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DataGov | Tracking and analyzing governance around the world
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Economic Governance, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Web Resource, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe DataGov database provides country and regional scores from publicly available sources. The Database provides a user-friendly interface for accessing most of the publicly available indicators related to governance. The interactive tool permits users to easily produce cross-national comparative and time series graphs and tables for immediate printing or for export to standard office software....
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...
Score Card for Gender Responsive Agricultural Service Provision
Africa, Land Governance, Public Administration, Questionnaire , UN WomenThis scorecard, developed by UN-Woman and The Gender Monitoring Office, can be used for measuring access of women and men farmers to agricultural services, including inputs such as seeds and fertilizers, as well as financial services and land access. The goal is to identify both obstacles to access, improvements in service design, and gender gaps in service provision.
Social Accountability Monitoring Tool
Africa, Public Administration, Questionnaire , Civil SocietyThis Monitoring Accountability checklist can be used as a diagnostic tool to assess service delivery performance in the public sector and accountability from a rights based perspective. The checklist questions cover the following areas: What public funds/resources are available to officials/service providers? How do they plan to use them? How effectively are public funds spent? How...
Questionnaire on National Public Administration in Africa
Africa, Public Administration, Questionnaire , Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe following open ended questionnaire can be used to establish an overall picture of operations, as well as tendencies, of national public administrations in order to obtain better understanding and knowledge of structures and processes within the public administrations. The questionnaire consist of ten parts: general structure of the assessed public administration civil...
Dumping on women : gender and privatisation of waste management
Africa, Book, Governance and Gender, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankThis book is based on research conducted in the South African municipalities of Thabazimbi, Sol Plaatje and Johannesburg. The aim of the research was to find out how privatization of waste management services affected men and women differently and if privatization makes it harder for municipalities to promote equity between women and men. The Introduction explains the research and some of the key...
Water Sector Governance in Africa
Africa, Public Administration, Report, Civil SocietyThe objectives of the AfDB-financed African Water Governance Study1 from which this report was derived were to assess the state of water sector governance in Africa, develop indicators and targets for its improvement, and raise awareness among all stakeholders. Furthermore, Volume 2, “Assessment Guidelines” provides guidelines for AfDB water sector staff and other water...
National AIDS Spending Assessment (NASA) Training for AIDS Budget Unit Research Partners - Namibia
Africa, Human Rights, Local Governance and Decentralization, Public Administration, Report, Civil SocietyThis training workshop was organized in order to equip the research partners on the main research tool which they will use to carry out research on “HIV/AIDS financing and spending: A local government perspective”. This was a follow up to the methodology workshop organized by Idasa-GAP which was held in Tanzania in 2009. This report summarizes the methodology and...
Africa Education Watch: Good Governance - Lessons for Primary Education
Africa, Governance and MDG, Public Administration, Report, Civil SocietyThe report, which assesses primary education management structures in Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda, analyses data from 8,500 questionnaires completed by parents, head teachers, heads of Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and district education officers. The report identifies where the transfer of funds and supplies from central...
Index of Economic Freedom: Executive Highlights
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Civil SocietyThe 2010 Index of Economic Freedom covers 183 countries around the world, ranking 179 of them with an economic freedom score based on 10 measures of economic openness, regulatory efficiency, the rule of law, and competitiveness. The basic principles of economic freedom emphasized in the Index are individual empowerment, equitable treatment, and the promotion of competition. The results...