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Blurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Academic/Think Tank, DonorBlurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies provides a summary of nearly a decade of research on citizen engagement done by the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (the Citizenship DRC). The brief note Blurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies has been produced by the Development Research Centre on...
Citizens’ Voice and Accountability: Understanding what works and doesn’t work in donor approaches
Civil Society, Report, DonorQuality of governance is one of the major factors affecting development prospects of poor countries. Citizen’s Voice and government accountability (CV&A) are important facets of governance within which donors have identified participation, inclusion and transparency as key issues of international development. This briefing paper presents an evaluation...
Are statistics the orphans of aid effectiveness? Supporting statistics to strengthen rather than dilute results management
Civil Society, Public Administration, Report, Civil Society, DonorBased on a 2008 study on the effectiveness of donor support to statistical capacity building (SCB), in the context of Paris Declaration Commitments to managing for development results, this briefing note develops the case for giving support to , while critiquing the modalities of current donor involvement with SCB. Since official statistics. Since official statistics are demanded not only by...
Which Countries Pass the FY2011 Corruption Indicator? A Preview into Round 8 of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Country Selection
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Corruption, Europe and CIS, Latin America and the Carribean, Policy Document, DonorIn this MCA Monitor analysis, Casey Dunning and Sarah Jane Staats summarize which countries pass the latest control of corruption indicator, offering a first look at which countries might be selected as eligible for MCC assistance in FY2011. In the MCC selection process, countries must pass the control of corruption indicator in order to qualify for MCC money, making it the...
The APRM Process in South Africa
Africa, Civil Society, Electoral Systems, Human Rights, Public Administration, Report, Civil Society, DonorThis report reviews the process of implementing the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in South Africa. The aurthor of this report, Nobuntu Mbelle, finds that, though South Africa was anxious to complete the APRM self-assessment on time and did so successfully, its commitment to speed was perhaps at the expense of quality. Although there was an expectation that South Africa would...
Working towards more effective collective donor responses to corruption: Background study of how donors have responded to corruption in practice
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Corruption, Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, DonorIn 2006, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Ministers of Development expressed a desire to move towards more effective collective responses to governance issues, particularly as regards corruption. In 2007 the OECD Policy Paper on Anti-Corruption “Setting an Agenda for Collective Action” proposed developing a voluntary code of conduct for co-ordinated donor responses to...
Aid and Domestic Accountability Revised Background Paper as of February 2010
Civil Society, Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, DonorThe GOVNET work-stream on aid and domestic accountability will make a strategic contribution to the activities of the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness and, ultimately, the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, to be held in 2011. The work-stream is also expected to play an integrative function, providing a common framework that will add value to the activities of a number of...
The Politics of Poverty: Elites, Citizens and States
Civil Society, Conflict, Governance and Gender, Local Governance and Decentralization, Public Administration, Academic/Think Tank, Inter-Governmental Organization, Civil Society, DonorA new DFID synthesis report,The Politics of Poverty: Elites, Citizen and States, shows how research from four major DFID-funded research programmes closing this year is changing academic and policy thinking on governance. Governance is sometimes seen as an intangible concept. But, at root it is a simple one. Governance describes the way countries and societies manage their affairs...
China Urban Services and Governance
Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Public Administration, Inter-Governmental Organization, DonorThe study addresses governance challenges in public service delivery in China. It builds on the citizen scorecard survey conducted in five Chinese cities in 2006 to gauge citizens’ experience with public services, and demonstrates the usefulness of citizens’ feedback for policy development and implementation. Public service delivery has drawn government attention in China. China has a...