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Measuring Change and Results in Voice and Accountability Work
London; Glasgow: Department for International Development (DFID) (2009), v, 72 pp.
"This Working Paper from DFID’s Evaluation Department offers a menu of Voice & Accountability (V&A) indicators, and suggests steps for building monitoring and evaluation frameworks for V&A interventions. It provides a check list of management issues, and some ideas for data collection. It does not
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Improving Democracy Assisstance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research
Washington, DC: National Academies Press (2008), xiii, 277 pp.
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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Democracy or Polyarchy? US-Funded Media Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq Post 9/11
Media, Culture & Society, volume 30, issue 1 (2008), pp. 109-130
"This paper has demonstrated that the benefits for the general Afghan and Iraqi public derived from the ‘promotion of independent media’ by institutions like the NED are questionable, especially for parties interested in encouraging more deliberative or participatory forms of democracy. Instead,
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Deepening Our Understanding of the Effects of US Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building: Final Report
Nashville, Tenn.; Pittsburgh: Vanderbilt University; University of Pittsburgh (2008), 102 pp.
"Does USAID’s democracy promotion program work? Although some prior studies have examined specific projects in individual countries, no prior effort has studied the question on a world-wide basis, and no prior study has encompassed the entire post Cold-War period. [...] In the first phase of that
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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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International Assistance to Promote Independent Media in Transition and Post-Conflict Societies
Democratization, volume 13, issue 4 (2006), pp. 652-667
"This article focuses on an important but neglected area of democracy assistance: international aid to build and strengthen independent media in transition and post-Conflict societies. The purpose of such assistance is to promote democratization by facilitating the free flow of information, transpar
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Democracy Assisstance to Post-Conflict Mozambique: Intentions and Outcomes
Den Haag: Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' (2006), viii, 31 pp.
"The paper presents an overview of three areas of democracy assistance in Mozambique between 1994 and 2005. Support to elections appears as the most prominent sector of democracy assistance in both financial and political terms. External actors have effectively influenced some technical areas and co
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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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Supporting the Post-Genocide Transition in Rwanda
The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' (2004), xix, 134 pp.
Democracy Assistance to Post-Conflict Ethiopia
The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' (2004), xvii, 93 pp.
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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Democratic Transition in Post-Conflict El Salvador
The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' (2004), xxii, 138 pp.
