Administration of Justice Practices
      - Judiciary
      - Legislature
Public Prosecution
      - Role, Status and Independence of Public Prosecution
      - Automation / Computerization of their Working Systems
Human Rights
      - Accused, Offender, Prisoner
      - Children, Juveniles
      - Women
      - Minorities, Refugees, Non-Citizens
      - Humanitarian Law
      - Prevention of Discrimination
      - Political, Civil, Economic, Social, Cultural Rights
Fighting Crimes
      - Investigation of Crimes
      - Prevention of Crimes
Types of Crimes
      - Fighting Corruption
      - Transparency Standards, Instruments
      - Organized Crime
      - Fighting Money Laundering
      - Financial Transparency
      - Terrorism
      - Cyber Crimes / Computer Crimes
      - Intellectual Property Crimes
      - Crimes against Women
      - Juvenile Delinquency
      - Crimes against the Environment
      - Trafficking in Persons
      - Trafficking in Drugs
      - Trafficking in Arms, Weapons
      - Crimes against Humanity (Genocide, Torture…)
Rule of Law and Governance
       Democratic Governance
      - Development
      - Peace, Security
      - Protection of Human Rights
      - Role of Public Prosecution and Specialized Institutions
      - Importance of Parliaments
      - Local Governance
Reform
      - Legal, Judicial Reform
      - Legislation, Constitutional Reforms
      - Political, Economic, Educational Reform
Gender
      - Issues Related to Gender
      - Women and Parliament
Victims
Witnesses
Civil Society

Democratic Governance

2010: Sudan Faces Danger of Secession of the South [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): Haydar Ibrahim. 2010

After Cairo: From the Vision of the Cairo Speech to Active Support for Human Dignity [ English ]
Author(s): Edited by Andrew Albertson, Barak Hoffman, Tuqa Nusairat - Project on Middle East Democracy. 2010
This publication is a result of a series of dialogues with young Arab and American leaders in Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon in the fall of 2009. These dialogues were organized by the Project on Middle East Democracy to engage Middle Eastern youth in the discussion and recommendation of concrete ideals such as democracy, religious freedom, woman’s rights, and fundamental human development with special focus on those political roots of causing economic stagnation in the region.

Franchise in Kuwait, 2010 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2010
An external hyperlink of a Chapter on Franchise in Kuwait, 2010 made available online with the permission of www.GettingTheDealThrough.com

A Users' Guide to Measuring Gender-Sensitive Basic Service Delivery [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
The Guide is produced as part of a UNIFEM, UNDP, and Gender at Work initiative called Gender and Democratic Governance in Development, which aims to improve the governance of basic services provision to women.

A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
This guide is intended to respond to an increasing demand from a wide range of national stakeholders for guidance on the multiplicity of tools and methods that are being used to measure, assess and monitor governance at the local level. The guide contains an extensive source guide with more than 20 ready-made tools for assessing local governance.

A User's Guide to Measuring Local Governance - Communication Package [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
This communication package has been developed to accompany the Users’ Guide to Measuring Local Governance. It is intended as a training aid, and includes presentation slides with talking points, as well as several group activities for applying the concepts and techniques, and for thinking through how these translate into local settings.

Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network - ACINET News Update, issue 11 [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): UNDP-POGAR. 2009
This News Update includes information on (a) Morocco Completes the UNCAC Self Assessment Report and Submits it to the Secretariat of the Conference of State Parties (p. 2); (b) The Fifth Meeting of the Open-Ended Inter-Governmental Working Group on the Review of UN Convention Against Corruption Implementation (p.3); (c) The League of Arab States Prepares to Organize a Coordination Meeting in Anticipation of the Conference of State Parties to the UNCAC (p.4); (d) UNDP Prepares to Launch a Project to Support the Jordanian Anti-Corruption Commission (p.5); and (g) a usual stop at Arab anti-corruption highlights (p. 6).

Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network - ACINET News Update, issue 15 [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): UNDP-POGAR. 2009
This News Update includes information on (a) the commemoration of the “International Anti-Corruption Day” by the UN (p.2), ACINET (p.3), and in a number of Arab countries (p.5); (b) a workshop in Egypt for the Asia-Middle East Dialogue (AMED) countries” (p.8); (c) a regional workshop on investing and prosecuting corruption (p.9); (d) a new member in ACINET (p.11); (e) a cross-continental e-discussion on “capacity development for anticorruption (p.12); and (f) the usual stop at Arab Anti-Corruption Highlights (p.13).

Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network - ACINET News Update, issue 4 [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): UNDP-POGAR. 2009
This News Update includes information on (a) ACINET’s Programme of Work for 2009 (p.2); (b) new ACINET memberships (p.4); (c) Training of Trainers for Iraqis on on Anti-Corruption Self-Assessment and GAP Analysis (p.4); (d) National Workshop on Investigative Journalism for Written and Audible Media in Yemen (p.6); and (e) a usual stop at Arab anti-corruption highlights (p.7).

Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network - ACINET News Update, issue 5 [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): UNDP-POGAR. 2009
This News Update includes information on (a) ACINET’s first event for 2009 on “Witness and Whistleblower Protection” (p.2); (b) new ACINET memberships (p.3); (c) efforts to develop an advanced UNCAC Self Assessment Checklist (p.3); (d) preparations to organize “Global Forum VI on fighting Corruption and Enhancing Integrity” in Qatar (p.6); (e) 20th UN/INTOSAI Symposium (p.7); (f) the 4th Global Conference on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Qatar (p.9) and (g) a usual stop at Arab anti-corruption highlights (p.9).

Arbitration in Egypt, 2009 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
An external hyperlink of a Chapter on Arbitration in Egypt, 2009 made available online with the permission of www.GettingTheDealThrough.com

Corruption Perceptions Index 2009 Highlights [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2009

Democracy, Lebanese-Style [ English ]
Author(s): Melani Cammett. 2009

Engaging Syria? Lessons from the French Experience [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
This is the latest policy briefing from the International Crisis Group, draws practical lessons for the new U.S. president, while offering creative ideas as to how Paris may consolidate what remains a still tenuous initiative.

Imagining the Election: A Look at What Citizens Know and Expect of Sudan’s 2010 Vote [ English ]
Author(s): National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. 2009
This report examines citizens’ understanding of and concerns about the national elections planned for 2010. The report also includes citizens' views on government performance, development, security, corruption, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and related issues.

Iraq, its Neighbors and the Obama Administration: Syrian and Saudi Perspectives [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
This working paper represents the initial findings of the Study Mission that aims to explore prospects for greater regional cooperation on Iraq; to understand how U.S. policies are perceived, and to assess regional expectations of the Iraqi government and the new American administration. These discussions necessarily involved a range of other regional security issues interconnected with Iraq—Iran, Lebanon, and especially the Israel-Palestine conflict and the war in Gaza.

Lebanon Observatory and International Trade [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2009
Gender and Trade e-Newsletter published by the Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action.

Lebanon’s Elections: Avoiding a New Cycle of Confrontation [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2009
Lebanon’s 7 June elections risk offering a false hope. That the parties agreed to shift their conflict from street to ballot box is surely a good thing, but it should not be misinterpreted. The results almost certainly will be close and so replicate the schism that divides the political arena into two irreconcilable camps. With the crisis that pushed the country to the brink of new civil war in 2008 apparently past, the parties are reverting to form, thus reviving rather than resolving the underlying conflicts.

Lebanon’s Parliamentary Elections: Anticipating Opportunities and Challenges [ English ]
Author(s): Mona Yacoubian. 2009
This report is the first of two papers addressing Lebanon's parliamentary elections. It is based on research conducted in Lebanon as part of a pre-election observation trip sponsored by the National Democratic Institute as well as the author's ongoing work as director of the Institute's Lebanon Working Group. Topics discussed include power sharing in Lebanon; opportunities for reform; electoral challenges; and stakes in the Lebanese parliamentary elections.

Lebanon's Unstable Equilibrium [ English ]
Author(s): Mona Yacoubian. 2009
In the wake of Lebanon forming a new government, USIP assesses how the country can ensure ongoing political progress and stability.

Looking Forward: An Integrated Strategy for Supporting Democracy and Human Rights in Egypt [ English ]
Author(s): Gregory L. Aftandilian - Project on Middle East Democracy. 2009
This publication is the result of round table discussions hosted by the Project on Middle East Democracy during which leading American, Egyptian, and European policy experts, advocates, and analysts explored ideas for a new policy approach to Egypt.

Managing Arab Sovereign Wealth in Turbulent Times—and Beyond [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
The custodians of Arab sovereign wealth have found themselves in a precarrious situation, having to respond, first, to an external audience when it appeared that their influence in the world had substantially increased, and later, to a domestic audience when it appeared that they might have overplayed their hands.

Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent [ English ]
Author(s): Bruce Etling, John Kelly, Robert Faris, and John Palfrey. 2009
This study explores the structure and content of the Arabic blogosphere using link analysis, term frequency analysis, and human coding of individual blogs. We identified a base network of approximately 35,000 active Arabic language blogs (about half as many as we found in a previous study of the Persian blogosphere), discovered several thousand Arabic blogs with mixed use of Arabic, English and French, created a network map of the 6,000 most connected blogs, and with a team of Arabic speakers hand coded over 4,000 blogs. The goal for the study was to produce a baseline assessment of the networked public sphere in the Arab Middle East, and its relationship to a range of emergent issues, including politics, media, religion, culture, and international affairs.

Missed by the Boom, Hurt by the Bust: Making Markets Work for Young People in the Middle East [ English ]
Author(s): Navtej Dhillon, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Paul Dyer, Tarik Yousef, Amina Fahmy, Mary Kraetsch. 2009
The report, issued by the Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings and the Dubai School of Government, analyses the early risks faced by young people in the Middle East during the global economic downturn. The report calls on governments in the Middle Eas to safeguard the welfare of youth in the region, to prioritize job creation for young people and engage in an open and transparent dialogue on the economic crisis with citizens, the private sector, and civil society.

Nurturing Instability: Lebanon's Palestinian Refugee Camps [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
This report tackles the issue of the Palestinian refugee population that is routinely forgotten and ignored in much of the Middle East but not in Lebanon. Unlike in other host countries, the refugee question remains at the heart of politics, a recurrent source of passionate debate and occasional trigger of violence in Lebanon.

Oil Regulations in Kuwait, 2009 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
An external hyperlink of a Chapter on Oil Regulations in Kuwait, 2009 made available online with the permission of www.GettingTheDealThrough.com

Oil Regulations in Oman, 2009 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
An external hyperlink of a Chapter on Oil Regulations in Kuwait, 2009 made available online with the permission of www.GettingTheDealThrough.com

Peace on the Rocks: Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement [ English ]
Author(s): Adam O'Brien. 2009
This strategy paper explains how the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is not a lost cause. However, it badly needs the international community to provide focused support, in the form of both incentives and pressure, to send a clear and consistent message that full implementation of the agreement is the essential foundation for peace in Sudan.

Preventing Conflict over Kurdistan [ English ]
Author(s): Henry J. Barkey. 2009
This report reviews the Kurdish question and calls on Washington to pay close attention to its intertwined and sensitive dimensions and develop a comprehensive approach in its solution as any potential progress—and setbacks—in one area could affect movement elsewhere. The report indicates the importance of settling Kirkuk’s future, consolidating the legitimacy of Iraq’s federal structure and developing a working relationship between Ankara and the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Reconstructing Gaza – Lessons from Lebanon [ English ]
Author(s): Alistair Harris. 2009

Reshuffling the Cards? (I): Syria's Evolving Strategy [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
Syria’s foreign policy sits atop a mountain of apparent contradictions that have long bedeviled outsiders. Its self-proclaimed goal is peace with Israel, yet it has allied itself with partners vowed to Israel’s destruction. It takes pride in being a bastion of secularism even as it makes common cause with Islamist movements. It simultaneously has backed Iraqi Sunni insurgents and a Lebanese Shiite armed group. The U.S. has wavered between different approaches in unsuccessful attempts to persuade Damascus to clarify its stance, from a peace process focus in the 1990s to isolation and pressure under George W. Bush in the following decade. Barack Obama, having turned an old page without settling on a new one, seems intent on engagement on bilateral issues, albeit more cautious than ambitious.

Reshuffling the Cards? (II): Syria's New Hand [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
Syria typically, and at times justifiably, brings to mind stagnation and immobility. Yet, over recent years, change has been afoot. In 2008, it agreed to Turkish-mediated talks with Israel. It built ties with the Iraqi government after long depicting it as the offspring of an illegitimate occupation. It began to normalize relations with Lebanon, after years of resisting its claim to sovereignty. It accelerated economic reforms. These steps fall short of being revolutionary; some were imposed rather than chosen and reflected opportunism rather than forward thinking. Still, by Syrian standards, they are quite remarkable, especially in contrast to recent fervent militancy.

Supporting Country-Led Democratic Governance Assessments - Practice Note [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
The Practice Note on Supporting Country-Led Democratic Governance Assessments outlines UNDP’s principal objective for engagement; that is to support national ownership and capacity development of national partners to be able to undertake and use governance assessments to enhance democratic governance.

The Federal Budget and Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 - Demorcracy, Governance and Human Rights in the Middle East [ English ]
Author(s): Stephen McInerney - Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED). 2009
The President’s first annual budget demonstrates that the Obama administration takes seriously the role of the U.S. in supporting democracy, governance, and human rights in the Broader Middle East and North Africa. The new administration has requested large increases in funding for programs to support democracy, governance, and human rights. However, it has also shifted funds in the Arab world away from partnerships with local civil society actors and toward other initiatives, including rule of law and governance programs.

The legislation governing the energy and electricity sector in Egypt [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2009

Won’t You Be My Neighbor: Syria, Iraq and the Changing Strategic Context in the Middle East [ English ]
Author(s): Steven Simon. 2009
An analysis of Syria's emergence as a geopolitical operator, able to manage a delicate strategic balance, yet facing a host of internal challenges due to Iraq’s instability. Primary among these is coping socially, economically, and politically with a huge influx of Iraqi refugees, and mitigating the effect that sectarian (Shia-Sunni) and ethnic (Arab-Kurd) conflict in Iraq.

Youth Exclusion in Yemen: Tackling the Twin Deficits of Human Development and Natural Resources [ English ]
Author(s): . 2009
A Middle East Youth Initiative Working Paper No. 9, November 2009, edited by Ragui Assaad, Ghada Barsoum, Emily Cupito and Daniel Egel. The authors identify in this paper processes through which many Yemeni youth are excluded from the opportunity to become productive adults and positive contributors to society. Many youth face social exclusion, whereby they are cut off from the resources and institutions that could assist them in their transition to adulthood. Moreover, youth exclusion in Yemen is highly gendered and regionalized. Females and rural residents are much more likely to be excluded than males and urban residents.

Arab Anti Corruption and Integrity Network - ACINET News Update, issue 3 [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): UNDP-POGAR . 2008
This News Update includes information on (a) Commemorating The International Anti-Corruption Day (p.2); (b) Three new members join ACINET (p.3); (c) new anti-corruption measures in Yemen (p.5); and (d) a usual stop at Arab anti-corruption highlights (p.6).

Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network - ACINET News Update, issue 1 [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): UNDP-POGAR. 2008
This News Update includes information on (a) the establishment of the Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network – ACINET (p.1); (b) the selection of ACINET’s chair (p.3); (c) Latest news on the coordination between ACINET and the League of Arab States (p.3); news about ACINET membership (p.4) and (d) a usual stop at Arab anti-corruption highlights (p.5).

Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network - ACINET News Update, issue 2 [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): UNDP-POGAR. 2008
This News Update includes information on (a) the 13th International Anti-Corruption Conference in Athens and side events (p.1); (b) the 3rd Global Conference for Parliamentarians against Corruption in Kuwait (p.3); (c) Qatari preparation to host key global anti-corruption events in 2009 (p.5); and (d) a usual stop at Arab anti-corruption highlights (p.7).

Debating Devolution in Iraq [ English ]
Author(s): Reidar Visser. 2008

Guide to Rule of Law Country Analysis: The Rule of Law Strategic Framework [ English ]
Author(s): . 2008
This guide is focused on promoting rule of law as a basis for democratic governance. This guide recognizes the importance of promoting the rule of law to achieve a variety of development goals. More importantly, it is focused on how USAID rule of law programs can contribute to the broader goal of democratic development, with particular attention to empowerment of the poor and vulnerable groups.

Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience [ English ]
Author(s): . 2008
This is an unpublished 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the idea of rebuilding a foreign country, and then molded into a $100 billion failure by bureaucratic turf wars, spiraling violence and ignorance of the basic elements of Iraqi society and infrastructure.

Linking Corporate Social Responsibility, Good Governance and Corporate Accountability Through Dialogue [ English ]
Author(s): Tom Bigg and Halina Ward. 2008
This paper is intended to generate discussion on the potential for creating an international multi stakeholder process to address some of the key gaps in the contemporary agenda on ‘corporate responsibility’ or ‘corporate social responsibility’. It argues the issue that there is still no comprehensive institutional setting or process within which to build understanding on the relationship between good governance, market-based corporate social responsibility, and corporate accountability.

Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq [ English ]
Author(s): . 2008
The United States is pursuing this goal along political, security, economic, diplomatic, and rule of law lines of operation. This report measures progress toward achieving this goal during June through August 2008 and highlights challenges to Iraqi and Coalition efforts to achieve their mutual objectives. The report includes specific performance indicators and measures of progress toward political, security, and economic stability in Iraq.

Opportunities to enhance U.S. Democracy-Building Strategy for Iraq [ English ]
Author(s): . 2008
The objectives of this report are set to determine the extent to which the U.S. strategy for democracy and governance in Iraq contains the characteristics of an effective strategy and the Department of State and USAID efforts to assess their progress in meeting the goals and objectives of the strategy.

The Contribution of ICT to Freedom and Democracy: an Empirical Analysis of Archival Data on the Middle East [ English ]
Author(s): Farid Shirazi. 2008
A publication of the Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries. This study is based on an empirical analysis of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) archival data for ten Middle Eastern countries: Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and United Arab Emirates for the period of 1995-2003. Using a set of regression analyses, this paper shows that ICT expansion in the Middle East has not only resulted in the reduction of the Digital Divide between this region and developed countries, it has also had a positive impact on promoting democracy and freedom of expression in a region that suffers most from political, social and global conflicts.

The Global ' Go-To Think Tanks' [ English ]
Author(s): James G. McGann. 2008
Global "Go-To Think Tanks ” is a report that identifies some of the leading public policy research organizations in the world. This project grew out of never ending requests from journalists, scholars and government officials who want a list of the leading think tanks in a particular country or region of the world. Global"Go-To Think Tanks" is the culmination of 18 months of polling and surveying to create that list.

United Nations e-Government Survey 2008: From e-Government to Connected Governance [ English ]
Author(s): . 2008
The e-Government Survey 2008: From e-Government to Connected Governance presents an assessment of the new role of the government in enhancing public service delivery, while improving the efficiency and productivity of government processes and systems. It comprises two parts: Part I presents the findings of the United Nations e-Government Survey 2008 while the ‘how to’ approach connected governance is the focus of Part II of this year’s Survey.

United Nations Maps: Lebanon [ English ]
Author(s): . 2008

United Nations Maps: Syria [ English ]
Author(s): . 2008

Amnesty International Report [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2007

Ayatollah Sistani and the Democratization of Post-Ba'athist Iraq  [ English ]
Author(s): Babak Rahmi. 2007
This report examines the role of Ayatollah Ali Hussaini Sistani in the democratization of post-Ba‘athist Iraq. 

Canadian International Development Agency - Our Commitment to Sustainable Development [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
The policy details CIDA's approaches and principles of actions, the implementation strategies, and monitoring of policies, in reference to every basic and intermediate human needs.

Civil Society and Democratization in the Arab World - Annual Report (2007) [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
This 2007 annual report is concerned with political systems in the Arab World as they relate to freedom and human rights.

Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund - Annual Report 2007 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007

Don’t Give Up on Democracy Promotion [ English ]
Author(s): Michele Dunne, Amr Hamzawy, Nathan Brown. 2007
Nathan Brown, Michele Dunne, and Amr Hamzawy assess the current state of democratic reforms and the potential for transition in Egypt. They recommend a number of steps the U.S. can take to strengthen the chances for political reform and salvage previous U.S. efforts towards democracy promotion in the Arab world.

Engaging Islamists and Promoting Democracy: A Preliminary Assessment [ English ]
Author(s): Mona Yacoubian. 2007
This Special Report examines the experiences of U.S. democracy promoters at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) working with Islamist parties in three countries: Morocco, Jordan, and Yemen.

From Rejection to Acceptance: Israeli National Security Thinking and Palestinian Statehood  [ English ]
Author(s): Shlomo Brom. 2007
In this report, General Shlomo Brom traces the development of Israeli national security thinking about Palestinian statehood, and the implications it holds for American policy. 

Iraq First - Iraqi National Security Strategy 2007-2010 [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2007
The office of the National Security Advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister, Muwaffaq al-Rubay'i, has published "Iraq First - The National Security Strategy 2007-2010". This strategy lays out a vision for Iraq, domestic and foreign policies to be undertaken to reach stability, and outlines Iraq's goals vis-a-vis its neighbors and regional powers.

Middle East Report - Fall [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007

Republic of Iraq District Government Field Manual: volume 1 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
This manual aims to guide the practice of embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams (ePRTs), deployed in mid-2007 in the governorates of Baghdad, North Babil, and Al Anbar in Iraq.

Republic of Iraq District Government Field Manual: volume 2 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
This manual aims to guide the practice of embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams (ePRTs), deployed in mid-2007 in the governorates of Baghdad, North Babil, and Al Anbar in Iraq.

Republic of Iraq District Government Field Manual: volume 2: version I [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
Volume II of the District Government Field Manual presents selected resource material that may be examined for further information and illumination of the subjects covered in Volume I. The material includes a map of Iraq; the Constitution of Iraq; selected relevant legislation; overviews charts of local councils, governorate administrative offices, and federal offices in each of the administrative entities that will receive embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams (Baghdad Governorate and the Amanat [Baghdad capital mayoralty], Al Anbar Governorate, and Babil Governorate); and explanatory material on public finance and economic development.

Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq  [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
This report includes key issues of concern to the Congressional Oversight working to secure, stabilize, and rebuild Iraq. 

Status of Ministerial Capacity Development in Iraq  [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
The objectives of this audit are to determine whether the U.S. government organizations had plans and programs in place for capacity development in the Iraqi government ministries. 

Strategy of Arab Economic Integration in the two coming decades 2002 - 2020 [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2007
The Council of Arab Economic Unity approved in its 73rd meeting a new strategy for Arab economic integration in the two coming decades. It also approved the various dimensions of the strategy in areas of trade, investment, technological development and joint Arab development.

The Iraq Hydrocarbon Law: How and When?  [ English ]
Author(s): Christina Parajon. 2007

UNDP - Annual Report [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2007
The Annual Report 2007 is a snapshot of flagship products and services which the Democratic Governance Group (DGG) delivered in the past year. The aim of the Practice has been to encourage democratic governance institutions and processes that are responsive and accountable to all citizens, especially the poor and marginalized.

United Nations Maps: Algeria [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007

United Nations Maps: Lebanon UNIFIL Deployment [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007

United Nations Maps: Somalia [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007

United Nations Maps: Sudan [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007

Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) Project, 1996-2006 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007

A Mandate for Reform - Focus Group Report on Public Attitudes to Politics, Electoral law and parties [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), in cooperation with the National Democratic Institute (NDI), conducted a 9 focus groups in Beirut and found that political and confessional tensions have risen compared to the unity found in a prior study five months ago, and that serious divisions exist around the Mehlis and Roed-Larsen Reports that may point to turbulence in Lebanese politics in the days ahead.

Advancing the Freedom Agenda: Time for a Recalibration? [ English ]
Author(s): Jennifer Windsor. 2006
This paper examines how democracy promotion was at its best but then September 11 happened and the “freedom agenda” that recently seemed on the ascendancy is now under siege both within the United States and the broader international community.

Aftermath of the Hamas Tsunami [ English ]
Author(s): Nathan J. Brown. 2006
The study addresses four questions: What did Palestinians vote for on January 25? What agenda and set of priorities is Hamas likely to pursue? What is Hamas likely to be able to do with a parliamentary majority? What choices do Western donor states have—is there any possibility of coaxing Hamas into a more promising set of positions regarding Israel?

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Iraq country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Syria country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Jordan country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Saudi Arabia country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Yemen country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index United Arab Emirates country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Bahrain country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Egypt country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Sudan country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Libya country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Tunisia country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Algeria country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Country Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This Bertelsmann Transformation Index Morocco country report provides detailed information on the factors of assessment for each country examined, such as the status of development, problems specific to the country and management performance. The analysis allows for a focused comparison of reform policies with results that point to successful factors and strategies in individual states.

Betting on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission [ English ]
Author(s): Pierre Hazan. 2006
This report explores the potential and limits of the first truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) in the Arab world. It demonstrates the difficulties of a TRC when society is caught up in a struggle between Islamic extremists and repressive security organs of the state. Despite its limitations, the Moroccan TRC provides a road map to further democratization.

Crisis in the Middle East [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This paper argues that this is a dangerous moment for the Middle East, because the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon could easily escalate to involve the broader region. And that there are voices in the United States and Israel calling for a deliberate broadening of the conflict to Syria and Iran in an attempt to solve all the contentious issues of the region at once.

Darfur Crisis: Death Estimates Demonstrate Severity of Crisis, but Their Accuracy and Credibility Could Be Enhanced  [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This report evaluates six Darfur death estimates, identifies general challenges to estimating deaths in such crises, and discusses measures to improve death estimates. 

Darfur Crisis: Progress in Aid and Peace Monitoring Threatened by Ongoing Violence and Operational Challenges  [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This report reviews U.S. humanitarian assistance provided to Darfur and the challenges that have been encountered and the African Union efforts to fulfill its mandate and challenges that have affected these efforts. 

Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund - Annual Report 2006 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006

Disempowering New Democracies and the Persistence of Poverty [ English ]
Author(s): Thandika Mkandawire. 2006
The paper considers two processes taking place simultaneously in developing countries: the adoption of orthodox economic policies during a period of growing awareness of the pervasiveness and persistence of poverty, on the one hand, and the growing political empowerment of the majority of the population through processes of democratization, on the other hand.

Electoral Law Reform in Lebanon: The Experience and Recommendations of the National Commission [ English ]
Author(s): Paul Salem. 2006
This report portrays how the parliamentary elections of 2005 in Lebanon following Syria’s military withdrawal were a great missed opportunity for the holding of elections away from foreign manipulation, intimidation, and bargaining practices.

Finding a Path from Deadlock to Democracy [ English ]
Author(s): Julia Choucair. 2006
This paper discusses the problems and prospects facing the largely fractured Lebanese political system. It outlines policies to realistically achieve security, electoral, and economic reform in Lebanon and discusses the role of international actors in Lebanon's political future.

Governance for the Future: Democracy and Development in the Least Developed Countries [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2006
This is the first United Nations Report to focus specifically on the challenges of governance faced by the 50 poorest nations in the world, collectively known as Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Hezbollah and the Lebanese State Reconciling a National Strategy with a Regional Role [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): Ali Fayyad. 2006
This paper by the head of Hezbollah’s main think tank, asserts that the movement of Hezbollah is determined to abide by Lebanon’s democratic political system based on the rule of consensus, and its appreciation that internal stability is central to its national project if it is to succeed in its pan-Arab and Islamic mission. In the aftermath of the war with Israel, Hezbollah’s regional popularity has grown beyond any expectations but the movement is reasserting its attachment to its Lebanese national agenda.

Innovations in Governance and Public Administration: Replicating What Works [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This publication is intended for policy-makers and practitioners, as well as scholars and researchers of innovation in governance and the public at large. Its aim is to provide interested Governments with both conceptual and policy tools to select and adapt innovations.

Joint Statement of Cooperation between Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2006
This statement of cooperation was reached on the 6th of February 2006 as a result of the six-month long dialogue between the heads of the Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement parties.

Lebanon Crisis 2006 Revision [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
The focus of the humanitarian assistance to Lebanon now turns to short-term interventions that support returnees and strengthen agencies that provided food, water, medicines, blankets, shelter materials, fuel for generators and water pumps to vulnerable populations.

No Ownership, No Peace: the Darfur Peace Agreement [ English ]
Author(s): Laurie Nathan. 2006
The paper examines the deadline diplomacy and the failure of the African Union (AU) and its international partners to distinguish between getting the parties to sign a peace agreement and obtaining their genuine consent to its terms and execution. It, also, explores the ways in which the deadline diplomacy prevented the mediators from doing a proper job.

Parliamentary Control of Military Missions: Accounting for Pluralism [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This paper, prepared by DCAF, is interested in explaining why decision-making procedures, and parliamentary involvement in particular, have been so diverse in the first place. Put differently, this paper asks why democracies differ as regards the level of parliamentary control over military missions.

Parliaments, Politics and HIV/AIDS: A Comparative Study of Five African Countries [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This is a synthesis report from a comparative study in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa on the effective use of parliamentary oversight in respect of the national responses to HIV/AIDS. It provides lessons learned and detailed analysis on the impact of parliamentary oversight of HIV/AIDS as well as key recommendations to strengthen the role of parliamentarians in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Promoting Democracy and Pluralism in the Muslim World: A Summary Assessment of the Islam and Civil Society Program in Indonesia [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This report summarizes findings of an assessment of The Asia Foundation’s (TAF) program on Islam and Civil Society in Indonesia. Funded by USAID, the program involves collaboration with Muslim leaders and organizations to support democracy training and civil society development.

Quick Delivery - High Impact [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
The Quick Delivery – High Impact Initiative is designed to jump start Lebanon’s recovery pending the completion of all assessments and the formulation of a comprehensive recovery programme. These projects will help restore the development trajectory immediately after the ceasefire and to arrest any further deterioration of environmental and human resources.

