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Joint Evaluation of Citizens' Voice & Accountability: Synthesis Report
London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2008), xxi, 109 pp.
"Citizens’ Voice and Accountability (CV&A) work has emerged as a priority in the international development agenda from the 1990s onwards. In their CV&A work, donors recognise the importance of context: it shapes relation to that context. However, context awareness has not proven sufficient to enab
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"Although corruption has always been a quietly recognized aspect of development aid programs, the taboo against openly discussing it is only now being widely overcome. Georg Cremer systematically addresses the subject, exploring the nature and impact of corruption, the conditions under which it is m
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Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in Development Organisations: Sharing training and facilitation experiences
New Delhi et al.: Sage; Interkerkelijke Organisatie voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (icco); Cordaid (2008), xv, 200 pp.
"Planning, monitoring and evaluation (PME) remains a challenge for many development organisations in spite of countless PME workshops, experts and manuals. Yet, we believe that effective PME is essential for organisational survival (and therefore for sustainable development) and that this can be nur
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Communications Strategy for Russia's Development Assistance: A Review of Other Donors' Experience
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), 55 pp.
"This paper reviews the public positioning of official development assistance (ODA) pr ograms of selected donor countries, as well as that of multilateral development institutions. It compares and contrasts their communications objectives, messages, strategies, practices and products. It also discus
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Capacity Development in Fragile States
Maastricht; Washington, DC: European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); RTI International (2007), iv, 32 pp.
"An informal network composed of representatives from a number of UK organisations concerned about the impact of research on the reality of poverty convened a workshop on 5-6 September 2006. The objectives of the workshop were to mobilise a wider group of organisations working in the field of resear
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Promoting Democracy in Postconflict Societies
Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner; Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations (2006), xii, 331 pp.
"This study critically evaluates international democratization assistance in postconflict societies to discern what has worked, what has not, and how aid programs can be designed to have a more positive impact. The authors offer a unique recipient perspective as they explore three dimensions of demo
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EU Entwicklungszusammenarbeit verstehen: Glossar zu Themen und Institutionen der EU Entwicklungspolitik
Wien: Österreichische EU Plattform entwicklungspolitischer Nichtregierungsorganisationen (2005), 26 pp.
"Dieses Glossar zu Themen und Institutionen der EU Entwicklungspolitik bietet kurze und prägnante Einstiegsinformationen zu aktuellen und wichtigen entwicklungspolitischen Abkürzungen und Schlagworten, mit denen sich EU-Institutionen sowie NROs derzeit befassen. Für alle, die sich weitergehend in
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USAID/OTI Afghanistan Program: Final Evaluation
Washington, DC: USAID (2005), 91 pp.
"The purpose of the final evaluation was to provide the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) and the U.S. Agency for International Development with an assessment of the relevance, effectiveness, and lessons learned from OTI’s mega-program in Afghanistan. Since evaluations of the media program ha
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Our Common Interest: Report of the Commission for Africa
London: Commission for Africa (2005), 461 pp.
Democracy Assistance to Post-Conflict Ethiopia
The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' (2004), xvii, 93 pp.
Indigene Völker in Lateinamerika und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2004), 230 pp.
"Das BMZ hat bereits zu Beginn der von den Vereinten Nationen ausgerufenen indigenen Dekade (1994 – 2004) ein Konzept zur Zusammenarbeit mit indianischen Bevölkerungsgruppen erarbeitet, das für die GTZ und KFW Entwicklungsbank verbindlichen und für NROs orientierenden Charakter hat. Dieses Konz
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Projects Do Not Create Institutions: The Record of Democracy Assistance to Post-Conflict Societies
Democratization, volume 12, issue 4 (2004), pp. 481-504
"Highlights the major accomplishments and setbacks of electoral, human rights and media assistance to eight post-conflict countries: Cambodia, Ethipoia, Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, El Salvador and Guatemala. International assistance has been instrumental in encouraging democratic initi
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