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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...
Methodology by the Local Government Performance Measurement (LGPM) Framework (Indonesia)
Asia and the Pacific, Framework, Local Governance and Decentralization, DonorThe tool builds on a uniquely rich set of district-level budgetary data and survey results that are either already available or collected for the purpose of this exercise. Many methodological choices still need to be made, but the overarching ambition is clear: to provide both central and local policy-makers, development partners, and citizens with a simple and transparent tool for gauging LG...
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...
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...
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...