Saudi Labyrinth: Evaluating the Current Political Opening [ English ]
Author(s): Amr Hamzawy. 2006
This paper discusses the political actors in Saudi Arabia's political scene, recent reform measures, potential for further reform and the role of the United States. Hamzawy argues that although the reforms may seem small to the United States, they are integral steps toward liberalization.

Setting the Stage for Long Term Reconstruction: The National Early Recovery Process [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This is the report that the Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora presented at the Stockholm Conference for Lebanon's Early Recovery after the July-August 2006 war.

Strengthening Palestinian Public Institutions [ English ]
Author(s): Yezid Sayigh and Khalil Shikaki. 2006
This report performs both diagnostic and prescriptive functions with respect to the public institutions of the Palestinian Authority. Its three objectives are as follows: 1) to determine the actual condition and effectiveness of those institutions; 2) to identify the difficulties they have encountered and the impediments to their effective functioning; and 3) to propose practical measures to improve their effectiveness and credibility in the medium to long term.

The Investor Roadmap to Iraq  [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This study is a baseline of the current business environment in Iraq, which is still in an embryonic state with respect to administrative control and enforcement, as well as the establishment of detailed procedures. 

The Iraq Study Group Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This report includes a number of recommendations for actions to be taken in Iraq, the United States and the region. They call for new and enhanced diplomatic and political efforts in Iraq and the region, and a change in the primary mission of U.S. forces in Iraq that will enable the United States to begin to move its combat forces out of Iraq responsibly.

The Sixth War: Israel's Invasion of Lebanon [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This issue of the MIT electronic journal puts together a range of analytical essays, grounded in thorough empirical and conceptually sound research and tackling different facets of the war, in one volume.

UNDP - Annual Report - Global Partnership for Development [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2006
This annual report highlights the national capacities for sustainable development, and contributions to critical issues such as global public goods and democratic governance.

United Nations Maps: Djibouti [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006

User's Guide to Democracy and Governance Programming [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This publication describes how USAID Missions and bureaus can contact staff in the DG Office and access the technical services it provides. It presents an overview of the DG Office, information on staff and current team assignments, and useful descriptions and contact information on each implementing mechanism, which missions and regional bureaus may access.

What is Happening in Mauritania? An Analysis of the Post-Coup Transitional Period [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): Mohammad El Ameen Oueld Bah. 2006
During the last two years instability has prevailed in Mauritania and after the failed coup d’etat of June 2003, the country entered a transitional period. In this report, analysts try to offer various explanations for the coup.

Worst of the Worst: the World's Most Repressive Societies [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This overview report includes the worst country records that are considered to be not free and whose citizens endure systematic and pervasive human rights violations. The report is drawn from Freedom in the World 2006, Freedom House's annual global survey on political rights and civil liberties.

A Guide to Civil Society Organizations Working on Democratic Governance [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
The Guide offers a snapshot of more than 300 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on democratic governance at the global and regional levels. The guide provides information on CSOs across UNDP’s seven priority democratic governance areas or services line. These are: policy support to democratic governance, parliamentary support, electoral systems and processes, justice and human rights, e.governance and access to information, decentralization, public administration reform and anti-corruption.

A Reform Initiative in Jordan: Trying to Keep Pace with Iraqi and Palestinian Elections [ English ]
Author(s): Robert Satloff. 2005
Jordan announced an initiative for decentralizing political and fiscal authority. The initiative plans to establish regional assemblies and to empower them with responsibilities similar to the parliament and central government. Analysts view Jordan’s effort as one of the means to keep pace with the democratizing trend in the Middle East.

Aligning Public Governance Reform to Development in the Arab Region - A Conceptual Framework [ English ]
Author(s): Ahmad Sakr Ashou. 2005
The report examines the state of the public administration and the ongoing modernizing initiatives in a number of Arab countries.

Aqaba Special Economic Zone, Jordan: A Case Study of Governance [ English ]
Author(s): Marwan Kardoosh. 2005
Although the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) is not exclusively or even mainly a governance-related initiative, this case study focuses on governance reform. It stresses the implications of the ASEZ vis-à-vis key dimensions of governance including structure of government, political accountability, private sector environment, civil society voice and participation, and public sector management.

Arab Political Systems: Baseline Information and Reforms [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
This paper provides easily accessible baseline information about the political systems of Arab countries, with links to official documents and websites, and is frequently updated to provide information about reforms being introduced.

Between Impediment and Advantage Saddam's Iraq [ English ]
Author(s): Amatzia Baram. 2005
This analysis provides a backdrop to the ongoing conflict with Iraq and helps understand the significance of Saddam Hussein in Iraqi politics and the forces with which he tackles as he makes decisions about compliance with international demands.

Can Egypt's Troubled Elections Produce a More Democratic Future? [ English ]
Author(s): Amr Hamzaway and Nathan J. Brown. 2005
This paper argues that the Mubarak regime has three choices: to resort to escalating repressive measures, to accept the new role of the Brotherhood and integrate it fully, or to accommodate it in a rather cautious way. Given the new weight of the Brotherhood as the dominant bloc within the opposition camp, the movement might be tempted to press for immediate political gains, which could raise acute policy dilemmas for the Egyptian government, the U.S. and others.

Corporate Governance and Transparency, Role of Disclosure: How to Prevent New Financial Scandals and Crimes? [ English ]
Author(s): Fiammetta Borgia. 2005
The author argues that transparency is a necessity for all economic communities and that only with transparency will it be possible to deter frauds, embezzlement and financial scandals, and foster efficiency in the allocation of investments across corporations and countries.

Corporate Governance in Lebanon: an Investor Perspective [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
This report presents the assessments and recommendations of members of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) Lebanon Task Force who engaged in a dialogue with government officials, regulators, and members of associations and groups active in corporate governance. The Task Force offers a guidepost as to where Lebanon stands relative to the investment environment that members of the IIF Equity Advisory Group would like to see develop in key emerging market countries.

Dangers of Political Exclusion: Egypt's Islamist Problem [ English ]
Author(s): Bassma Kodmani. 2005
This paper focuses on the relationship between religious authority and political authority as it unfolds and outlines the motivations, interests, strategies, and agendas of the institutions that represent and speak for Islam and those that represent the state and act in its name.

Darfur: the Failure to Protect [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
This report examines two years of crisis in Darfur, the deteriorating humanitarian, security and political situation and how the international community is failing to protect civilians or influence the Sudanese government to do so.

Democracies in Muslim Countries and the Tunisian Case: What is Essential, What is Nice and What Works? [ English ]
Author(s): David L.Mack. 2005

Democracy and Reform in the Arab World [ Arabic ]
Author(s): khalis Azmi. 2005
If democratic systems, regardless of the form they take, are not the offspring of their own environment, and if they do not grow in a natural and healthy way until they become a popular demand that reflects people's awareness and recognition of their essence and appearance in society, then all pressures in the world could not establish a real and politically efficient and effective democracy.

Democracy in Jordan [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
This is the report of a poll that aims to track the opinion of Jordanian citizens on the democratic transformation in general. It includes measuring the level of democracy as perceived by citizens, what democracy means to Jordanians, and what kind of political system Jordanians prefer.

Democracy in the Making: Key Options in Iraq's Democratization Process [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2005
This document consists of three different policy briefings on constitution-building processes, electoral system design and political parties in divided societies. They are essentially based on a comparative analysis at global scale and are the result of the three main areas of thematic work International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) has been doing in the past years.

Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund - Annual Report 2004 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005

Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund - Annual Report 2005 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005

Developing a Framework: Concept and Research Priorities for Partnership Accountability [ English ]
Author(s): Julia Steets. 2005
The paper argues that accountability mechanisms have important drawbacks for partnerships and that accountability requirements differ depending on the political function of a partnership. It concludes that the challenge is not simply to make partnerships more accountable, but to find the right level of accountability.

Do power-sharing institutions work? Stable democracy and good governance in divided societies [ English ]
Author(s): Pippa Norris. 2005
This study compares a broad cross-section of countries worldwide, including many multiethnic states, to investigate the impact of formal power-sharing institutions (PR electoral systems and federalism) on several indicators of democratic stability and good governance.

European Commission Development Policies [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
The European Consensus on Development 2005 is a policy statement that reflects the EU's willingness to eradicate poverty and build a more stable and equitable world. respect for human rights, democracy, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, good governance, gender equality, solidarity, social justice and effective multilateral action, particularly through the UN.

Evaluating Middle East Reform: How Do We Know When It Is Significant? [ English ]
Author(s): Marina S. Ottaway. 2005
This short paper launches the second set of studies in the Carnegie Papers Middle East Series. The first set, now also published as a book under the title Uncharted Journey: Promoting Democracy in the Middle East, examined the most important issues concerning democracy promotion and democratic change in the Middle East.

Evaluating Palestinian Reform [ English ]
Author(s): Nathan Brown. 2005
The author measures reform efforts to date and proposes concrete steps in four priority areas: political parties, security services, judiciary and media.

Good Governance for Development (GfD) [ English ]
Author(s): Adel Abdellatif. 2005
Presentation by Adel Abdellatif, Regional Coordinator of UNDP-POGAR, on the Initiative of Good Governance for Development in the Arab Countries, presented at the UNDP Executive Board meeting in New York on 22 June 2005.

Governance Matters IV: Governance Indicators for 1996-2004 [ English ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi. 2005
This paper presents the latest update of the aggregate governance indicators, which measure six dimensions: voice and accountability, political instability and violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption.

History Matters: Past as Prologue in Building Democracy in Iraq [ English ]
Author(s): Eric Davis. 2005
Current Iraqi politics and society cannot be rebuilt without an understanding of the country’s past. Americans need to appreciate the ways stereotyping has affected U.S. views of the country, how their lack of understanding of Iraqi history has adversely affected America's post-Saddam policy; and how restoring Iraq’s historical memory could be a vital part of building a democratic Iraq.

In Quest of Sustainable Development [ English ]
Author(s): Solon L. Barraclough. 2005
This paper attempts to contribute to debates about possible policies to ameliorate development processes by a brief review of research into the social dynamics of environmental change.

In Support of Arab Democracy: Why and How [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2005
This report, through a critical examination of regional developments and an assessment of U.S. options, seeks to answer two primary questions: First, does a policy of promoting democracy in the Middle East serve U.S. interests and foreign policy goals? Second, if so, how should the United States implement such a policy, taking into account the full range of its interests?

Information and Knowledge Basis for Policy Formulation and Law Making in Morocco [ English ]
Author(s): Lahcen Achy. 2005
This paper examines and assesses the “knowledge basis” for policy formulation and law making in Morocco. It basically assumes that the quality and effectiveness of policy-making depend to a large extent on the quality of knowledge basis upon which decisions are founded.

Information Base, Knowledge Creation and Knowledge Dissemination in Egypt [ English ]
Author(s): Noha Al-Mikawy & Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim. 2005
This paper investigates the systems of information supply, knowledge creation and dissemination in a rudimentary manner. It summarizes several positive developments taking place as well as identifies a number of weaknesses, which require action.

Iran and Iraq: the Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor [ English ]
Author(s): Geoffrey Kemp. 2005
The report evaluates the interests and influence of Iraq’s neighbors that are playing a major role- both positive and negative- in the stabilization and reconstruction of the “new Iraq”. It, also, examines how the situation in Iraq is impacting U.S. bilateral relations with these countries.

Iraq Election Scenarios: Anticipating Alternative Futures [ English ]
Author(s): Alan Schwartz. 2005
This paper illustrates how scenario planning can help policymakers tackle great uncertainty and complex political environments. It describes the project of the United States Institute of Peace that was launched in August 2004 in which it sought to develop multiple scenarios for the Iraq elections.

Iraq’s National Development Strategy 2005 - 2007 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
This is the first National Development Strategy produced by a democratically elected government of Iraq. It is about creating opportunities for all the people of Iraq to contribute to the reconstruction and development of the country. It sets out strategic priorities for Iraq’s reconstruction and development and argues that expanding opportunities in Iraq, a country devastated by decades of economic mismanagement, will require both public and private investment.

Is Political Consensus Possible in Iraq [ English ]
Author(s): Nathan J. Brown. 2005
Nathan Brown examines the four most critical elements of political reconstruction; elections, legislation, constitutional revision, and building federalism and shows how they are just as likely to engender conflict as consensus.

Islamists at the Ballot Box: Findings from Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Turkey [ English ]
Author(s): Judy Barsalou. 2005
The report summarizes the presentations of the round table discussion that featured three institute grantees who had conducted research in the Middle East on the role and impact of Islamist parties. The round table was organized on April 12, 2005, by the United States Institute of Peace’s Grant Program.

Key to Arab Reform: Moderate Islamists [ English ]
Author(s): Amr Hamzawy. 2005
To advance significant political reform in the Arab world, the United States and Europe need to engage moderate Islamists, as many Islamists groups and parties have embraced democratic procedures and shown a strong commitment to the rule of law.

Law Making Process for Trade and Investment Promotion in Jordan [ English ]
Author(s): Dr. Taher Kanaan. 2005

Law-making for trade Liberalization & Investment Promotion in Egypt [ English ]
Author(s): Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim. 2005
This paper shows the extensive legal reform that has characterized Egypt’s intention to adjust its legal framework for a better business and growth environment. The analysis points towards some shortfalls that need to be remedied, if Egypt is to benefit from its good intentions.

Legal and Regulatory Reform for Access to Finance: a Policy Programming Tool [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
Developed for practical use by the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Mission staff, practitioners, and other stakeholders in the field, this Policy Programming Tool provides guidelines for assessing the need for legal and regulatory reform that would increase access to finance for poor households and micro entrepreneurs.

Legalism Sans Frontieres? U.S. Rule-of-Law Aid in the Arab World [ English ]
Author(s): David M. Mednicoff. 2005
Arabs indisputably desire more predictable, responsive, and fair laws, even as the Middle East presents acute challenges to rule-of-law reform. David M. Mednicoff’s Carnegie Paper argues that to achieve the most success, the United States should focus less on the performance of courts and concentrate on building a broad social understanding of legal rights and respect for the law’s authority.

Living with Palestinian Democracy [ English ]
Author(s): Nathan J. Brown. 2005
Brown argues that a longer-term strategy based on support for Palestinian democracy is part of the solution to the impasse. Brown acknowledges the serious international complications triggered by the Hamas victory, but argues that it also presents an opportunity for meaningful political reform.

Local Governance Project [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
This is the final report of the local institutional support and development program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which began on March 25, 2004 and ended on May 9, 2005. The project focused in its first year on restoring basic services, increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of local service delivery, developing a transparent and accountable sub national government, and developing and strengthening civil society organization (CSOs). During its second year, the project shifted its focus toward facilitating Iraq’s transition to a sovereign state.

Managing the Gathering Storm [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
This is a report on Lebanon and how it’s setting the stage for the electoral contest in spite of sectarianism and internationalization of the political situation, many factors are intermingled: Mehlis, the Hezbollah Question.

