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Measuring democratic governance (pdf 2.5mb)

This guide provides a framework for generating pro-poor gender sensitive indicators to assist development practitioners and policy makers monitor and evaluate democratic governance at the country level, with particular focus on poverty and gender dimensions.
 
Sample tools and indicators are provided for measuring governance across seven thematic areas including:

- Parliamentary development
- Electoral systems and processes
- Human rights
- Justice
- Access to information and the media
- Decentralisation and local governance
- Public administration reform and anti-corruption
 
 

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