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Order out of chaos: mapping the complexity of Pan African civil society
2009
Theme: General

This study was carried out in 2008 by Oxfam Novib Pan Africa Program (PAF) as an explorative mapping of civil society in Africa. It is effort to understand the landscape of civil society participation, particularly in the face of new continental and regional institutions (African Union, ECOSOCC, RECs…

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Building an Africa Learning Platform on capacity development
Prepared by Lawrencia Adams, Consultant, Ghana, 2009
Theme: General

This initiative has its origins in an emerging partnership among the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), the Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD) and the Southern led CD Alliance to support the implementation of the capacity priorities of the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) through…

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Sector budget support in practice: local government sector in Tanzania
Per Tidemand, November 2009
Theme: Service delivery

This desk study examines the support to Local Government Capital Development Grants (LGCDG) System in Tanzania as a case study of Sector Budget Support.

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Who writes about ICT4D online?
Ivan Sigal, February 2010
Theme: ICT

Over the past months Global Voices has been engaged in researching and writing about ICT for development supported by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Canada's

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Rethinking Poverty: Report on the World Social Situation 2010
2010
Theme: General

Fifteen years ago, global leaders at the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen described poverty eradication as an ethical, political and economic imperative, and identified it as one of the three pillars of social development. Poverty eradication has since become the overarching objective…

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Beyond the midpoint: achieving the millennium development goals
January 2010
Theme: General

In September 2000, world leaders adopted the UN Millennium Declaration, committing their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and expand the choices of the poor. A set of timebound and measurable goals and targets for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental…

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Forest governance and accountability
July 2009
Theme: General

Good forest governance is an increasingly important topic for stakeholders in many different settings around the world. Two international initiatives to improve forest governance are the regional Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) ministerial processes supported by the World Bank, and the…

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Kenya: Citizens’ statement in support of US Government withholding FPE funds
Bunge La Mwananchi, 28 January 2010
Theme: Education
Publication type: Communiqués

We the citizens of Kenya wish to issue this statement in support of the decision by the United States Government to withhold funds that had been earmarked towards Kenya’s Free Primary Education programme. As aggrieved citizens we agree and demand that those responsible for the misappropriation of…

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13th Africa Partnership Forum: Joint Statement
25 January 2010
Publication type: Communiqués

The Africa Partnership Forum held its 13th regular session in Addis Ababa on 25th January 2010, and was addressed by the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union. The Forum conveyed its deepest condolences to the government and people of Ethiopia on the tragic loss of life following the air accident…

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The mutual review of development effectiveness in Africa: promise and performance 2009
2009
Theme: General

Following the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000, both African governments and their development partners entered into a series of mutual commitments designed to promote the achievement of the goals in Africa. These commitments were embodied…

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Pressions sur les terres ouest-Africaines concilier développement et politiques d'investissement
9 December 2009
Theme: General

Suite a la flambee des prix des denrees alimentaires survenue en 2007/2008, l'acceleration des acquisitions et locations foncieres a grande echelle a atteint un rythme jamais egale. Cette tendance relayee de facon parfois frenetique par les medias, retient l'attention de la communaute internationale.

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Local Governance Support Program
30 December 2009
Theme: Service delivery

The USAID/Indonesia Local Governance Support Program (LGSP)1 led by RTI International supported “expanding participatory, effective and accountable governance” through an integrated set of assistance activities engaged with local governments (LGs), legislative councils, and civil society organizations…

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Key Concepts in budget analysis and resource tracking
Godknows Giya and Vailet Mukotsanjera-Kowayi, 8 December 2009
Theme: Health

Idasa is an independent public interest organisation committed to promoting sustainable democracy based on active citizenship, democratic institutions and social justice. Idasa understands that democracy is a principle that informs the development of political institutions, norms and procedures. In…

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USAID: Anticorruption assessment handbook
28 February 2009
Publication type: Toolkits and methodologies

USAID's 2005 Anticorruption Strategy signaled a clear recognition that new approaches need to be taken by host country governments, their civil society and business communities, and international donor organizations to address corruption as a serious obstacle to development. Corruption is both the…

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Announcing the Technology for Transparency Network
19 January 2010
Theme: ICT

Internet technologies give governments an unprecedented ability to monitor

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L’égalité dans les budgets: pour une mise en oeuvre pratique
2009
Theme: Gender
Publication type: Toolkits and methodologies

Le but de cette publication est de servir de guide à la pratique de l’intégration d’une perspective de genre dans le processus budgétaire. Il ne s’agit pas d’un livre d’initiation. Il existe beaucoup de publications qui expliquent les raisons, l’environnement et l’histoire de l’intégration d’une perspective…

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Gender budgeting: practical implementation handbook
2009
Theme: Gender
Publication type: Toolkits and methodologies

The focus of this publication is to act as a guide to the practice of gender budgeting. It is not a first-step book. There are many publications which articulate the rationale for, the background to and the history of gender budgeting and a sample of these are listed toward the end of the handbook…

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Guidance Note of the Secretary-General on Democracy
2009
Theme: General

At the World Summit in 2005, as in the Millennium declaration in 2000, Member States of the United Nations (UN) recommitted themselves to protecting and promoting human rights, the rule of law and democracy, recognizing that they are interlinked and mutually reinforcing and that they belong to the…

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Gender equality action plan
2009
Theme: Gender

Despite the fundamental importance of gender equality, progress in Africa is slow. It will take much greater and more effective work by all partners to accelerate the pace of change.

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Resource Dependence and Budget Transparency
Antoine Heuty and Ruth Carlitz, 2009
Theme: General

Are natural resource abundance and opaque budgets inextricably linked? The Open Budget Survey 2008-a comprehensive evaluation of budget transparency in 85 countries-finds that resource-dependent countries tend to be less transparent than countries that are not resource dependent.

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Building Blocks of Social Accountability
Continental Shift in Social Accountability
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India: A women-friendly budget
09 February 2010
LiveMint.com
CEEC procedures too complicated for poor people - Minister
09 February 2010
Zambian Watchdog
Citizen committees to monitor implementation of people's budget
09 February 2010
The Times of India
BOCONGO urges government to give effect to CEDAW
09 February 2010
Mmegi
Reflections on the mental health situation in Ghana
09 February 2010
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