Managing Transitions: Governance for Decent Work [ English ]
Author(s): Juan Somavia. 2005
This report is about how governments, employers and workers can together provide an institutional framework that balances flexibility for enterprises and security for workers. It stresses that, in open economies, the main means by which a country can improve its economic performance is through the productivity dividend yielded by good governance for decent work.

Market Enhancing Laws in Morocco [ English ]
Author(s): Lahcen Achy & Mona Cherkaoui. 2005
To illustrate the extent of the legal reform that took place in Morocco and its impact on economic liberalization of the Moroccan economy over the nineties, this paper analyzes and reviews four "laws". These are: the "Privatization law", the "Customs code", the "Labor code", and the "Association agreement with the EU".

Measuring Governance Using Cross-Country Perceptions Data [ English ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi. 2005
This paper describes an ongoing project to measure governance using cross-country perceptions data. The governance indicators measure six dimensions of governance and cover 209 countries and territories for 1996-2004.

Meeting the Democratic Governance Challenge [ English ]
Author(s): Sarah Repucci and Christopher Walker. 2005
This essay is an overview of the Freedom House publication: "Countries at the Crossroads 2005: A Survey of Democratic Governance". The survey evaluates government performance in 60 strategically important countries from across the globe, including emerging market countries and at-risk states.

Myths and Realities of Governance and Corruption [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann. 2005
This report presents several “myths,” regarding Governance and Corruption with which the World Bank obviously disagrees, and then discusses why they are mistaken. Following the eight myths, it presents underemphasized interventions in the area of transparency reform, complemented by improvements in freedom of the press and gender equality.

Political Paralysis and Security Reflexes in Mauritania: How to Invent Useful Terrorism [ French ]
Author(s): . 2005

Previewing Jordan’s National Agenda: Strategies for Reform [ English ]
Author(s): Samer Abu Libdeh. 2005
The author, Samer Abu Libdeh, maintains that Jordan has, as part of its National Agenda initiative, adopted a set of reforms in economic, legal, and administrative matters, and embarked on a democratization process, particularly when viewed in the regional context. The author adds that the National Agenda initiative appears to reflect a recognition that the regime needs to find a way to overcome opposition from among its traditional allies-tribal elements and Islamists- to further reform.

Rebuilding Governance in Iraq: the Need for a Comprehensive Framework [ English ]
Author(s): Julius Court and Goran Hyden. 2005
This paper argues that reorganizing state-society relations and governance in Iraq will not be an easy task, but the chances of success will be greatly enhanced if it relies on a broader, more open-ended framework for rebuilding governance in Iraq, calculating opportunities and challenges, based on the current context in Iraq and drawing on experiences from similar efforts around the world.

Reform and Development in Jordan: Toward an Arab Renaissance [ English ]
Author(s): Julie Sawyer. 2005
This is a special forum report of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The forum reflected on Jordan’s needs to accommodate its growing population, 2.4 annually, and considered that Jordan needed 8 percent annual economic growth, and the creation of 100,000 jobs each year, to rise to the challenge of its unemployment.

Revenue Administration Reform in Middle Eastern Countries, 1994-2004 [ English ]
Author(s): William Crandall and Jean-Paul Bodin. 2005
The paper provides an overview of revenue administration reforms implemented in Middle Eastern and North African countries over the past decade with IMF assistance.

Revisiting the Arab Street Research from Within [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
The specific objectives of the study are: to profile Arab public perceptions of, and attitudes toward, the politics and societies of the West; to present a substantive picture of Arab public opinion concerning Western foreign policy and to measure perceptions about bilateral relations with the West; to provide a concrete understanding of the wide gulf between Western and Arab definitions and perceptions of controversial issues such as terrorism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Iraq war.

Role and Effectiveness of the Ombudsman Institution: Working to Strengthen and Expand Democracy Worldwide [ English ]
Author(s): Dr. Victor Ayeni. 2005
The handbook provides political actors with practical, comparative information on political and policy options related to select rule of law issues.

Role of Information in the Process of Economic Reform: the Case of Jordan [ English ]
Author(s): Riad Al Khouri & Marwan Kardoosh. 2005
This study documents the increasingly important role that economic information has played in Jordan’s reform process over the last fifteen years. It details the nature of the reform process as well as the main sources of economic information and discusses current problems related to statistics in the policy sphere.

Security Sector Reform (Palestine) [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2005
This paper published by Aman-Palestine, provides an overview of the Palestinian security sector institutions and their relation to the rest of the public sector. It also discusses the different reforms of the security sector included in the reform document proposed the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2002.

Security Sector Reform Plan, Reorganization and Restructuring of the Security Sector Institutions [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2005
This paper prepared by Aman – Palestine sheds light on the legal and institutional framework governing the security section in Palestine, and proposes practical reforms such as unification of some overlapping institutions, reorganizing the military hierarchy, and allocating a budget for the security sector.

Service Delivery in a Difficult Environment: the Child-Friendly Community Initiative in Sudan [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
The purpose of this case study is to learn lessons from the UNICEF-sponsored Child-Friendly Community Initiative (CFCI) in Sudan. It examines the effectiveness of an integrated, multi-sectoral and community-driven approach for the delivery of basic services to poor and vulnerable people in a conflict-affected country.

Strategies for Promoting Democracy in Iraq [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): Eric Davis. 2005
This report suggests introducing courses and materials in conflict resolution and peace education into university curricula throughout the country to involve the Iraqi higher education system in building and promoting democratic governance in Iraq.

Sudan - Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005

The Challenge of Radical Islam in Mauritania [ English ]
Author(s): Anouar Boukhars. 2005
This article discusses the various types of Islamism within Mauritania and attempts to analyze the struggle among themselves and against the state authoritarianism over the essence and direction of the Mauritanian state.

The Changing Role of the Public Sector in the Jordanian Economy [ English ]
Author(s): Dr. Taher Kanaan. 2005
Institutional reform is needed throughout the entire polity and society. It can be achieved through an irrevocable commitment to civil and democratic society and to the appropriate institutions - a commitment that should be positive and active. This active commitment strives to create the institutions that protect and consolidate the democratic process.

The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Economic Reconstruction in Iraq: Lessons Identified [ English ]
Author(s): Anne Ellen Henderson. 2005
This report is focused specifically on economic reconstruction in Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). It is the second of three reports examining important lessons identified in Iraq prior to the country’s transition to sovereignty in June 2004 and is based on extensive interviews with 113 U.S. officials, soldiers, and contractors who served there.

The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Governance in Iraq: Lessons Identified [ English ]
Author(s): Celeste J. Ward. 2005
This report is focused specifically on governance in Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). It is the third of three reports examining important lessons identified in Iraq prior to the country’s transition to sovereignty in June 2004 and is based on extensive interviews with 113 U.S. officials, soldiers, and contractors who served there.

The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Public Security in Iraq: Lessons Identified [ English ]
Author(s): Robert M. Perito. 2005
This report is focused specifically on public security in Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and also draws on the views of experts who attended a January 2005 Iraq Experience conference at the US Institute of Peace. It is the first of three reports examining important lessons identified in Iraq prior to the country’s transition to sovereignty in June 2004.

The Future of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Critical Trends Affecting Israel [ English ]
Author(s): Yossi Alpher. 2005
The report identifies which local, regional, and international trends will have the greatest impact on Israel’s relationship with Palestinians in the coming years.

The Politics of Sovereignty [ English ]
Author(s): Abdul-Ilah Al-Bayaty and Hana Al-Bayaty. 2005
The authors discuss the impact of propaganda tools and methods historically used on a genuine and free political process meant to build a unified state with a permanent constitution. They argue that it is obvious that the occupation is attempting to build protectorates so weak and conflicting that Iraqis will not be able to get rid of American military, political and economic control.

The Post-Coup Context in Mauritania and Opportunities for Supporting a Democratic Transition [ English ]
Author(s): Chuck Costello, Tricia Keller and Gérard Latulippe. 2005

The Process of Making Market-Enhancing Laws in Morocco [ English ]
Author(s): Lahcen Achy & Mona Cherkaoui. 2005
This paper examines the law making process in Morocco and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the actors participating in the market-enhancing reforms. It presents and assesses the process through which laws are initiated, drafted, amended, adopted, and enforced in Morocco, devoting particular attention to the roles played by the Executive and the Legislature in shaping this process.

The United Nations Development Programme's Engagement with Political Parties [ English ]
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This report, which is intended for United Nations Development Programme democratic governance practitioners, analyses and summarizes a mapping of UNDP’s engagement with political parties that was conducted in October 2003 and updated in May 2005.

Towards Integrated Social Policies in Arab Countries: Framework and Comparative Analysis [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2005
The purpose of this report is to present an analysis of social policies and to identify approaches for enhancing their integration and effectiveness in Arab countries.

Tri-sector Governance: From Hierarchical Government to Co-Produced Governance [ English ]
Author(s): Gowher Rizvi. 2005
This paper, starting from the premises that government and governance are not the same thing, argues that governance consists of both the processes and the institutions that manage and control the will and collective affairs of the society.

UN and its Conduct During the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq [ English ]
Author(s): Denis Halliday. 2005
By various means, the UN has destroyed the basic human rights of the Iraqi people through the willful neglect of Articles 22-28 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The author of this article believes that the UN failed to protect and safeguard the children and people before and after the 2003 invasion and still continues to fail Iraq and its people now in mid 2005.

UNDP - Annual Report 2005 - A Time for Bold Ambition - Together We Can Cut Poverty in Half [ English ][ French ]
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UNDP's 2005 Annual Report chronicles UNDP’s work to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in developing capacity, sharing knowledge, working in partnerships and advocating the case for change.

United Nations Maps: Jordan [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Mauritania [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Morocco [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Saudi Arabia [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Tunisia [ English ]
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United Nations Mission in Sudan - Comprehensive Peace Agreement [ English ]
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Washington and Damascus: Between Confrontation and Cooperation [ English ]
Author(s): Moshe Ma'oz. 2005
This report examines the reasons for the recent deterioration in U.S.-Syrian relations, among them the attacks of 9/11, Bashar’s vehement opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq, and George W. Bush’s ideals of freedom and democracy and his embrace of certain conservative ideas.

Why Did the Poorest Countries Fail to Catch Up? [ English ]
Author(s): Branko Milanovic. 2005
Branko Milanovic debunks current development theories that explain why poorer countries have not reaped the rewards of global economic integration.

Worst of the Worst: the World's Most Repressive Societies [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
The report surveys political rights and civil liberties in 192 countries and 14 major territories.

A Handbook on NGO Governance [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
This handbook represents a set of guidelines that could promote a shared understanding of good governance while showing how to turn abstract theory into workable practice. It is based on eight basic principles that are considered essential to NGO governance around the world.

Access to Justice: the Palestinian Legal System and the Fragmentation of Coercive Power [ English ]
Author(s): Tobias Kelly. 2004
This paper stresses the political and normative aspect of legal processes. It argues that, in order to understand the obstacles to positive legal development in situations of political transition, it is necessary to discover the ways in which legal practices are understood, used and abandoned in particular contexts.

Assessing America's War on Terror: Confronting Insurgency, Cementing Primacy [ English ]
Author(s): Ashley J. Tellis. 2004
This paper draws on recent government service and offers a distinctive perspective of U.S. foreign policy at the intersection of two interlocking challenges: the prosecution of the war on terrorism and the maintenance of U.S. preeminence.

Assessing the Political Stability of Oman [ English ]
Author(s): Mark N. Katz. 2004
This article examines the challenges Oman is facing economically and politically. It assesses the implications of its population growth while its oil reserves are declining.

Best Practices in Combating Corruption [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
Political leaders in many countries have already declared combating corruption as their priority and a growing number of international and national non-governmental organizations is engaged in unmasking corruptive practices. This booklet provides examples of best practices in fighting corruption and case studies that are narrative examples whose lessons can be applied as individual country circumstances allow.

Building Knowledge Societies: The Renewal of Democratic Practices in Knowledge Societies [ English ]
Author(s): Pippa Norris. 2004
The report focuses on the political consequences of knowledge societies, and their capacities for strengthening democracy and good governance.

Civil Society and Civil Economy: the Next Decade of Corporate Governance [ English ][ Arabic ]
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by Stephen Davis, The author argues that the formulation of civil society and civil economy necessitates strong institutions - similar to those involved in creating a strong civil society- accountable to their investors that work to build institutions that promote the fusion of accountability and commerce and promote corporate governance.

Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 2004 [ English ][ Arabic ]
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Corporate Governance in MENA Countries: Improving Transparency and Disclosure [ English ]
Author(s): Nasser Saidi. 2004
This publication is a summary of the proceedings, presentations and discussions made at the second MENA Regional Corporate Governance Forum held in June 2004 in Beirut, Lebanon. The purpose of the regional Forum is to bring together practitioners and explore practical ways to implement corporate governance reform in the Arab World.

Democracy and Constituencies in the Arab World [ English ]
Author(s): Marina S. Ottaway. 2004
The demand for democracy is present in the Arab world today; what is lacking is a supply of broad-based political organizations pushing for democracy - political parties, social movements, labor unions, and large civic organizations. Unless such constituencies develop, the future of democracy remains extremely uncertain.

Democracy Assessment: the Basics of the International IDEA Assessment Framework [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
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Democracy in the Desert: Civil Society, Nation-Building and Empire [ English ]
Author(s): Jean-Paul Faguet. 2004
This paper examines the prospects for US Empire, focusing on the problem of nation building, and in particular the role of a well-functioning civil society in making democracy work.

Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund - Annual Report 2003 [ English ]
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Doing Business in Libya [ English ]
Author(s): Reema Ali. 2004
As Libya embarks on a new era of world relations and opens up to foreign investment, it finds itself in a position where it has to undo a great deal of what was achieved during the “Great Revolution”. Many policies instilled during this revolution along with the international sanctions have led Libya into deep-seated problems that require concerted legal reform efforts.

Donor Activities and Civil Society Potential in Iraq [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): Sloan Mann, Ylber Bajraktari, Patricia Karam. 2004
This report provides a snapshot of donor activities in Iraq as of early May 2004. It is unclear to what extent the security environment has affected the planned reconstruction activities in Iraq.

Everybody’s Business: Accountability, Partnerships, and the Future of Global Governance [ English ]
Author(s): Thorsten Benner and Jan Martin Witte. 2004
The paper argues that the politics of governance is now global as international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and transnational companies play vital roles alongside national officials in global policymaking. This has led to new questions of legitimacy and accountability.

Globalization and the State: Challenges for Economic Growth and Human Development [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
The present report focuses on tools and frameworks of accountability and transparency, as well as judicial reforms and regulatory frameworks to cope with rapid globalization in a manner that stimulates investors' trust and promotes trade, investment and growth on the one hand and on the other, initiate measures that are vital for protecting the interests of the poor and the vulnerable groups.

Good Governance in Investment Promotion [ English ]
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This note based on best practices and lessons learned from UNCTAD technical cooperation activities, discusses the question of what constitutes good governance in investment promotion, the importance of corporate governance, and the role of investment promotion agencies (IPAs) in improving governance in the public and private sector.

