Monday, September 19th, 2011
Date: 17-18 October 2011
Venue: ANU, Canberra, Australia
Concept Note, Chris Roche & Linda Kelly, 4 August 2011
The Developmental Leadership Program (DLP)[1] addresses an important gap in international thinking and policy about the critical role played by leaders, elites and coalitions in the politics of development. At the core of DLP thinking ...
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
by Jennifer Gauck, University of Kent, Canterbury - Department of Politics, 2011. APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper. Available as pdf
Abstract:
"Recent debates over the quality, quantity and purpose of development aid has led to a renewed emphasis on whether, and in what circumstances, aid is effective in achieving development outcomes. A ...
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
Available as linked pages on the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC), website as of August 2011
The guide is designed to provide a quick and easy way for development professionals to keep in touch with key debates and critical issues in the field of monitoring and evaluation. It will ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
This paper is available as a pdf. It should be cited as follows: Garcia, M. (2011): Micro-Methods in Evaluating Governance Interventions. Evaluation Working Papers. Bonn: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung.
The aim of this paper is to present a guide to impact evaluation methodologies currently used in the field ...
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
January 2011, Gareth Williams
http://www.thepolicypractice.com/papersdetails.asp?code=17
The rise to prominence of good governance as a key development concern has been marked by an increasing interest in measurement and the production of a huge range of governance indicators. When used carefully such indicators provide a valuable source of information on governance conditions and trends. ...
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
GRDC Helpdesk Research Report by Sumedh Rao, Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, July 2010. 16 pages. Available as pdf
Query: Identify the key literature that critiques the use and application of governance assessments. Enquirer: DFID
Contents
1. Overview
2. General critiques
3. Critiques of measurement
4. Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)
5. African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
6. ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC),
Size: 34 pages (358 KB)
Full Text here
Executive Summary
Bilateral and multilateral development agencies have engaged intensively in assessing governance over the last decade. To explore opportunities for increased harmonization and alignment in this ...
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Thematic study: The applicability of the Paris Declaration in fragile and conflict-affected situations
Executive Summary
The September 2008 DAC HLF in Accra provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges of applying the Paris Declaration in fragile and conflict-affected situations. This report aims to provide evidence to inform these discussions by:
• Synthesising existing ...
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
M&E of Participation in Governance: Please identify toolkits, methodologies and indicators for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of programmes aimed at improving governance (particularly of urban infrastructure/services). Please highlight methods of relevance to NGOs for monitoring and evaluating poor people's participation in decision-making processes.
Helpdesk response
Key findings: There is generally very ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
[From the Development Gateway Foundation] In support of the Accra Agenda for Action, 14 donors committed to increasing transparency. Participants from developed countries were joined by heads of multilateral and bilateral funding institutions and representatives of foundations in agreement to make information on development more accessible. They ...
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