Public goods provision in South Asia
Lakshmi Iyer, 9 June 2008
Theme: Education
Access to education and health facilities varies considerably across the countries and regions of South Asia. This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on collective action and public goods provision. The role of group influence, heterogeneity within groups and group size is explored…
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Le Budget Participatif En Pratique
Bara GUEYE, March 2008
Theme: General
Le Sénégal a une longue expérience de la décentralisation car les premières communes ont été érigées vers la fin du 19ème siècle. Mais la décentralisation en milieu rural est beaucoup plus récente, car elle a été lancée en 1972 avec la mise en place effective des communautés rurales. Depuis…
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The material and political bases of lived poverty in Africa: Insights from the Afrobarometer
Robert Mattes, May 2008
Theme: General
The Afrobarometer has developed an experiential measure of lived poverty (how frequently people go without basic necessities during the course of a year) that measures a portion of the central core of the concept of poverty not captured by existing objective or subjective measures. Empirically, the measure…
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Joint statement of SADC/APC Southern Region population and development officials on Xenophobia
5 June 2008
Publication type: Communiqués
We, Members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Population Commission (APC) Southern Region, gathered at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, South Africa on 5 June 2008 on the occasion of the Technical Meeting on Population and Development.
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Devolution, accountability, and service delivery: Some insights from Pakistan
Zahid Hasnain, April 2008
Theme: Service delivery
This paper studies the relationship between devolution, accountability, and service delivery in Pakistan. It examines the degree of accessibility of local policymakers and the level of competition in local elections, the expenditure patterns of local governments to gauge their sector priorities, and…
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The politics of the budget process in Latin America: Policy lessons for other countries
May 2008
Theme: General
A recent research programme carried out by the IADB and DFID has investigated in depth the political economy of the budget process in ten Latin American countries. At a time when the political challenges of public sector reform have come to the fore, the findings from this research study offer valuable…
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Community participation for equity and quality in basic education in Guinea
April 2007
Theme: Education
World Education began working in community participation in education in Guinea with the 1997 Community Education pilot programme in 1997 with funding from USAID.
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Community Mapping: Using geographic data for neighborhood revitalization
November 2002
Theme: General
Community mapping is a method that can be used to show the characteristics of a community and how it is changing. This enables development needs and opportunities to be identified in consultation with community members. It also facilitates the development of partnerships within and outside of the community.…
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Yokohama declaration: Towards a vibrant Africa
28 May 2008
Publication type: Communiqués
The Heads of State and Government, and delegations of Japan and 51 African countries, together with the representatives of 34 other countries, 75 international and regional organizations, and representatives of the private sector, academic institutions and civil society organizations from both Africa…
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African Church leaders' statement on aid effectiveness
21 May 2008
Publication type: Communiqués
We delegates of various Churches across the African continent under the auspices of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), met from 21 – 23 May 2008 to review the aid reform process as articulated in the Paris Declaration,…
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Accountability and service delivery in Southern Africa: The case for rights-based social accountability monitoring
5 March 2007
Theme: Service delivery
Publication type: Toolkits and methodologies
The Centre for Social Accountability (CSA), based at Rhodes University in South Africa, is committed to the institutionalisation of the right to social accountability and the realisation of social and economic rights through the effective management of public resources. It seeks to achieve this by generating…
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Uganda: Policy note on Social Accountability
March 2008
Theme: General
This Policy Note is based on a wider study that analyzed how various stakeholders in Ugandan society can better engage to improve social accountability in service delivery. The study conducted a rapid assessment of selected public officials in three districts (Bushenyi, Lira and Mukono), NGOs and other…
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Conference on Social Accountability: Antananarivo, Madagascar
7 February 2008
Theme: General
The National Conference on Social Accountability (Conference sur la Redevabilité Sociale) was held from February 7th-9th, 2008, at the National Leadership Institute of Madagascar (NLIM), at Iavoloha, and was supported by three projects (PGDI, PGRM, PIC) as well as by WBI,…
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Beyond public scrutiny: Stocktaking of social accountability in OECD countries
Joanne Caddy, Tiago Peixoto and Mary McNeil, 2007
Theme: General
Building open government is a challenge for all countries. Hence the importance of collecting and exchanging experiences on how to put the basic principles of good governance into practice. Transparency and accountability; fairness and equity; efficiency and effectiveness; respect for the rule of law;…
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East African community - East African legislative assembly: Resolution
February 2008
Publication type: Communiqués
The assembled delegates to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Workshop on “Promoting Transparency and Accountability of Revenues from Extractive Industries,” comprising members of the EALA, members of the National Parliaments of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, DRC, Nigeria, and South Africa,…
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Participatory budgeting in Africa - Volume II: Facilitation Methods
2008
Publication type: Toolkits and methodologies
This Companion is aimed at helping local governments in Africa and other stakeholders to prepare for, design, initiate and manage a participatory budgeting process, by training key actors who initiate the budgeting processes. Hence, the targeted audiences of the Companion are the facilitators or persons…
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Participatory budgeting in Africa - Volume I: Concepts and Principles
2008
Publication type: Toolkits and methodologies
This Companion is aimed at helping local governments in Africa and other stakeholders to prepare for, design, initiate and manage a participatory budgeting process, by training key actors who initiate the budgeting processes. Hence, the targeted audiences of the Companion are the facilitators or persons…
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Participatory governance and the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)
2008
Theme: General
In evaluating the implementation of development targets such as the Millennium Development Goals, it is increasingly clear that success will require an approach which redefines the relationship between the government and civil society.
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Civic engagement in public policies: a toolkit
2007
Publication type: Toolkits and methodologies
This toolkit, by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), provides guidance and step-by-step approaches on successful methodologies and techniques for effective social mobilization programmes in the public sector. It draws lessons from various cases around the world, describing strategies…
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Political rights versus public goods: uncovering the determinants of satisfaction with democracy in Africa
Leonard Wantchekon and Gwendolyn Taylor, December 2007
Theme: General
Somewhere between Aristotle and Churchill, global public opinion seemed to tend towards the idea that democracy is, in fact, the best form of government.
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