Governance In Post-Conflict Situations [ English ]
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This paper was prepared for the 2004 UNDP-Chair Michelsen Institute (CMI) Bergen Seminar on governance in post-conflict situations. This Background Paper for the Bergen Seminar discusses a number of key crosscutting issues pertaining to governance interventions in post-conflict situations, including the pace, sequencing and portfolio mix of governance interventions, trust and reconciliation, and ownership.

Governance Indicators: A Users’ Guide [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
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This is a joint publication of the United Nations Development Programme and the European Commission. The publication brings together “how to use” and “where to find” material on sources of governance indicators, which have grown tremendously due to the increasing demand to measure performance of governments, institutional quality and people’s perception.

Human Rights and Governance: The Empirical Challenge [ English ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann. 2004
This paper empirically assesses data and trends on human rights, and poses questions about the links between first generation human rights issues (political and civil rights) and second generation human right issues (of a socio-economic/development nature, often known as (‘positive liberties’), as well as between these twin generation human rights aspects, on the one hand, and governance in a narrow sense (rule of law, corruption), on the other.

IGAD Peace Process: Signposts for the Way Forward [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
The paper begins with a brief overview of the various peace processes taken up during the two decades of Sudan’s civil war, culminating in the success of the intergovernmental Authority on Development Initiative (IGAD).

Inequality and Corruption as Correlates of Social Trust: Fairness Matters More Than Similarity [ English ]
Author(s): Jong-Sung You and Sanjeev Khagram. 2004
The paper, a Faculty Research Working Paper of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, argues that income inequality increases corruption and offers the first systematic cross-country empirical study of the effect of income inequality on corruption.

Innovation in Government Around the World: Challenges and Perspectives [ English ]
Author(s): Guido Bertucci,. 2004
Presentation at the Fifth Global Forum on Reinventing Government, Mexico City, Mexico 3-7 November 2003 that discusses the situations that leads to administrative change and the trends of responses worldwide: 1) construction or re-construction of a state that operates according to the rule of law, 2) modernization of the state, and 3) reconfiguration of the role of the State.

Integrating Democracy Promotion into U.S. Middle East Policy [ English ]
Author(s): Michele Dunne. 2004
This paper examines how, the United States accorded new prominence to political and economic reform and democratization as policy goals in the Middle East, between 2002 and 2004.

Iraq in Transition: Post-Conflict Challenges and Opportunities [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
A joint publication of the Open Society Institute and the United Nations Foundation, the publication examines the Coalition's record during occupation and provides benchmarks on how best to approach the shared goal of a more stable and peaceful Iraq. The benchmarks include: (1) establishing an independent Iraqi security force, (2) providing dedicated UN security to permit greater UN presence in Iraq, (3) holding certifiably free and fair elections and drafting a permanent constitution, (4) creating mechanisms for transparent and open management of Iraq’s finances and revenues, (5) accelerating the disbursement of pledged international aid, and achieving substantial debt reduction for Iraq, (6) expanding Iraqi job opportunities in both public and private sectors.

Islamists in the Arab World: The Dance Around Democracy [ English ]
Author(s): Graham Fuller. 2004
Are Islam and democracy compatible? And are Islamists willing to accept a democratic order and work within it? The topic matters vitally because in the Middle East today Islamists have few serious ideological rivals in leading opposition movements against a failing status quo. This paper argues that democracy and political Islam are potentially quite compatible in principle, and the record indicates as much.

Libya's WMD Renunciation: How to Consolidate and Replicate [ English ]
Author(s): Patrick Clawson. 2004
The article hinges on two issues: first, how to consolidate Libya's apparent decision to give up weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and second, how to replicate the success in other Middle Eastern countries, particularly Iran.

Peacebuilding in Post-War Situations: Lessons for Sudan [ English ]
Author(s): Gunnar M. Sorbo. 2004
This report examines lessons from peace building efforts during the last decade that are relevant to the current challenges in the Sudan.

Political Reform in the Arab World: A New Ferment? [ English ]
Author(s): Amy Hawthorne. 2004
This paper argues, political reform has so far generated far more debate than actual democratizing change in the Arab world. It includes a review of the internal and external pressures, including the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, that have spurred the current reform debate, and an analysis of the three main perspectives on reform --the liberal democratic agenda, the perspective held by moderate Islamists, and the modernization approach favored by Arab regimes.

Political-Economic Conundrum: The Affinity of Economic and Political Reform in the Middle East and North Africa [ English ]
Author(s): Eva Bellin. 2004
As democracy has spread in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East has remained largely authoritarian, experiencing at most only mild liberalizing political reforms. This dual resistance to world trends is intriguing and resurrects the question of the relationship between political and economic reform. What does this resistance say about whether and how Western policy makers and aid practitioners should try to link their efforts to promote political and economic reform in the region?

Postconflict Iraq: A Race for Stability, Reconstruction, and Legitimacy [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): Faleh A. Jabar. 2004
This report chronicles the evolution of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Governing Council, the dilemmas of dismantling the structures of state power consolidated under Saddam Hussein, the emergence of a vibrant civil society, and the tensions inherent in a new political order.

Promoting Middle East Democracy: European Initiatives [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): Mona Yacoubian. 2004
This report seeks to inform discussion in U.S. policy making circles by offering an assessment of multilateral European democracy-promotion efforts in the Middle East.

Protocol between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army on the Resolution of Abyei Conflict [ English ]
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Study on Democracy and Economic and Social Development in the Arab Countries [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): Dr. Wassim Harb. 2004

The Darfur Tragedy [ English ]
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The International Dimension of the Conflict over the Western Sahara and its Repercussions for a Moroccan Alternative [ English ]
Author(s): Ahmed Boukhari. 2004
The paper argues that the conflict over the Western Sahara prolongs injustice, undermines peace and security in the Maghreb, and has deep repercussions on the relations between the Maghreb and its European neighbors. The conflict needs a prompt and determined action of both international bodies and experts on international affairs to resolve it.

The Legitimacy Challenge for Good Government and Democratic Governance [ English ]
Author(s): Winthrop Carty and Gowher Rizvi. 2004
The paper, drawing on regional and global surveys of citizen attitudes toward government, and declining faith in democracy in many countries, focuses on two means to address these challenges: 1) the imperative to innovate to strengthen government, and 2) the need to engage the broader society and its institutions.

UN Global E-Government Readiness Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
The Access-for-Opportunity Framework. Part I of the report presents the UN Global E-Government Readiness Survey 2004, which presents a comparative ranking of the countries of the world according to two primary indicators: i) the state of e-government readiness; and ii) the extent of e-participation. Part II focuses on what constitutes disparity in access to Information, Communications Technologies (ICT) and discusses issues of lack of access-for-opportunity or the 'access-opportunity divide', what defines it, what governs it and where the countries of the world are placed in terms of their access to ICTs. The Report advances a structured re-thinking about accelerating 'real access' for all.

Understanding Governance: Theory, Measurement and Practice [ English ]
Author(s): Martin Potucek, Arnost Vesely, Martin Nekola. 2004
The present volume of The Center for Social and Economic Strategies Working Papers series consists of four articles in which the authors attempt to employ a newly defined epistemological perspective towards governance. These papers mainly focus on the topics of public policy, approaches to governance, governance measurement and the capacities of Eastern and Central European countries to govern.

UNDP - Annual Report 2004 - 2015 - Mobilizing Global Partnerships [ English ][ French ]
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The 2004 Annual Report documents UNDP’s work in the world and stresses that despite a growing number of global challenges, including widespread instability, the UNDP is emerging as a trusted partner, providing knowledge and mobilizing the global partnerships needed to confront today's most pressing development concerns.

UNDP Practice Note - Public Administration Reform [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
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This note identifies a niche for UNDP in public administration reform which is comprised, in summary, of a focus on open government and decentralization as the twin pillars of UNDP's pro-poor and human rights-based approach to development.

United Nations Maps: Bahrain [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Comoros [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Egypt [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Iraq [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Libya [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Oman [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Qatar [ English ]
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United Nations Maps: Yemen [ English ]
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A Simple Measure of Good Governance [ English ]
Author(s): Jeff Huther and Anwar Shah. 2003
This paper attempts to fill the absence of a quantifiable definition of “good government” by developing a gauge of the quality of government through the construction of an index of governance quality for a sample of 80 countries.

Altered States: Globalization, Sovereignty, and Governance [ English ]
Author(s): Gordon Smith and Moises Naim. 2003
In Altered States, the authors provide practical recommendations for improved governance and for strengthening and reforming the United Nations. They explore the dynamics of globalization and discuss what makes today's globalization distinct.

Building Democracy in Iraq [ English ]
Author(s): Yash Ghai, Mark Lattimer and Yahia Said. 2003
This report by the Minority Rights Group International examines the conditions under which Iraq’s next election could be more democratic. It considers the potential risk posed by inter-ethnic and inter-confessional conflict and the actions necessary to try and avoid it.

Democratic Constitution Making [ English ]
Author(s): Vivien Hart. 2003
The report examines the role of constitution making as part of peacemaking, particularly in divided societies. It analyzes recent practices of constitution making across the globe and documents the emergence of international human rights norms that recognize the rights to public participation in changing and or creating a constitution.

Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund - Annual Report 2002 [ English ]
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Democratization with Inclusion - Political Reforms and People’s Empowerment at the Grassroots [ English ]
Author(s): James Manor. 2003
This is a background paper for the Human Development Report 2003. The paper identifies the range of political reforms that gained momentum in recent years and examines how these have worked in practice, and the conditions that tend to enhance (or undermine) their constructive potential; and focuses on actions that might strengthen that potential and issues that need to be addressed as well as on supportive initiatives, conditions and coalitions that could make a difference.

Good Governance Rankings: the Art of Measurement [ English ]
Author(s): Marie Besancon. 2003
The World Peace Foundation Report 36: Good Governance Rankings: The report examines the nature of the governance problem and the extent to which the salient questions have been answered. Its detailed analysis prepares policy makers to re-examine the criteria being readied for the Millennium Challenge Account, and those being used formally or informally by several national aid agencies. It also prepares policy makers to decide on the feasibility of creating a robust method of comparing how one government performs against another.

Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002 [ English ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi. 2003
This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002.

Iraq’s Reconstruction and the Role of the United Nations [ English ]
Author(s): . 2003
This note proposes principles of how the international community should assist the people of Iraq in establishing their own administration after the war. It calls for a stronger role of the UN in supporting national reconciliation, the re-establishment of a national civil administration, and protection of civilians.

Is Gradualism Possible? Choosing a Strategy for Promoting Democracy in the Middle East [ English ]
Author(s): Thomas Carothers. 2003
As part of the changed U.S. geostrategic outlook arising from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States; the Bush administration is giving greatly heightened attention to the issue of promoting democracy in the Middle East. There is still little consensus among U.S. policy makers regarding the best approach for implementing democracy. This working paper assesses three competing strategies that have emerged within the growing domain of gradualist pro-democratic policies and programs.

Jobs, Growth, and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa [ English ]
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Unlocking the Potential for Prosperity. This is one of four reports produced by the Middle East and North Africa Region of the World Bank on the occasion of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Dubai in September 2003.

Liberalization Versus Democracy: Understanding Arab Political Reform [ English ]
Author(s): Daniel Brumberg. 2003
In this working paper Daniel Brumberg argues that before the United States can determine whether this gradualist approach to democratic reform is the best remedy, we must first understand how Arab autocracies actually work, and, in particular, how the "liberalized autocracies" of the region endure despite frequent prediction of their imminent death.

Middle East and North Africa Regional Assistance Plan [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2003
This DFID 2003 policy report outlines the British Governments commitment and policies related to development. The Central focus of the assistance plan is to help governments, civil society and the private sector to drive the economic, political and social change. The Plan focuses on four key outcomes, reductions in the impact and likelihood of violent conflict, more effective accountable and inclusive governance, economic growth benefiting all people in a sustainable way, and more equitable human development.

National Human Rights Institutions: Some Lessons from Global Experience [ English ]
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Across the globe, many countries have set up official human rights institutions that share the protection and promotion of human rights. This note reviews the forms these institutions may take such as commissions, ombudsman, and defensores del pueblo.

Poverty in the Arab Region: A Selective Review [ English ]
Author(s): Ali Abdel Gadir Ali. 2003
The paper provides a stock taking of our current knowledge on poverty in five Arab countries: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, representing middle income countries; and Yemen, representing low income countries. It draws on the most recent results on poverty based on high quality data.

Promoting Democracy in the Middle East: the Problem of U.S Credibility [ English ]
Author(s): Marina Ottaway. 2003
In this working paper, Marina Ottaway highlights the lack of credibility that the United States has in the Arab world when it presents itself as a pro-democratic actor.

Reconstructing Iraq: a Guide to the Issues [ English ]
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A joint publication of Open Society Institute and the United Nations Foundation that provides background information on post-war reconstruction, the challenges presented by Iraq, and the implications of U.N.

Rethinking Governance: Empirical Lessons Challenge Orthodoxy [ English ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann. 2003
This paper focuses on the external accountability; transparency mechanisms and empirically-based monitoring tools (e-governance).

Somalia and Somaliland: Strategies for Dialogue and Consensus on Governance and Democratic Transition [ English ]
Author(s): . 2003
The study is based on a review of the historical context and developments leading to the collapse of Somalia as a unified state and the experiences of Somaliland in peace building and governance.

Sources for Democratic Governance Indicators [ English ]
Author(s): . 2003
This source guide is primarily intended for governance practitioners in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Offices, and for others working on governance and development issues. Its purpose is to provide a clear picture of the scope, key elements, and dimensions of governance covered by the indicator sources included.

The Other Face of the Islamist Movement [ English ]
Author(s): Mustapha Kamel Al-Sayyid. 2003
Mustapha Kamal Al-Sayyid discusses in this working paper the nonviolent face of Islamist movement. This side is represented by political movements that acknowledge that they are inspired by Islamic principles and yet claim that they want to attain their goals by peaceful means, competing for power democratically with non-Islamist political parties.

The Role of Participation and Partnership in Decentralized Governance: A Brief Synthesis of Policy Lessons and Recommendations of Nine Country Case Studies on Service Delivery for the Poor [ English ]
Author(s): Robertson Work. 2003
The paper provides a synthesis of key policy lessons and recommendations of nine case studies of decentralized governance. The UNDP-MIT Global Research Programme on Decentralized Governance - Bureau for Development Policy.

UNDP - Annual Report 2003 - A World of Development Experience [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2003
From poverty reduction to crisis prevention and recovery, from energy and the environment to democratic governance, UNDP is now playing a much more effective role in addressing the world’s biggest development challenges. This 2003 Annual Report showcases examples of these results in the field and demonstrates how UNDP is making a difference to people’s lives around the world.

UNDP Role in Public Administration Reforms in the Arab Region [ English ]
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Presentation by Elissar Sarrouh prepared for the Expert Consultative Meeting on Public Administration and Public Accounting Development, with Stress on Electronic Tools. The Meeting, organized by ESCWA under the auspices of H.E. Minister of State for Administrative Reform in Lebanon, was held in Beirut, Lebanon 1-3 July 2003. The paper provides an overview of UNDP role in supporting public administration reforms in selected countries in the region and features five case studies with recognized results in this practice area and highlight good practices and lessons learned. The paper concludes with recommendations building on UNDP experience and drawing on lessons learned to achieve reform objectives and expected results in the area of public administration and civil service development.

