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Oslo Governance Centre 2012: A Year in Review
Civil Society, Conflict, Democracy, GAP, Governance and Environment, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, ReportThis document looks back at 2012 and highlights the work of UNDP's Oslo Governance Centre, including new areas of work in support of UNDP’s results in Democratic Governance at country, regional and global level.
Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility
Conflict, GAP, Local Governance and Decentralization, Users' Guide, Academic/Think Tank, UNDP ProducedState fragility has become a buzzword in international development policy, leading to a dramatic explosion in the production of indices to rank countries according to levels of fragility. Despite this proliferation, no systematic analysis of such indices has yet been produced. The Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility aims to meet this need by providing a rigorous, comprehensible and...
Evidence Generation in Developing Countries: The case of Sudan
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Conflict, GAP, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Eltayeb Hag Ateya This OGC discussion paper describes the experience of The Peace Research Institute (PRI) of the University of Khartoum, the oldest, largest and most prestigious university in Sudan, as an evidence generating institution. The paper was presented at the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre & Canadian IDRC Event: Roundtable on Evidence on Governance into...
Bringing Governance Evidence into the Policy Process: Opportunities and Challenges in Post-Conflict Serbia
Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Conflict, Europe and CIS, GAP, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Maja Gavrilovic This OGC discussion paper looks at the role and scope of influence of research institutes and think tanks in Serbia. It identifies the factors that constrain and/or facilitate CSO influence and briefly examines the potential for more effective future engagement. The paper was presented at the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre & Canadian IDRC Event: ...
Evidence-Informed Policy in Post-Conflict Contexts: Nepal, Peru and Serbia
Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Conflict, Europe and CIS, GAP, Latin America and the Carribean, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Nicola Jones and Arnaldo Pellini This OGC discussion paper summarises case studies from Nepal, Peru and Serbia, three diverse post-conflict contexts on the production and use of governance evidence at both the general and sectoral levels. It served as a background document to the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre & Canadian IDRC Event: Evidence on Governance into...
Think Tanks in Post-Conflict Context: Towards Evidence-Informed Governance Reform
Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Conflict, GAP, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Nicola Jones, Julia Pomares, Arnaldo Pellini with Ajoy Datta. This OGC discussion paper highlights that there is a considerable array of internationally generated governance evidence indicators and approaches, but a much more limited culture of context-specific evidence generation in post-conflict societies. It served as a background paper to the UNDP Oslo Governance...