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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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Cape Verde: e-Governance and Public Administration Reform

This publication presents the findings of the assessment of the project "Strengthening electronic governance for public administration reform", implemented between 2008 and 2010 with funding from the DGTTF. The project has supported the Government's programme on public administration more

Celebrating 2011 International Anti Corruption Day

This report details activities supported by the UNDP Global Programme on Anti-Corruption for Development Effectiveness (PACDE), as part of the 2011 International Anti-Corruption Day global campaign. The theme for the 2011 global campaign, launched jointly by UNDP and the UN Office on Drugs and more

Child‐Friendly Legal Aid in Africa

This document explores the legal, policy, and practical issues involved in creating and maintaining “child-friendly” legal aid programs in Africa. After discussing the key components of child-friendly legal aid systems, the paper turns to an examination of the core competencies of individual more

China: Governance Assessments - Project Assessment

The project Support for the Development of a Governance Assessment Framework in China (2008) aimed to build a broad consensus on governance assessment, and establish a governance assessment framework in accordance with the realities of political development in China and based on the latest more

Claiming the MDGs: An Empowerment Framework

The primary focus of this framework is on the most vulnerable groups – those who are not represented in the ‘average’ figures used to determine aggregate resource needs. The Empowerment Framework provides a guide to ‘what to look for’ when undertaking sector-based needs assessments to inform an more

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