United Nations - World Bank Joint Iraq Needs Assessment [ English ]
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The Needs Assessment of the Donor Reconstruction Conference that was held in October 23-24, 2003. The assessment reported on the current status and priority reconstruction and rehabilitation needs in each sector, focused on the most urgent requirements for 2004, pinpointed reconstruction needs for the period 2005-2007, highlighted the need for a sustainable approach to reconstruction and development, and outlined a number of policy reform options.

United States - Agency for International Development - Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2004-2009 [ English ]
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The Plan sets the Agency's policy framework and outlines the strategic objectives to advance sustainable development and global interests, to advance the growth of democracy and good governance, including civil society, the rule of law, respect for human rights, and religious freedom.

Unlocking the Employment Potential in the Middle East and North Africa [ English ]
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A World Bank analysis of unemployment and the policies recommended to alleviate it.

Views of a Changing World 2003: War with Iraq Further Divides [ English ]
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The report, focuses on the global reaction to the war in Iraq, attitudes, around the world toward the challenges ahead – such as the U.S.-led war on terrorism, the Israeli-Palestinian situation, Iran, Syria and North Korea.

Who's Who in Iraq [ English ][ Arabic ]
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A concise guide to key figures in post-Saddam Iraq.

Amalgamation Is a Solution in Jordan [ English ]
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By Malkawi, Fuad, October 9, 2002. This paper was presented during the 5th session under the title "Success Stories in Municipal Service Delivery and Local Government Capacity Building in the MENA Region". Fourth Mediterranean Development Forum, held from October 6-9, 2002, Amman-Jordan.

Democratization Development [ English ]
Author(s): Laurence Whitehead. 2002
This paper reflects on the inter-relationships between two key components of the secularized liberal image of the good society; political democracy and economic development.

Don’t Blink: Jordan’s Democratic Opening and Closing [ English ]
Author(s): Jillian Schwedler. 2002
The arrest -and release- of the outspoken former parliamentarian Toujan Faisal, Jordan's only elected female deputy (1993-1997), attracted international attention to the deteriorating civil and political liberties in Jordan. The author argues that although Washington turns its rhetoric to the need for democracy in the Middle East, it continues to turn a blind eye toward the deterioration of political freedoms in a country, like Jordan, which should be a model for a moderate and democratic Arab nation.

Explaining Growth in an Oil-Dependent Economy: The Case of the United Arab Emirates [ English ]
Author(s): Adam B. Elhiraika and Annas H. Hamed. 2002
This paper attempts to explain the determinants of aggregate GDP growth in the United Arab Emirates as a representative oil-dependent country.

Governors without Governance: Constitutional, Legal and Administrative Frameworks of Local Government in Egypt [ English ]
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By El- Sawi, Ali, October 7, 2002. This paper was presented during the first session under the title "The Constitutional, Legal and Administrative Frameworks of Local Governments in the MENA Region: A Comparative Analysis". The Fourth Mediterranean Development Forum was held from October 6-9, 2002, Amman, Jordan.

Growth Without Governance [ English ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay. 2002
It is known that there is a strong, positive correlation between per capita incomes and the quality of governance across countries. The authors propose an empirical strategy that allows separation of this correlation: 1) a strong positive casual effect running from better governance to higher per capita incomes, and, perhaps surprisingly at first 2) a weak and even negative casual effect running in the opposite direction from per capita incomes to governance.

Islam and Democracy [ English ]
Author(s): . 2002
The principal questions addressed in this report are: why the majority of Muslim countries are not democratic and whether there is an inherent contradiction or incompatibility between Islam? and democratic principles?

State of Public Administration in Yemen and the challenge of advancement and change [ Arabic ]
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Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Assshami – Arab Organization for Administrative Development – First meeting on Marketing in the Arab world and "reality and prospects of advancement". Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, October 15-16, 2002.

The Palestinian Reform Agenda [ English ]
Author(s): Nathan J. Brown. 2002
The report analyzes the Palestinian reform movement which displayed deep rivalries but coalesced around: constitution writing, PLO, public finances, the rule of law and judicial reform, corruption, the security services, elections and local governance.

UNDP - Annual Report 2002 - UNDP's Vision [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2002
This Annual report 2002 - Working with partners in more than 160 countries, UNDP is the UN global development network to help people build a better life. outlines the UNDP's challenge to play a pivotal role in helping meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Civic Participation in National Governance [ English ]
Author(s): Maria Gonzalez de Asis and Jairo Acuna-Alfaro. 2001
This governance module has been designed to provide civil society organizations and individuals, and public officials’ representatives with a set of tools and techniques enacted to promote good governance at the national level. This is the first draft for discussion.

Global Campaign on Urban Governance - 4th International Forum on Urban Poverty [ English ]
Author(s): . 2001
This is the synthesis report of the workshops from the 4th International Forum on Urban Poverty, 16-19 October 2001, Marrakech, Morocco.

Human Rights and Social Development: Toward Democratization and Social Justice [ English ]
Author(s): Yash Ghai. 2001
This paper aims to assess progress toward the objectives of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development (referred to as the Declaration) and Programme of Action by using a human rights strategy. The Declaration seeks to make human rights the framework for policies to achieve the goals of the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen in 1995. The paper argues that there are varying understandings of human rights, and no great commitment to this ideal on the part of governments. Even Western governments, which claim to be the foremost champions of human rights, attach greater importance to their national interests than to the realization of human rights.

International Co-Operation for Democracy and Good Governance: Moving Toward a Second Generation? [ English ]
Author(s): Carlos Santiso. 2001
The paper discusses the various phases of international assistance and challenges of democratic aids to emerging democracies.

Investigating the links between Access to Justice and Governance Factors [ English ]
Author(s): . 2001
The paper applies an objective indicators’ approach to identify the links between access to justice and poverty and the governance-related factors blocking the access to justice among the poorest segments of the population by using case study analysis. The paper is part of a five-country study.

Multiculturalism, Universalism and the Claims of Democracy [ English ]
Author(s): Anne Phillips. 2001
This paper explores the tensions between universalism and cultural relativism, and the role of democracy in resolving these tensions. It argues that cultural relativism is not a useful ally for feminism. The paper then argues for a "good enough democracy", and concludes with a number of guiding principles that can help identify which practices are most indefensible or most at odds with sexual equality concerns.

Report of International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty - Responsibility to Protect [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2001
The Commission is an independent international body designed to help bridge the two concepts; Intervention and State Sovereignty. Its one year mandate was to build a broader understanding of reconciling the international community's responsibility to act in the face of massive violations of humanitarian norms while respecting the sovereign rights of states, which poses as a unique challenge. And to foster a global political consensus on how to move towards action within the UN system.

Rethinking Governance Handbook: An Inventory of Ideas to Enhance Participation, Transparency and Accountability [ English ]
Author(s): . 2001
This Handbook provides an inventory of best practices and innovative approaches to boost transparency, participation and accountability among international organizations. The handbook is part of the Center for Global Studies’ “Managing Interdependence” Project.

Strategy for the Reform and Development of the Public Administration in Lebanon [ English ]
Author(s): Fouad El-Saad. 2001
This paper aims to contribute in clarifying and discussing the difficult alternatives to be taken by the council of ministers with respect to the action of reform of the Public Administration in Lebanon.

The Impact of Alternative Development Strategies on Growth and Distribution: Simulations with a Dynamic Model For Egypt [ English ]
Author(s): Moataz El-Said, Hans Lofgren and Sherman Robinson. 2001
The paper uses a dynamically recursive computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the economy wide growth and distribution effects of alternative development strategies for Egypt.

UNDP - Annual Report 2001 - Partnerships to Fight Poverty [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2001
The world leaders who gathered in New York last year put the issue of development firmly at the top of the global and committed to more inclusive globalization and endorsed a clear set of targets to measure and bench-mark progress in addressing poverty, disease, hunger, and other key development challenges known as the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

CIDA's Social Development Priorities - A Framework for Action [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2000
A policy report detailing Canada's social development priorities for 2000-2005—social development, health and nutrition, basic education, HIV/AIDS, and child protection—with gender equality and promotion of human rights as integral part of these priorities.

Civil Liberties, Democracy, and the Performance of Government Projects [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann, Jonathan Isham & Lant H. Pritchett. 2000
This article uses a cross-national data set on the performance of government investment projects financed by the World Bank to expatriate the link between government efficacy and governance. It demonstrates a strong empirical link between civil liberties and the performance of government projects.

Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks and the Future of Global Governance [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): Wolfgang Reinicke and Francis Deng. 2000
This book outlines promising ways of how global public policy networks can help to meet the governance challenges of the 21st century and equips policymakers with a practical toolbox to manage globalization. It is in the interest of governments to engage in these “coalitions for change” to better be able to meet their responsibilities toward their citizens.

Economy Without Government: the Economic Role of Civil Society in the Absence of the State: the Case of Somalia [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2000
This abstract reviews the effective elements that were observed in the economic and social fields during the last ten years in Arab countries. This review contains lessons learned for the future from which Somalia or any other country could benefit.

Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalization Work for the Poor [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
A revised version of the DFID 1997 White Paper policy report, which outlines of the UK government's commitment and policies related to development especially the elimination of world poverty and ways of making globalization benefit the poorest people in the world.

Governance in the New Millennium: Challenges for Canada [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
By Tim Plumptre & John Graham, January 24, 2000. The paper explores the different definitions of governance and points out how governance may come into play and discusses areas where the concept of governance is helpful. The Institute of Governance developed the paper for the Policy Research Secretariat of the Government of Canada.

Governance Matters - From Measurement to Action [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
By Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay, and Pablo Zoido-Lobat.

Many Roads to Justice: the law-related work of the Ford Foundation grantees around the world [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
This volume comprises papers produced under the Ford Foundation's Global Law Programs Learning Initiative (GLPLI). The volume offers experience and insights of the activities of a number of grantees and provides access to a variety of case studies and learning lessons of law-related programs pertaining to governance and civil society.

Mechanisms of Accountability in Arab Governance: The Present and Future of Judiciaries and Parliaments in the Arab World [ English ]
Author(s): Nathan J. Brown with the assistance of Nida Al-Ahmad.. 2000

Multiculturalism, Universalism and the Claims of Democracy [ English ]
Author(s): Anne Phillips. 2000
This paper explores the tensions between universalism and cultural relativism, and the role of democracy in resolving these tensions. It argues that cultural relativism is not a useful ally for feminism.

NGOs and State in Palestine: Negotiating Boundaries [ English ]
Author(s): Salim Tamari. 2000
The report assesses progress in the rule of law development in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with data since end of February 1999.

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
This paper provides an analysis of the poverty situation in Mauritania. It also presents the poverty alleviation strategy for the long term and for the period up to 2004 and covers monitoring strategies and the ways in which the document will be updated.

Professionalism and Ethics in the Public Service: Issues and Practices in Selected Regions [ English ]
Author(s): UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2000
This publication is an overview of the issues discussed, practices reported, and conclusions drawn from three events co organized by the Division for Public Economics and Public Administration. Although the conferences took place in different regions, the participants concurred on the central role of the state in the socio-economic development of their nations, the need to depoliticize their bureaucracies, and the importance of responding to citizens' needs.

Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries. Issues Lessons and Future Directions [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
By Mark Shacter. The paper provides a basic overview of public sector organization, and recent lessons and experiences from public sector reform in developing countries.

Research for Development in the Middle East and North Africa [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
This book explores the current challenges and opportunities of research for development in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Experts from the region and development professionals from around the world provide a detailed portrait of the research environment and explore the relationship between science and policy.

Social Movements, Activism and Social Development in the Middle East [ English ]
Author(s): Asef Bayat. 2000
This paper was prepared for UNRISD for Geneva 2000, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session for the five-year review of the 1995 World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen. The paper discusses to what extent is “pressure from below” a requisite for meaningful policy change and institutional reform conducive to social development, and for people's livelihoods and rights, in the Middle East? And what forms of activism are gaining prominence in the current period of socio-economic restructuring in the region?

Understanding Governance in Lebanon: the Case of Disability Policy-making [ English ]
Author(s): Paul Kingston. 2000
the paper provides an analysis of the disability policy sector of postwar Lebanon.

What Choices Do Democracies Have in Globalizing Economies? Technocratic Policy Making and Democratization [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
This conference, organized under the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) project on Technocratic Policy Making and Democratization, was held to discuss the constraints faced by new democracies as they become increasingly integrated into the world market. Eighteen scholars and practitioners led discussions in four sessions: independent authorities and democratic accountability; economic reforms, democratization and social policy; civil society and technocratic governance; and economic policymaking and parliamentary accountability.

Women's Political Participation and Good Governance: 21st Century Challenges [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
The present report focuses on a number of issues including progress made in women’s political participation since Beijing, the Indian experiment with constitutional amendments mandating the reservation of one third of local government-elected representation to women, and the wider connection between gender, poverty and governance.

Aggregating Governance Indicators [ English ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Pablo Zoido-Lobaton. 1999
This paper explains how a simple variant of unobserved components model can be used to combine the information from these different sources into aggregate governance indicators.

Governance Foundations for Post-Conflict Situations: UNDP's Experience [ English ]
Author(s): . 1999
This is a review of the UNDP governance program in supporting lasting peace. Chapter III covers the experiences under the interrelated themes of governance program; Political Reconciliation, Elections and Democratic Transition, Legislative Systems and Legislature, Judiciary and Civil Police, Macroeconomic Management, Reintegration and Governance at Local Levels, Public Administration and Civil Service Reform, and Human Rights.

Governance Matters [ English ]
Author(s): Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Pablo Zoido-Lobaton. 1999
This paper provides a cross-section of over 150 countries and new empirical evidence of a strong causal relationship from better governance to better development outcomes.

Institute on Governance - Nine Lessons for Influencing Policy Makers, 1999 [ English ]
Author(s): . 1999
By Phillip Haid and Elder C. Marques, Youth Action Forum, Autumn, 1999.

Note on Governance Activities in the Arab States Region [ English ]
Author(s): . 1999
This is a note on UNDP governance activities in the Arab Region.

Qadahfi's Libya: The Limits of Optimism [ English ]
Author(s): Frank Anderson. 1999
The author of this paper suggests that following Qadhafi's cooperation with the United States signs of improvements of mutual relations were beginning to show. Yet Qadhafi's views of the United States and Britain as dangerous opponents and legitimate targets may derail the improvement process.

Strengthening Palestinian Public Institutions: an Independent Task Force Report [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 1999
This is a report of the Council on Foreign Relations sponsored independent task force, which was chaired by Michel Rocard and directed by Henry Siegman. The Report was authored by Yezid Sayigh and Khalil Shikaki, and released on June 28, 1999. The Report's had three objectives: to determine the effectiveness of the Palestinian institutions; to identify the difficulties and the impediments; and to propose practical measures to improve their effectiveness and credibility in the medium to long term.

