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Iraq - Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience
[English]. 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This is an unpublished 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the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.
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Jordan - Administrative Reforms, 1998
[English]. 1998
A summary of the Jordan Case Study "Decentralized Good Governance" that was prepared by Jordan Institute of Public Administration under the UNDP Decentralized Governance Research Programme, 1998.
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Somalia - Good Governance in the Somalia Context
[English]. 1998
A review of the UNDP's experience in supporting local governance where there is no governance by Ali S. Hassan, September 1998.
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United Arab Emirates - Dubai International Award for Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment
[English][Arabic][French].
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.
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International - Final Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Participatory Development and Good Governance
[English]. 1997
Part II covers Lessons from Experience in Selected Areas of Support for Participatory Development and Good Governance.
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International - Institute on Governance - Nine Lessons for Influencing Policy Makers, 1999
[English]. 1999
By Phillip Haid and Elder C. Marques, Youth Action Forum, Autumn, 1999.
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International - Institution Building Through Sustained Partnership
[English].
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.
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International - Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries. Issues Lessons and Future Directions
[English]. 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.
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International - UNDP Capacity Development Retreat: Workshop Report
[English]. 1995
Workshop Report: The Capacity Development retreat was held in New York 6 - 8 February 1995.
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UN Agencies - Best Practices in Combating Corruption
[English]. 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.
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UN Agencies - Capacity Development: Lessons Experience and Guiding Principles
[English]. 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.
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UN Agencies - Capbuild for Institutions: UNDP's Design Assistance for Institution-Building Projects, 1997
[English]. 1998
CAPBUILD is a Project Design Assistant. It combines the templates and instructions for preparing the documentation with expert guidance and commentary.
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UN Agencies - Factors to Consider in Designing Decentralized Governance Policies and Programs to Achieve Sustainable People-Centered Development
[English]. 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.
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UN Agencies - Good Governance in Investment Promotion
[English]. 2004
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.
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UN Agencies - Governance Foundations for Post-Conflict Situations: UNDP's Experience
[English]. 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.
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UN Agencies - Innovations in governance in the Middle East, North Africa, and western Balkans: making governments work better in the Mediterranean region
[English]. 2007
Lessons from governance innovations in the Middle East, north Africa and the western Balkans - this publication provides a conceptual framework on innovation in governance and tackles key questions, including why governments need to innovate; what are the emerging principles and strategies in governance and public administration innovation for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); and what is innovation in governance.
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UN Agencies - Participatory Local Governance- LIFE Technical Advisory Paper 1 - Methods and Experience 1992-1997
[English]. 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.
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UN Agencies - 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]. 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.
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UN Agencies - UNDP and Governance- Experiences and Lessons Learned, Learned Series No. 1
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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.
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