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Comparative Analysis of Rules on Election Advertising
Report, Academic/Think TankThe regulation of political advertising is one of the more difficult issues that democracies have to deal with. On the one hand, the ability of citizens to inject their ideas into the political discourse is central to the protection offered by the rights to freedomof expression andtopoliticalparticipation.2 However, unlimited and unregulated paid advertising gives better-‐ funded candidates...
Formal and Informal Governance in Afghanistan: Reflections on a Survey of the Afghan People, Part 1 of 4
Report, Academic/Think TankFormal and Informal Governance in Afghanistan is one of a series of analytical papers on The Asia Foundation's recently released public-opinion survey, Afghanistan in 2011: A Survey of the Afghan People. The series of essays provide detailed analysis of the survey data on the opinions and perceptions of Afghans toward government, public policy, democracy, and political and social change as...
Getting Away With Murder: Impunity Index 2012
Report, Civil Society[...] CPJ's annual Impunity Index, first published in 2008, identifies countries where journalists are murdered regularly and governments fail to solve the crimes. For this latest index, CPJ examined journalist murders that occurred from January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2011, and that remain unsolved. Only the 12 nations in the world with five or more unsolved cases are included on the index...
My SIGI: (Social Institutions and Gender)
Web Resource, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a new composite measure of gender equality, based on the OECD’s Gender, Institutions and Development Database. It complements and improves existing measures in several ways. While conventional indicators of gender equality capture inequality outcomes, the SIGI focuses on the root causes behind these inequalities. The Social Institutions and...
Vietnam Urbanisation Review
Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, Donor, GovernmentAs Vietnam enters a crucial period of urbanization corresponding to its present stage of economic development, the Government of Vietnam has placed strong emphasis on developing its system of cities. In accordance with this objective this Urbanization Review is dedicated to understanding the key dimensions and aspects of Vietnam's urbanization process and to identifying trends, opportunities,...
The Land Governance Assessment Framework : Identifying and Monitoring Good Practice in the Land Sector
Framework, Land Governance, Academic/Think TankAuthors/Editors: Klaus Deininger, Harris Selod, and Anthony Burns The Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) is intended as a first step to help countries deal with these issues. It is a diagnostic tool that is to be implemented at the local level in a collaborative fashion, that addresses the need for guidance to diagnose and benchmark land governance, and that can help...
A Democratic Audit of the European Union (One Europe or Several?)
Book, Academic/Think TankPublisher's Product Description This path-breaking book adapts to the case of the European Union a method of democracy assessment first used by Stuart Weir and David Beetham in their Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom. The result is to throw down a double challenge to generalizations about a democratic deficit in the European Union. On the one hand, the book shows how standards of...
Political system (incl. government, political regimes and organisations) - Data Guide
Web Resource, Civil Society, GovernmentThis MacroDataGuide webpage presents a user's guide to data on political system (incl. government, political regimes and organisations). It presents an overview of various institutions and research projects websites who collect data on political system (incl. government, political regimes and organisations). Furthermore, it provides a qualitative assessment of these sources. The...
Conflict, security and peace - Data Guide
Web Resource, Civil Society, GovernmentThis MacroDataGuide webpage presents a user's guide to data on conflict, security and peace. It presents an overview of various institutions and research projects websites who collect data on conflict, security and peace. Furthermore, it provides a qualitative assessment of these sources. The MacroDataGuide is a user’s guide to researchers and students worldwide in search of high quality data...
Political ideology - Data Guide
Web Resource, Civil Society, GovernmentThis MacroDataGuide webpage presents a user's guide to data on political ideology. It presents an overview of various institutions and research projects websites who collect data on political ideology. Furthermore, it provides a qualitative assessment of these sources. The MacroDataGuide is a user’s guide to researchers and students worldwide in search of high quality data for social...