Thinking Out Loud: Policies Toward Iraq [ English ]
Author(s): Jon B. Alterman. 1999
This report draws on the discussions of a study group that worked on understanding better what options exist to deal with the threats (chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons development programs) that Iraq poses on the International community.

Applying a Simple Measure of Good Governance to the Debate on Fiscal Decentralization [ English ]
Author(s): Jeff Huther and Anwar Shah. 1998
The paper presents an approach to the measurement of governance quality. It applies this measurement to the decentralization debate, and notes limitations of the approach.

Capacity Assessment and Development: In Systems and Strategic Management Context - Technical advisory paper 3 [ English ]
Author(s): . 1998
This Technical Advisory Paper (TAP) focuses on assessing capacity development requirements and then planning for them in a manner that is sustainable.

Capacity Development: Lessons Experience and Guiding Principles [ English ]
Author(s): . 1998
The document assists UNDP country offices to understand more clearly how to support governments in the development of national capacity. The document draws upon lessons learned in order to set out guiding principles for capacity development.

Capbuild for Institutions: UNDP's Design Assistance for Institution-Building Projects, 1997 [ English ]
Author(s): Steve Glovinsky. 1998
CAPBUILD is a Project Design Assistant. It combines the templates and instructions for preparing the documentation with expert guidance and commentary.

Democracy and Governance: A Conceptual Framework [ English ]
Author(s): . 1998
This publication describes the approach of the USAID's Center for Democracy and Governance assistance programs in the areas of rule of law, elections and political processes, civil society, and governance.

Factors to Consider in Designing Decentralized Governance Policies and Programs to Achieve Sustainable People-Centered Development [ English ]
Author(s): . 1998
Stressing the point that in designing decentralization strategies it is important to ensure adequate processes of accountability, transparency and responsiveness by all societal actors.

Good Governance and Trade Policy: Are They the Keys to Africa's Global Integration and Growth? [ English ]
Author(s): Francis Ng and Alexander Yeats. 1998
The results of this study show countries which adopted less commercially restrictive governance and trade policies generally achieved significantly higher levels of GDP per capita, they experienced higher growth rates for exports, imports and GDP, and were more successful in integrating into the global economy.

Good Governance in the Somalia Context [ English ]
Author(s): . 1998
A review of the UNDP's experience in supporting local governance where there is no governance by Ali S. Hassan, September 1998.

Handbook of Democracy and Governance Program Indicators [ English ]
Author(s): . 1998
Technical Publications Series.

Integrating Human Rights with Sustainable Human Development [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1998
A UNDP Policy Paper that is based on the view that sustainable human development integrates a holistic strategy for development that embraces all human rights-economic, social, cultural, civil and political. The paper discusses ways to mainstream human rights in UNDP's work. The first approach is the support for the institutions of governance, with an emphasis on building the human rights capacity of these institutions and providing direct support to human rights institutions. The second is developing a human rights approach to sustainable human development. The third is contributing to the human rights policy dialogue and UN conference follow-up.

Qadaffi, Lockerbie and Prospects for Libya [ English ]
Author(s): Assaf Moghadam. 1998
The author of this paper advance that Libya's economic decay has led to the rise of an Islamic opposition and that the Islamists are increasingly allying with the Libyan armed forces, forming a pragmatic union that is likely to define Libya's political future in the post-Qaddafi period.

Removing Barricades in Somalia: Options for Peace and Rehabilitation [ English ]
Author(s): Hussein Adam, Richard Ford. 1998
The report assesses the present circumstances and future prospects for peace and reconciliation in Somalia and recommends how it might be appropriate for the United States, working with colleagues and institutions in Somalia and neighboring countries as well as within the larger donor community, to play a constructive role in promoting peace.

A Comparison of the Assistance Strategies of the Western Donors [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
By Michael Dauderstadt. A review of the basic objectives, approaches, and philosophies that guide Western donors' to the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The articles provide a useful historical and analytic comparative review of international assistance strategies.

Canadian International Development Agency - CIDA'S Policy on Meeting Basic Human Needs [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
This policy is intended to complement other CIDA policies concerned with increasing the participation of women in development, human rights, democracy and good governance, private sector development, the environment and infrastructure services.

Capacity Development - Technical Advisory Paper II [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1997
This Technical Advisory Paper details UNDP's definition and approach to capacity development based on three cornerstones. It emphasizes better use and empowerment of individuals and organizations.

Challenge of Inclusion [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
This is an annual meeting address by the World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, September 23, 1997 in which he outlined the World Bank's basic policies of world development and pointed to the link between good economic performance and open governance.

Eliminating World Poverty: a Challenge for the 21st Century [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
The 1997 policy report or White Paper, which outline the UK government's commitment and policies related to development in general including the elimination of world poverty, good governance and human rights.

Final Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Participatory Development and Good Governance [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
Part II covers Lessons from Experience in Selected Areas of Support for Participatory Development and Good Governance.

Final Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Participatory Development and Good Governance, Final Report- Part I [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
Part I of the report presents the main results of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Participatory Development and Good Governance. This includes an agreed on policy note in country co-ordination and a related guidance note on possible first steps for donors.

General Guidelines for capacity Assessment and Development - To support the development and implementation of national programme frameworks (NPF) [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
These guidelines are designed to help governments and other national organizations assess and develop the capacities needed for the development and implementation of national developmental programmes.

Good Governance: the IMF's Role [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
Guidance Note, July 25, 1997. The page also provides access to the IMF documents on governance and the aspects of good governance that IMF promotes, namely, the transparency of government accounts, the effectiveness of public resource management, and the stability and transparency of the economic and regulatory environment for private sector activity.

Governance for Sustainable Human Development: A Policy Document [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1997
This is a basic UNDP policy document on governance, which defines governance and its relationship to human development. The document outlines the priorities of the UNDP in support of good governance and its governance-related programs: the legislature, judiciary, electoral bodies, women's participation, decentralization and local governance, private and public sector management, economic and financial management, and civil society organizations.

Participatory Local Governance- LIFE Technical Advisory Paper 1 - Methods and Experience 1992-1997 [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
The document analyzes the method and experience of the UNDP Local Initiative Facility for Urban Environment (LIFE) from September 1992-May 1997. It reviews the LIFE process as a facilitator of participatory local governance through local dialogue.

Role of Civil Society in Combating Corruption [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
By Clay Wescott. Reflections on the anti-corruption activities of the UNDP and Transparency International and the role and responsibilities of civil society organizations in a number of countries to develop adequate means to curb corruption.

Universal Declaration of Democracy [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1997
The principles of the Universal Declaration of Democracy presupposes a genuine partnership between men and women in the conduct of social affairs. The Declaration was passed at Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) 161st session, Cairo, 16 September 1997.

USAID New Partnerships Initiative Resource Guide [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
The USAID NPI's guide is intended to stimulate better relationships among institutions of democratic local governance, business and civil society and reinforce partnerships between and among these sectors at the local level. The guide covers a number of issues, performance measurement, local capacity building, strengthening the enabling environment, fostering strategic partnering and reports on the results of the learning processes derived of 15 USAID Missions.

Working paper: UNDP Capacity Development Assessment Guidelines [ English ]
Author(s): . 1997
This guide is designed to help assess the capacity development requirements of national programmes.

Capacity Assessment Guidelines the Programme Approach: Assessment Levels and Methods [ English ]
Author(s): Thomas J. Hopkins. 1996
This guide to capacity assessment within the programme approach is intended to be useful to those who are engaged in programme-project design, planning and implementation at the country office and headquarters level; those officials who are engaged in programme-project design, planning and implementation within relevant national ministries and departments; and those persons within the NGO and Private Sector who are engaged in national programme-project design, planning and implementation.

Capacity Development for Governance for Sustainable Human Development [ English ]
Author(s): . 1996
These guidelines provide the rationale for UNDP’s approach to the realization of its mission with regard to capacity development for governance for sustainable human development.

Development and Global Governance [ English ]
Author(s): Roy Culpeper and Caroline Pestieau. 1996
A group of experts from all continents met in Ottawa for the Halifax Summit to give challenging advice to the summiteers and beyond, ranging from the view that the G-7 itself is in eclipse to an argument for turning the IMF into a central world bank. This book contains the seven papers and a summary of the discussion from that meeting.

International Monetary Foundation Approves Second Annual Loan for Mauritania under the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility [ English ]
Author(s): . 1996
On the 17th of April, 1996, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the second annual loan for Mauritania under the enhanced structural adjustment facility (ESAF)1 equivalent to SDR 14.25 million (about $21million), in support of the Government's 1996 macroeconomic and structural adjustment program.

Middle East in the 21st Century: An Agenda for Reform [ English ]
Author(s): . 1996
A lecture delivered by Chibli Mallat at the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22 October 1996, on the occasion of the book launch of The Middle East into the 21st Century.

OECD - Shaping the 21st Century: Contribution to Development Co-Operation [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1996
The report was adopted by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Members at their meeting of 6-7 May 1996. It sets forth strategic orientations for development co-operation into the 21st century. The report suggests a set of basic goals as a vision for the future, and proposes strategies for attaining that vision through partnerships in support of self-help efforts, improved co-ordination and consistent policies. The document covers OECD's goals of social development, which directly address gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Policy for CIDA on Human Rights, Democratization and Good Governance [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1996
The Government of Canada's policy for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) on human rights, democracy and good governance is situated within the framework of the Canadian foreign policy and overall Government objectives: "Canada in the World".

A Unique Foreign Policy Produces a Key Player in Middle Eastern and Global Diplomacy [ English ]
Author(s): . 1995
The Sultanate of Oman has been holding to the belief that peaceful negotiation is essential to the overall, long-term goals of Omani security and prosperity. This article explains Oman's current foreign policy mechanism; its skilled diplomacy works, balancing interests, tolerance toward differences, and a determined search for mutual benefits.

Political Development and the Majlis Ash'shura [ English ]
Author(s): . 1995
The International Republican Institute (IRI) has conducted a survey of the development of popular governmental participation and the Majlis Ash'Shura (Consultative Assembly) in the Sultanate of Oman, one of the world's last remaining monarchies. This report provides an examination of these Omani political reforms and offers insight into their future.

UNDP Capacity Development Retreat: Workshop Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 1995
Workshop Report: The Capacity Development retreat was held in New York 6 - 8 February 1995.

Analytical Review of Capacity Assessment Methodologies [ English ]
Author(s): Thomas J. Hopkins. 1994
The UNDP has come to recognize the need for sharpening the concept of and improving techniques for capacity building. This report is the result of the capacity assessment methodology review.

Building Sustainable Capacity: Challenges for the Public Sector [ English ]
Author(s): Mary E. Hilderbrand and Merilee S. Grindle. 1994
This study is part of an effort to assess and support more effective capacity building initiatives in developing countries.

Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1994
Bearing in mind that the official statistical information is an essential basis for development in the economic, demographic, social and environmental fields and for mutual knowledge and trade among the States and peoples of the world, the United Nations Statistical Commission adopted these principles its Special Session of 11-15 April 1994.

Kuwait: Oasis of Liberalism? [ English ]
Author(s): Mohammad Al Rumaihi. 1994
By Mohammed Al Rumaihi. The authors reviews Kuwait’s political development and gains achieved with respect to civil society and representative government.

United Nations Maps: Kuwait [ English ]
Author(s): . 1992

Authoritarian Rule and Democracy in Africa: A Theoretical Discourse [ English ]
Author(s): Yusuf Bangura. 1991
This paper forms part of the ongoing work in the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development on the social and political dynamics of economic crisis and structural adjustment and more generally of its work on participation, democracy and development.

Towards a New Relationship: The Role of the Military in a Democratic Government [ English ]
Author(s): . 1990
This report, published by NDI, focuses on the experience of Argentina during the six year democratic experiment. It provides a critical insight to the efforts made to develop the civil-military relations, and recommends what needs to be done, in the parliament, Ministry of defense, and military headquarters.

Taef Agreement (Document of National Accord) [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1989
Full text of the Taef Agreement, November 5, 1989.

Council for Development and Reconstruction Law, 1977 [ English ]
Author(s): . 1977
Formation of the Council for Development and Reconstruction and its amendments as per Law No. 90 -117 and amendment of certain provisions of Law Decree No. 5 promulgated on 31st January 1977.

Security Council - Resolution 398 (1976) [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1976
Decides to renew the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for another period of six months, that is, until 31 May 1977.

Security Council - Resolution 101 (1953) [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1953
Finds that the retaliatory action at Qibya taken by armed forces of Israel on 14-15 October 1953 and all such actions constitute a violation of the cease-fire provisions of Security Council Resolution 54 (1948).

After the Coup Mauritania Needs European Union Internationalism, not a United States War on Terror [ English ]
Author(s): Holger Osterrieder.
This paper argues that the coup in Mauritania clearly reflects current international politics and is as such heavily influenced by the so-called war on terror, economic and geo-strategic considerations.

Aid Dependence and the Quality of Governance: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis [ English ]
Author(s): Stephen Knack.
The analyses of cross-country data in this paper provide evidence that higher aid levels erode the quality of governance, as measured by indexes of bureaucratic quality, corruption, and the rule of law.

Aquastat [ English ]
Author(s): .
Maps and Tables related to water and agriculture from the Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Arab Competitiveness Roundtable [ English ]
Author(s): .
A World Economic Forum Roundtable that brings Arab business leaders and government officials discuss ways to enhance competitiveness in the region in order to foster growth.

Arab Governance Newsletter [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): .
This is a news service provided on the Arabic website of the United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR). The Newsletter captures significant events that are reshaping Arab governance or reflecting new practices of the region’s 20 countries to regional and international initiatives for reform. The Newsletter reports, directly from Arabic news sources, on events as they relate to the themes of participation, the rule of law, and transparency and accountability.

Arab Insight  [ English ]
Author(s): .
The Arab Insight quarterly journal offers in-depth analyses and commentaries on issues pertinent to the region, including perspectives from individuals in the media, government, civil society and academia, allowing voices in the Middle East to be better represented in the marketplace of ideas and debate in the United States. 

Bertelsmann Transformation Index [ English ]
Author(s): .

BP Statistical Review of World Energy [ English ]
Author(s): .

Building Institutional Capacity: the Case of Mauritania [ English ]
Author(s): .
This policy brief discusses the importance of appropriate institutional capacity to implement management. It stresses the need of developing countries to develop appropriate institutional arrangements and support so that fishery management units can be identified and plans developed.

Building the World Movement for Democracy [ English ]
Author(s): .
Report on the Inaugural Assembly, New Delhi, India, February 14-17, 1999. The Assembly had three plenary sessions on democracy and development, democracy and diversity and challenges of democratic governance. The page provides condensed reports on many cases of democracy building, advocacy and coalition building, transparency and accountability, civic-education and democracy and others.

Carnegie Endowment: Democracy and Rule of Law Middle East Series [ English ]
Author(s): .
The publications of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on political change and democracy in the Middle East, that assesses the political change and the U.S. policy in the region.

Center for Global Development E-Newsletter [ English ]
Author(s): .

Central Intelligence Agency Maps [ English ]
Author(s): .

Central Statistics Organization [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): .

Council on Foreign Relations Newsletter [ English ]
Author(s): .

