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Tanzania - Urban local government strengthening program : fiduciary systems assessment
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Local Governance and Decentralization, Inter-Governmental OrganizationIn 2004, Government of Tanzania (GoT) introduced the Local Government Capital Development Grant (LGCDG) as a grant flow to local governments. The LGCDG has evolved into the Local Government Development Grant (LGDG) program with several sub-programs and has become a mainstream performance based fiscal transfer. LGDG started the provision of on-budget funding flow to the local government level...
The KENYA Governance Report 2011
Africa, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Civil SocietyThe KENYA Governance Report 2011 is the first report in a new series by AfriCOG. The report discusses governance, leadership, integrity and accountability in several sectors in Kenya, including the Judiciary and security sector. It focuses on the developments that have taken root, in terms of reforms following the promulgation of the constitution and also highlights some of the more...
The State of Political Pluralism and Democracy at Local Government Level in Uganda
Africa, Democracy, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Academic/Think TankFrom January 2009 to June 2010, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in partnership with the Uganda Media Development Foundation (UMDF) implemented the project “Strengthening Civil Society, Media and Local Councils’ Capacity to Promote Political Pluralism, Democratic Participation and Representation at Local Government Level in Uganda”, which was funded by the European Union through the European...
2012-IIAG-summary-report.
Africa, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Civil SocietyThis is the sixth year in which we have measured governance outcomes in Africa, looking at both country and regional performances across four major categories – Safety & Rule of Law, Participation & Human Rights, Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development – and 88 component indicators. Once again, the data point to some important findings that can assist leaders and citizens...
Health systems performance in sub-Saharan Africa: governance, outcome and equity
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Local Governance and Decentralization, Academic/Think TankBackground The literature on health systems focuses largely on the performance of healthcare systems operationalised around indicators such as hospital beds, maternity care and immunisation coverage. A broader definition of health systems however, needs to include the wider determinants of health including, possibly, governance and its relationship to health and health equity. The aim of this...
Country Self-Assessment for the African Peer Review Mechanism
Africa, Democracy, Local Governance and Decentralization, Questionnaire , Inter-Governmental Organization, Civil SocietyThis questionnaire can be used to assess and provide an overview of the results of a country's own self-assessment processes, with regard to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). The Questionnaire is divided into four major sections corresponding to the four focus areas in the “Objectives, Standards, Criteria and Indicators for the APRM” document Democracy and Good Political Governance...
Questionnaire: Democracy and Political Participation
Africa, Civil Society, Local Governance and Decentralization, Political Parties, Questionnaire , Civil SocietyThis open ended questionnaire is designed to feed into reports on government performance in the area of political participation. It is designed to evaluate states’ respect for the standards adopted by the African Union (AU) in relation to democratic principles and popular participation in government. Areas covered in the questionnaire includes the following: Constitutional Framework...
Framework for Assessment of Good Urban Governance in Nigeria
Africa, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, UNDP Produced, GovernmentLaunched in 2009 as a joint effort by the UNDP and UNHABITAT offices in Nigeria, with support from UNDP’s Global Programme on Governance Assessments, this initiative was aimed at developing a customized framework for assessing the quality of urban governance in Nigerian cities. The ultimate objective was to initiate an evidence-based dialog on priority areas for intervention to improve the...
Africa Forum on Civil Society and Governance Assessments - Final Report
Africa, Civil Society, Event Material, Local Governance and Decentralization, UNDP ProducedThe Africa Civil Society and Governance Assessments Forum (Dakar, Senegal, 10-12 November 2011), organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with TrustAfrica, CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation), Africa Governance Institute and CONGAD (Conseil des ONGs d’appui au développement), brought together 150 development practitioners, academics,...
The Development and Use of Governance Indicators in Africa: a Comparative Study
Africa, Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, UNDP Produced, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Paul Graham, Stefan Gilbert and Karin Alexander, Idasa Good governance is one of the bedrocks of successful development. The ability to assess governance is therefore important both in terms of how that evidence can be used to influence policy and how policy can, in turn, influence governance outcomes. Assessments are also useful to establish benchmarks, objectives and...