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National AIDS Spending Assessment (NASA) Training for AIDS Budget Unit Research Partners - Namibia
Africa, Human Rights, Local Governance and Decentralization, Public Administration, Report, Civil SocietyThis training workshop was organized in order to equip the research partners on the main research tool which they will use to carry out research on “HIV/AIDS financing and spending: A local government perspective”. This was a follow up to the methodology workshop organized by Idasa-GAP which was held in Tanzania in 2009. This report summarizes the methodology and...
Regional organizations and incentives to improve governance: The APRM experience, with particular reference to Ghana
Africa, Human Rights, Justice, Public Administration, Report, Civil SocietyThis report reviews the APRM-process in Ghana, which is one of the first three countries to complete the process. It finds that though the guidelines are basic and the continental institutions for overseeing the APRM process are relatively weak, the clearly African-driven nature of these regional bodies gives them potential tofoster incentives for leaders to improve governance....
The APRM Process in South Africa
Africa, Civil Society, Electoral Systems, Human Rights, Public Administration, Report, Civil Society, DonorThis report reviews the process of implementing the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in South Africa. The aurthor of this report, Nobuntu Mbelle, finds that, though South Africa was anxious to complete the APRM self-assessment on time and did so successfully, its commitment to speed was perhaps at the expense of quality. Although there was an expectation that South Africa would...
Demanding Good Governance: Lessons from Social Accountability Initiatives in Africa
Africa, Book, Civil Society, Democracy, Governance and Gender, Human Rights, Political Parties, Public Administration, Inter-Governmental Organization, Civil SocietySocial accountability refers to the wide range of citizen actions to hold the state to account, as well as actions on the part of government, media, and other actors that promote or facilitate these efforts. Social accountability strategies and tools help empower ordinary citizens to exercise their inherent rights to hold governments accountable for the use of public funds and how they exercise...
2010 State of the Union Continental Report - Deliver the dream: Time to close the gap between continental promises and the reality of African people
Africa, Civil Society, Democracy, Governance and Gender, Human Rights, Public Administration, Report, Civil SocietyThis reports finds an alarming gap between AU legal instruments and policy standards, the policies and practises of most Member States. Unless there is a change in the behaviour of both African Union organs and Member States, the many important decisions being taken at continental levels risk the danger of not being implemented. This will continue to have devastating consequences for the...
Budget Advocacy for the Water and Sanitation Sector in Nepal
Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, Land Governance, Public Administration, Civil SocietyThis WaterAid publication offers not only a primer on budget, but also aims to equip civil society advocates with the necessary knowledge to help the poor and marginalised. It addresses the demand for the basic rights of and access to water and sanitation, while additionally adressing the skills to understand the underlying principles, processes and scope of budgeting from the formulation to...