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Civil Society Capabilities Towards Governance in Africa – A story of Five Elephants(ppt)
Civil Society, Presentation, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered on the The Africa Forum on Civil Society and Governance Assessments, in Dakar 2011.
Human Rights & Governance Assessments: Standards, Principles and Indicators(ppt)
Asia and the Pacific, Human Rights, Presentation, Academic/Think TankPresentation delivered at a workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011.
Democratic Governance for Social Accountability(ppt)
Presentation, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered at the workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011.
Measuring Governance with Pro-Poor and Gender Sensitive Indicators (ppt)
Governance and Gender, Presentation, Academic/Think TankPresentation delivered by Lorraine Corner, consultant, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Governance Assessments and Budget Support: Necessary Conditions for Development Effectiveness (ppt)
Local Governance and Decentralization, Presentation, Academic/Think TankPresentation delivered by Harry Garnett, Consultant, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Gender sensitive and pro-poor governance indicators (PPT)
Governance and Gender, Presentation, Academic/Think TankPower point presentation presented by Christopher Scott at the International workshop on engendering and empowering governance indicators in New Delhi, 20-22 April, 2005. See also website page.
Data sources and collection methods (ppt)
Local Governance and Decentralization, Presentation, Academic/Think TankWith the help of this powerpoint presentation, Ken Mease, discusses the advantages of various types of data sources and collection methods, including archival and secondary data, survey data, quantitative and qualitative approaches and data, and finally de jure and de facto information. The presentation was held at the Workshop on Governance Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance...
Indicators: Levels, Types, Existing and New (ppt)
Civil Society, Local Governance and Decentralization, Presentation, Academic/Think TankPrepared by Ken Mease, this powerpoint presentation held at the Workshop on Governance Assessment Methods and Applications of Governance Data in Policy-Making (Cairo June 2009), looks at indicators more closely, and discusses definitions of indicators, macro and micro levels for constructing indicators, different advantages of de jure and de facto indicators, triangulation, indexes versus scales...
The Challenges of Making Governance Assessment Nationally Owned
GAP, Local Governance and Decentralization, Presentation, Academic/Think TankThis keynote speech by Prof. Goran Hyden, Distinguished Professor at the Unviersity of Florida, at the UNDP and CMI Bergen seminar in 2007 on Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration, deals with conceptual, political, institutional and operational issues of making assessments more nationally owned and attuned to local interests and needs.
Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration
Local Governance and Decentralization, Presentation, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Lise Rakner and Vibeke Wang This paper was prepared for the 2007 Bergen Seminar on Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration. This paper argues that it is necessary to establish a new arena or a ‘third way’. A possible starting point could be to stimulate the undertaking of more self-assessments and peer-reviews. Although so far less frequently...