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Do Accountability Mechanisms in Safety Nets Improve Access to Social Services? The case of Brazil’s Bolsa Família | Analysis and Policy | International IDEA
02 July 2012 | Article / Working Paper, Academic/Think TankThis paper was part of International IDEA’s work on “Democracy and Development” in 2011. It was selected as a contribution to stimulate debate on and...
Assessing the role of councillors in service delivery at local government level in South Africa
19 November 2010 | Africa, Article / Working Paper, Democracy, Local Governance and Decentralization, Civil SocietyThis research report presents the findings of a study that explores the role of elected public representatives (local councillors) in service...
Democratic Accountability in Service Delivery - A Synthesis of Case Studies
13 July 2012 | Article / Working Paper, Academic/Think TankDemocratic accountability refers to the many ways in which citizens, political parties, parliaments and other democratic actors can provide feedback...
The predatory or virtuous choices governors make: political institutions and economic performance
15 November 2010 | Article / Working Paper, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Political Parties, Academic/Think TankThis paper explores the idea that political institutions are important determinants of the policies implemented in states....
The Making of Policy: Institutionalized or Not?
16 November 2010 | Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Media, Parliament, Political Parties, Inter-Governmental OrganizationFormal analysis of policy-making within the realm of political institutions has deepened the understanding of how political...
Democracy assessment: The Basics of the International IDEA Assessment Framework
11 July 2012 | Africa, Democracy, Framework, Civil SocietyThe IDEA State of Democracy project has developed a comprehensive methodological tool that the citizens of all democracies in the world can use to...
Legal Framework and Citizen Participation in South Asia Regional Report
16 October 2010 | Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Local Governance and Decentralization, Political Parties, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThis document is part of a global research initiative undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies, the Ford Foundation and some regional...
Poverty, Governance and Participation: The Example of Tajikistan
04 October 2010 | Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Political Parties, Academic/Think TankBased on a concise poverty analysis of Tajikistan, Frank Bliss discusses the linkages between governance, stakeholder participation and decision-...
Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance in the Public Sector in Switzerland
14 October 2010 | Article / Working Paper, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Political Parties, Public Administration, Other UN AgencyThe paper begins with a description of the ethnic structures and cleavages in Switzerland and their development. It then provides an overview of...
Democratic Reforms, Foreign Aid and Production Inefficiency
15 October 2010 | Article / Working Paper, Democracy, Political Parties, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankThis paper uses a theoretical model and employs panel data techniques to answer a simple question: what is the impact of foreign aid on the...