Country Practices on National Official Statistics [ English ]
Author(s): .
The Country Practices Database, established in 2000, provides reference material from countries on the 10 Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics. The country pages provide access to the statistical agency, web address, brief history and other relevant background information, legal basis, position in the government, multi-annual or annual work program, main duties, other producers of official statistics, statistical advisory bodies, most recent population census, access to administrative data, data confidentiality, release calendar (existence, when and how published), how are data disseminated (Paper, CD Rom, Website, online databases, databanks)?.

Democracy at Large [ English ]
Author(s): .
Democracy at large is a quarterly magazine designed for democracy-building professionals and people interested in democracy development worldwide. It is published by the International Foundation for Election Systems, an international, non-profit organization that supports the building of democratic societies.

Dissident Voice  [ English ]
Author(s): .
Dissident Voice is an internet newsletter dedicated to challenging the distortions and lies of the corporate press and the privileged classes it serves. The goal of Dissident Voice is to provide hard hitting, thought provoking and even entertaining news and commentaries on politics and culture that can serve as ammunition in struggles for peace and social justice. 

Dubai International Award for Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): .
The Best Practices award was launched in 1995 during the preparations for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II). The reward is given to initiative that have made outstanding contributions to improving the quality of life in cities and communities around the world.

Egyptian legislation governing the information and communication technology sector [ Arabic ]
Author(s): Article prepared by Mohamed Hashish.

ELDIS - Gateway to Development Information [ English ]
Author(s): .
ELDIS is a comprehensive guide to development information. ELDIS provides access to a variety of information sources, including online documents, organization's web sites, databases, library catalogues, bibliographies, and research project information. Eldis is hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.

Environmental Institutions and Governance Indicators [ English ]
Author(s): .
This fact sheet provides essential statistics and indicators for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

European Neighbourhood Policy: European Union/Jordan Action Plan [ English ][ French ]
Author(s): .

European Union - EURO - Mediterranean Partnership [ English ]
Author(s): .
The Partnership, which developed following the Conference of the EU and Mediterranean Foreign Ministers in Barcelona (27-28 November 1995), is marked by bilateral and multilateral or regional cooperation as outlined in Barcelona declaration. The "Partnership" process is referred to as the Barcelona Process.

Financing Politics: A Global View [ English ]
Author(s): Dr. Michael Pinto-Duschinsky.
This paper examines the financing of politics from a global perspective. It includes analyses of political corruption, laws and regulations, and enforcement problems, and concludes by drawing lessons learned.

Freedom House - Country Ratings [ English ]
Author(s): .
Freedom House's rating for evaluating political rights and civil liberties of most countries in the world annually ranked since 1972. Since 1995, the Index of Economic Freedom has offered the international community an annual in-depth examination of the factors that contribute most directly to economic freedom and prosperity. The methodology defines 10 dimensions of governance relevant to business and investment

Global Competitiveness Report [ English ]
Author(s): .
Annual study of global business designed to help shape economic policy and guide investment decisions.

Global Policy Forum - Tables and Charts [ English ]
Author(s): .
On social and economic issues and others.

Governance for Sustainable Livelihoods - Operational Issues [ English ]
Author(s): .
The paper suggests new challenges and opportunities in the operational context of governance for sustainable livelihoods.

Governance in the Development Agenda [ English ]
Author(s): Gambhir Bhatta.
This paper looks at the directions support to governance programs have had in the aid of major donors, and argues that while these programs have had their successes, there is more ground to be covered–such as corporate governance and appropriate review mechanisms–before recipient countries are able to sustain good governance practices on their own.

Governance Indicators [ English ]
Author(s): .
This page contains the World Bank's latest updated composite governance research indicators for 175 countries, for six dimensions of governance.

Governance Policy Research Working Paper Series [ English ]
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The World Bank's Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues.

Group of 77 at the United Nations [ English ]
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The Group of 77 is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing states in the United Nations, which provides the means for the countries of the South to articulate and promote their collective economic interests and enhance their joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues within the United Nations system, and promote South-South cooperation for development.

Human Development Report - Statistics [ English ][ French ]
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Institution Building Through Sustained Partnership [ English ]
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A process documentation report of Lessons Learned from Involuntary Settlement and Rehabilitation Training. The report treats the critical issues to be considered when developing partnerships. The lessons learned from the experiences of the Involuntary Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) training program sponsored by the World Bank Institute (WBI) of the World Bank constitute the basis for this report.

International Development Research Centre - IDRC Reports Magazine [ English ]
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Reports went on line in October 1997, having been published in paper format since 1972. Reports is intended to relate information on research work in developing countries, often conducted in collaboration with multidisciplinary (and at times virtual) teams, and spread out over several continents.

International Development Research Centre - IDRC Reports Magazine - archives [ English ]
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Archives of the Reports Magazine published by the International Development Research Centre. Reports relates information on research work in developing countries, often conducted in collaboration with multidisciplinary (and at times virtual) teams, and spread out over several continents.

International Labor Organization - Yearbook of Total Labour Force [ English ]
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International Monetary Fund - International Financial Statistics [ English ]
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International Politics and Society [ English ]
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The English language publication of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation with focus on a number of issues of social democracy, global governance, development policy, human rights, environment, gender, and others.

International Telecommunication Union [ English ]
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Internet World Stats - Usage and Population Statistics [ English ]
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Jordanian Legislation [ Arabic ]
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Complete texts of any Jordanian legislation.

Libyan Security Policy Between Existence and Feasibility: An Exploratory Study [ English ]
Author(s): Amal Obeidi.
The key concern of this paper is to identify the Libyan security policy and to explore the main security challenges the country is facing. This challenge is difficult due to two problems the first is related to the definition of security and good governance and the second is the reluctance of researchers to investigate because of the sensitivity of security issues in Libya.

Management of Social Transformations Clearinghouse [ English ]
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UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Clearinghouse is a programme that promotes international, comparative and policy-relevant research on contemporary social transformations and issues of global importance. Created in 1994, MOST aims to: further understanding of social transformations; establish sustainable links between social science researchers and decision-makers; strengthen scientific, professional and institutional capacities, particularly in developing countries; encourage the design of research-anchored policy. The Clearinghouse provides up-to-date information on the projects, publications and activities, including the Best Practices Database.

National Office of Statistics [ Arabic ][ French ]
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Needs Assessment of Governance and Public Administration in Libya [ English ]
Author(s): B.S. Ghariany.
This report focuses on the stages of administrative reform in Libya. It discusses the reforms, legislations, and human resources of administrative organizations, the legal obstacles of public service delivery and the long-term organizational projects.

Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Dutch Development Cooperation Policy [ English ]
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The policy outlines activities undertaken by the Netherlands and places them in an international context, as well as taking a look at the relationship between human rights and development cooperation, the role of the government's advisory committee and the role of NGOs.

Parliamentary Center Newsletters [ English ]
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Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations [ English ]
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Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - Maps of Africa [ English ]
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From the University of Texas at Austin.

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - Middle East Maps [ English ]
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From the University of Texas at Austin.

Political Science Resources [ English ]
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This website provides a database of political science resources, including a substantial list of weblinks to political party websites around the world.

Public Spending and Outcomes: Does Governance Matter? [ English ]
Author(s): Andrew Sunil Rajkumar and Vinaya Swaroop.
The authors examine the role of governance- measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy- and ask how it affects the relationship between public spending and outcomes. Their main innovation is to see if differences in efficiency of public spending can be explained by quality of governance.

Results-Oriented Assistance: a USAID Sourcebook [ English ]
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The Source book is intended to help the United States - Agency for International Development's staff and development partners in the process of designing and implementing results-oriented instruments of assistance. The source book provides step-by-step instructions useful for NGOs in defining, planning and reviewing the performance of their programs.

Social Science Research Network - e.Library database [ English ]
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SSRN is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts of thousands of scholarly working papers, and forthcoming papers and a database of an Electronic Paper Collection of full text documents in Adobe Acrobat.

Striving for Good Governance in Africa: Synopsis of the 2004 African Governance Report [ English ][ French ]
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This report is a synopsis of Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) forthcoming African Governance Report. It was prepared for the 4th African Development Forum (ADF IV) convened by the ECA, in close partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union (AU), in Addis Ababa on 11–15 October 2004.

Successful Development: Models for the 21st Century [ English ]
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Lessons learned from developing countries showcasing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)'s development assistance and its effect on institutions and people around the world.

Sustainable Development - Publications [ English ]
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The publications of the United Nations, Department of Economic Social Affairs - UN DESA Division for Sustainable Development.

The Arabs Between Personalization of Issues and the Issue of Persons: A Critical Study [ Arabic ]
Author(s): adnan alsabah.
This is a critical article by Mr. Adnan Assabah. He says that the whole problem lies in the absence of a competent institution that exercises sovereignty and supervision over the ruler and over intellectuals. He adds that as lawyers and physicians' syndicates respect the provisions and codes of their professions, the writers, journalists and artists unions should act likewise.

The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries [ English ]
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The Journal - focusing on the digital divide - strives to become the foremost international forum for practitioners, teachers, researchers and policy makers to share their knowledge and experience in the design, development, implementation, management and evaluation of information systems and technologies in developing countries.

Transparency International Monthly Watch [ English ]
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UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) [ English ][ Arabic ]
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UN Department of Political Affairs News Bulletin Archive [ English ]
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UN Millennium Development Goals [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
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The global challenge goals are an ambitious agenda for reducing poverty and improving lives that world leaders agreed on at the Millennium Summit in September 2000. For each goal one or more targets have been set, most for 2015, using 1990 as a benchmark

UN Public Administration Programme: Development Administration Newsletter [ English ]
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UN Public Administration Programme: Governance World Watch Archives [ English ]
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UNDP - Algeria Country Office [ French ]
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UNDP - Bahrain Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Djibouti Country Office [ French ]
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UNDP - Egypt Country Office [ English ][ Arabic ]
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UNDP - Human Development Reports [ English ]
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The UNDP's Human Development Report was launched in 1990. The goal of the HDR Reporting is to go beyond income to assess the level of people’s long-term well-being and emphasizing that the goals of development are choices and freedoms.

UNDP - Iraq Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Jordan Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Kuwait Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Lebanon Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Mauritania Country Office [ French ]
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UNDP - PARAGON - United Nations Development Programme- Regional Governance Programme for Asia [ English ]
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PARAGON is set up by UNDP's Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific with the mission to promote regional sustainable and equitable development, public and private sector accountability, governance reforms and overall regional collaboration.

UNDP - Regional Bureau for Arab States [ English ][ Arabic ]
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UNDP-RBAS woks is aimed at improving economic growth and enhancing governance, through capacity building, public participation, and legal frameworks. UNDP-RBAS has offices in 17 countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

UNDP - Saudi Arabia Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Somalia Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Sudan Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Syria Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Tunisia Country Office [ French ]
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UNDP - United Arab Emirates Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP - Yemen Country Office [ English ]
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UNDP and Governance- Experiences and Lessons Learned, Learned Series No. 1 [ English ]
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The report traces the evolution of UNDPs approach to governance and summarizes the key trends and programme activities which have been identified as elements necessary for the achievement of sustainable human development. Chapter 1 takes a closer look at UNDPs overview of the main influences which have led to the emergence of governance as an integral part of the debate on a new development paradigm. It also provides an overview of the resources and programme modalities for governance-related activities.

UNDP Democratic Governance Group [ English ]
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UNDP brings people together within nations and around the world, building partnerships and sharing ways to promote participation, accountability and effectiveness at all levels. UNDP helps countries strengthen their electoral and legislative systems, improve access to justice and public administration, and develop a greater capacity to deliver basic services to those most in need.

UNDP Management Development and Governance Division, Policy Overview [ English ]
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UNDP Policies and Procedures - Public Information Disclosure Policy [ English ][ French ]
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The United Nations Development Program public information and documentation disclosure policy the principle elements of UNDP's approach to transparency. The policy ensures that information concerning UNDP's operational activities are made available to the public and outlines the standard package of documents that tracks programming and projects.

UNDP Sub-regional Resource Facility for Arab States [ English ]
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The UNDP-SURF-AS is a support-facility for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Offices in the Arab region. The web site is a valuable tool for information sharing and dissemination related to UNDP's programs, publications and events in the UNDP's offices in the Arab states .

UNDP Thematic Trust Fund - Democratic Governance (Brochure) [ English ]
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The Fund is established to ensure quality, consistency and alignment between activities at the country, regional and global level, including policy support services and strategic partnership.

UNESCO - World Statistical Outlook [ English ]
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics [ English ]
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UNICEF e-newsletter [ English ]
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United Nations [ English ][ Arabic ]
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United Nations - Department of Political Affairs  [ English ]
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The UN Department of Political Affairs plays a central role in peacemaking, preventive diplomacy. It works to prevent and resolve deadly conflicts around the globe by monitoring and assessing global political developments. 

United Nations Cartographic Section Department of Field Support [ English ][ French ]
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United Nations Development Information [ English ]
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United Nations Human Settlements Programme - Global Urban Observatory Databases [ English ]
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The Global Urban Observatory databases has: the Global Urban Indicators (2001), the UNCHS-CitiBase, the Human Settlements Statistics and the City Profiles: 2001 Databases. UN HABITAT.

United Nations Map Library [ English ]
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United Nations Public Administration Network - UNPAN Newsletter [ English ]
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United Nations Statistics Division [ English ]
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United Nations Treaty Collection [ English ][ French ]
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United States - Department of State - Iraq Weekly Status Report  [ English ]
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This is a comprehensive status report on Iraq. This link provides weekly updates in the eight key areas identified as pillars of U.S. Government policy 

University of Maryland's Center for International Development and Conflict Management [ English ]
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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs [ English ]
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The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs is a 100-page magazine published 9 times per year in Washington, DC, that focuses on news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region. It is published by the American Educational Trust - a non-profit, non-partisan organization incorporated in 1982 in Washington, DC by retired U.S. Foreign Service Officers. The site provides highlights of the current issue summaries and excerpts of published ten times per year, it concentrates on U.S. and Canadian relations with Middle Eastern states and the Islamic world, as a whole.

Welfare in the Mediterranean Countries: Great Arab Popular Socialist Libyan Jamahyria [ English ]
Author(s): Paolo Russo.
The paper provides an analysis of Libya’s current public administration reforms and focuses on recently adopted reforms that affect the relations between the Libyan government and its citizens.

World Bank – Data and Research [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
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World Bank - Knowledge Assessment Methodology- KAM [ English ]
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World Bank - Millennium Development Goals Indicators [ English ]
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World Bank - World Development Indicators [ English ]
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World Bank - World Development Reports [ English ]
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World Bank annual World Development Report is a guide to the economic, social and environmental state of the world today.

World Bank - Worldwide Governance Indicators [ English ]
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World Economic Forum - Global Competitiveness Report [ English ]
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World Economic Forum - Global Information Technology Report [ English ]
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World Federation of United Nations Associations Newsletter [ English ]
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World Health Organization – Data and Statistics [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
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World Movement for Global Democracy Newsletter [ English ]
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World Population Prospects [ English ]
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World Values Survey [ English ]
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