Society, Democracy, Framework, Latin America and the Carribean, UNDP ProducedThis manual relates to the Government of Argentina's "Programa Auditoría Ciudadana Calidad de las Prácticas Democráticas en Municipios" (Citizen Audit Programme in Local Government). It describes the steps involved in the social audit process and the minimum conditions required. The annexes present a range of specific tools to carry out the social audit and includes a questionnaire on self-...
Assessment Methodology - Social Inclusion in Health and Education
Civil Society, Framework, UNDP Produced, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Memet Memeti The objective of this methodology is to provide the tools for assessing the governance in health and education with regard to social inclusion and poverty reduction. This methodology is developed to serve as a critical accountability mechanism for variety of stakeholders, especially the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia and non-state actors regarding the...
Questionnaire: Delivery of Public Services - Effective Delivery of Education Services
Civil Society, Corruption, Questionnaire , Civil SocietyThis open ended questionnaire is designed to evaluate respect for the AU standards setting out states’ obligations in their efforts to ensure that everyone has access to public services. The questionnaire draws on the norms established by the AU Constitutive Act, the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, the Charter for the Public Service in Africa, the Charter on Democracy,...
Youth Integrity in Vietnam - Piloting Transparency International Youth Integrity Survey
Asia and the Pacific, Corruption, Questionnaire , Civil Society, Global IntegrityThe report is the result of collective work between Towards Transparency and Transparency International, which initiated, supported and coordinated the survey, the Center for Community Support Development Studies (CECODES) which in particular lead the analysis and writing of the report, Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation (DIAL) which especially lead the development of the methodology...