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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...
Inclusive Participation & PA Assessments in Kazakhstan (ppt)
Presentation, Public Administration, UNDP ProducedPresentation delivered at the 'Public Administration Assessment' held on October 26th 2011, in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI)
Asia and the Pacific, GAP, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Public Administration, UNDP Produced, Other UN Agency, Civil SocietyThe Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) is a joint research collaboration between CECODES, the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF), and UNDP Vietnam. PAPI systematically measures and monitors the performance of governance and the public administration system at the provincial level in Viet Nam. By capturing citizens’ experiences of public administration and...
Measuring National Statistical Capacity in Conflict and Fragile Countries
Article / Working Paper, Conflict, Public Administration, UNDP ProducedThe UNDP Oslo Governance Centre presents in this discussion paper the issue of measurement of statistical capacity in conflict ridden and fragile countries. It shows the importance of statistical capacity for public policy and measuring peace- and statebuilding strategies as well as an indicator in itself of State capacity. This discussion paper by the UNDP Oslo...
Measuring Capacity
Framework, Public Administration, UNDP ProducedThis paper aims to help development practitioners unbundle the question, "what is the measure of capacity?" and “how do we go about it”? The paper presents a framework for better defining, capturing and communicating capacity development results. The framework begins with the end in mind – national development goals – and focuses on two levels of...
The Philippines’ governance indicators survey tools (ppt)
Asia and the Pacific, Presentation, Public Administration, UNDP ProducedPresentation delivered to the 2007 workshop on Measuring and Assessing Democratic Governance in Bangkok.
Access of the Poor to Water Supply and Sanitation in India: Salient Concepts, Issues and Cases
Asia and the Pacific, Public Administration, Report, UNDP ProducedAccess to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country has already met its MDG (Millennium Development Goal) in terms of expanding access to water infrastructure although in the parallel subsector of sanitation progress is falling far short of the mark. In reality, most basic observations indicate that water supply coverage is not...
Country Assessment in Accountability and Transparency (CONTACT)
Corruption, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Public Administration, UNDP ProducedTo assist governments in conducting a self-assessment of their financial management and anti-corruption systems. CONTACT assesses public financial management. It can be used by governments seeking to assess the strengths, weaknesses, needs and priorities of their country’s financial accountability and integrity improvement systems and processes. It can also be used by consultants...
Mapping of Corruption and Governance Measurement Tools in Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa, Corruption, GAP, Public Administration, Report, UNDP Produced, Civil SocietyThis mapping provides guidance to uses and limitations of 42 different international, national and local tools for measuring corruption in 28 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of the report was to undertake a mapping with the aim of identifying and characterising national tools used to measure corruption and democratic governance in sub-Saharan Africa. The mapping focused on...