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Improving Local Governance for Improved Service Delivery through FM Radio Broadcasting in the Rwenzori region: Project Assessment Report
Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Civil SocietyThe rural women and youths – who comprise 75 percent of the total population – in seven districts of the Rwenzori region, Western Uganda face serious manipulation, and many times, intimidated to access public information and knowledge sharing on democratic dialogue and monitoring public accountability for improved service delivery from their political leaders. This is because of illiteracy,...
The Development and Use of Governance Indicators in Africa: a Comparative Study
Africa, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, UNDP Produced, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Paul Graham, Stefan Gilbert and Karin Alexander, Idasa Good governance is one of the bedrocks of successful development. The ability to assess governance is therefore important both in terms of how that evidence can be used to influence policy and how policy can, in turn, influence governance outcomes. Assessments are also useful to establish benchmarks, objectives and...
East Africa Bribery Index 2010
Africa, Corruption, Report, Civil SocietyThe East African Bribery Index is a governance tool developed to measure bribery levels in the private and public sectors in the region. The index registers the firsthand experiences of the residents of the region with regard to service delivery and corruption. It seeks to establish the extent of bribery by seeking information on where the respondents were asked to pay bribes, if they...
Rwanda: Joint governance assessment report
Africa, Democracy, Governance and MDG, Report, Civil Society, GovernmentThis report is an assessment of governance in Rwanda and is aimed at establishing a common understanding of governance progress, problems and priorities on the basis of agreed indicators and benchmarks. The report states that its objectives are threefold: To analyze the existing institutions, laws and practices affecting governance in Rwanda and to propose...
Strengthening African Governance: index of African governance result and rankings
Africa, Corruption, Global Index, Human Rights, Justice, Local Governance and Decentralization, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThe 2009 Index of African Governance seeks to measure the degree to which five categories of political goods - Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Opportunity; and Human Development - are provided within Africa’s 53 countries. The Index offers a report card on the accomplishments of each government for...
The African Peer Review Mechanism: A compilation of studies of the process in nine African countries
Africa, Civil Society, Civil SocietyThis publication is a compilation of reviews of the implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) commissioned by the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) of the Open Society Foundations network. The reviews identify challenges that all stakeholders involved in reforming the APRM should be aware of and commit to resolving. The countries covered in this...