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Human Development Report 2011
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Latin America and the Carribean, UNDP ProducedThe great development challenge of the 21st century is to safeguard the right of generations today and in the future to live healthy and fulfilling lives. The 2011 Human Development Report offers important new contributions to the global dialogue on this challenge, showing how sustainability is inextricably linked to equity—to questions of fairness and social justice and of greater access to a...
Undermining Democracy: Strategies and Methods of 21st Century Authoritarians
Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Democracy, Europe and CIS, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Civil SocietyFreedom House, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia undertook an examination of five pivotal states — Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela, and Pakistan — to advance our common understanding of the strategies and methods these regimes are employing, both within and beyond their borders, to impede human rights and democratic development. The countries...
How to revitalise democracy assistance: recipients' views
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Europe and CIS, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Civil SocietyFor some years now, donors and non-governmental promotors of democracy have insisted that they are committed to designing democracy policies that are more demand-led. This report provides a comprehensive account of information and opinions collected from this ‘demand-side'. However, it also elaborates on the main concerns of local stakeholders, their...
Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2008: political management in international comparison
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Democracy, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Latin America and the Carribean, Civil SocietyThe Bertelsmann Transformation Index is composed of the status and management index. In the status index, the BTI examines the current state of democracy and market economy in 125 developing and transformation countries according to a standardized criterion while the management index focuses on the quality of political leadership and governance in shaping change. ...