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List of African Media Barometer indicators
Africa, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Media, Civil SocietyThis publication contains a full list of the indicators useful for an assessment of the media situation in a given country. The 45 indicators are developed on the basis on discussion and scoring process from the following declarations, protocols and principles, all defined on African ground. The Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa of the African Commission on Human...
Research guide: Public Broadcasting in Africa
Africa, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Media, Civil SocietyResearch guide for AfriMAP's multi-country survey of the state of public broadcasting in Africa. This reserach guide rests on the assumption that development and democracy cannot thrive without open and free public space where all issues concerning people’s lives can be aired and debated and which gives them room and opportunity to participate in the process of decision making. Democracy, in...
Measuring Progress toward Safety and Justice:A Global Guide to the Design of Performance Indicators across the Justice Sector
Guide / Manual / Indicators, Academic/Think TankThis guide is written for programme managers responsible for improving the delivery of safety, security, and access to justice in any part of the world. It should also be useful to a wide variety of government officials and to anyone interested in pursuing a disciplined course of institutional reform in the safety and justice sector. The guide does not prescribe the use of...
WomanStats Database Codebook / Variable List
Guide / Manual / Indicators, Academic/Think TankThe WomanStats Project is a team of researchers dedicated to the continual expansion of the WomanStats Database, as well as the pursuit of research assessing the relationship between the security of women on the one hand, and the security, stability, and behavior of nation-states on the other. The codebook and variable list provides in depth detail on all the variables in the database: Part I....
Gender Indicators for monitoring the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action on women in the ESCAP region
Guide / Manual / Indicators, Other UN AgencyThis publication represents one of UNESCAP’s efforts at developing a set of indicators with which to assess the degree of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. The set of indicators is also developed on the basis of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as the Jakarta Declaration and Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women in Asian and the Pacific. The ever-growing need...
Aspects, Variables, and Indicators Frameworks and Justifications - Indonesia
Asia and the Pacific, Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, UNDP Produced, GovernmentThis publications contains an overview, justification and explanation of indicators and variables used for the Indonesian democracy index.
Decentralization, local power and womens rights
Guide / Manual / Indicators, Academic/Think TankDecentralization has the potential to empower citizens, including such historically excluded groups as women, poor people, and racial, ethnic, sexual, and religious minorities. Many women and men are enthusiastic about the opportunities decentralization affords for participation in public life and are committed to pressing for greater gender equality and equity in decentralized systems....
Fostering Social Accountability - From Principle to Practice (Guidance Note 2010)
Guide / Manual / Indicators, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Sarah Lister et al. Social accountability is at the heart of UNDP's understanding of democratic governance, and human development more broadly. Bothe the UNDP Strategic Plan (2008 - 2013) and the Global Strategy to Strengthen Civil Society and Civic Engagement (2009) prioritize fostering inclusive participation and building responsive state institutions as means to strengthen...
Fostering Social Accountability - From Principle to Practice (Guidance Note 2010)
Guide / Manual / Indicators, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Sarah Lister et al. Social accountability is at the heart of UNDP's understanding of democratic governance, and human development more broadly. Bothe the UNDP Strategic Plan (2008 - 2013) and the Global Strategy to Strengthen Civil Society and Civic Engagement (2009) prioritize fostering inclusive participation and building responsive state institutions as means to strengthen...
Fast Facts - Democratic Governance Assessments
Guide / Manual / Indicators, Local Governance and Decentralization, UNDP ProducedGood governance needs good data. UNDP has provided advisory and financial support to catalyze country-led assessment processes in more than 20 countries in all regions. For UNDP, governance assessments are an important tool in the effort to improve democratic governance as a contribution to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Governance assessments are a mechanism to strengthen...