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Lessons Learned Review of UN Support to Core Public Administration Functions in the Immediate Aftermath of Conflict 22 May 2013

Rule of Law and Access to Justice in Eastern and Southern Africa 20 May 2013

Oslo Governance Centre 2012 - A Year in Review 30 Apr 2013

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Human Development View Point: Nothing Less Than Parity

A key measure of democracy is the status of women as equal citizens with equal access to rights and power. Yet, gender balance, particularly in political representation, has progressed slowly in many developing countries, where institutions are still largely dominated by men. This unequal sharing more

Human Development View Point: Presidentialism In Decentralized Governance

The modality for electing local leaders is a crucial feature in the of design local governance structures which has a direct impact on local democracy and the management of local affairs for achieving the MDGs. As part of a recent trend, more countries are making the selection of the heads of local more

Human Development View Point: Show Me the Money, Political Party Financing Disclosure

Political parties are critical to representative democracy and need financing to survive. However in developed and developing countries alike, political parties are suffering a crisis of credibility over financing issues. Money in politics is natural and necessary, but if not properly regulated, more

Human Development View Point: Strong Democracies Need Strong Political Parties

This paper articulates that the strengthening of democratic governance requires more than well-functioning elections, parliaments, an independent judiciary and other institutions and processes. It calls for a strong democratic culture and robust, transparent, internally democratic and accountable more

Human Rights News Brief - Human Rights for Development, Vol.2

As its predecessor, the second volume of the news brief features a wide range of interesting human rights initiatives from the field, updates on headquarters-led forthcoming knowledge products, messages from some of our UN and NGO partners, as well as an inspiring and compelling personal story from more

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