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Last Updated: April 2, 2009
Academic resources
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News and reports
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Ligue Nationale pour les Elections Libres et Transparentes (National League for Free and Fair Elections). LINELIT publie et vulgarise le Projet de Constitution en français et en 4 langues nationals. October 26, 2005.
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Policy analysis and practitioner documents
Angwaruddin, Awang. Improving Public Service Delivery through Bureaucracy Reform. In The Role of Public Administration in Alleviating Poverty and Improving Governance, Selected Papers from the Launching Conference of the Network of Asia-Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance, edited by Jak Jabes. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 2005.Antlöv, Hans. Civic Engagement in Local Government Renewal in Indonesia. In Citizen Participation in Local Governance: Experiences from Thailand, Indonesia and the Phillippines, edited by Hans Antlöv et al., 139-71. Manila: Institute for Popular Democracy, 2004.
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Green, Elliott. District Creation and Decentralisation in Uganda. London: Crisis States Research Centre, 2008.
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Kauzya, John-Mary. Decentralization: Prospects for Peace, Democracy and Development. New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2005.
Kodi, Muzong W. Anti-Corruption Challenges in Post-Election Democratic Republic of Congo. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 2007.
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Mukherjee, Ranhajana, and Nick Manning. Recent Trends in Lending for Civil Service Reform. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2002.
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Websites
Afghan ConstitutionAfghanistan Development Forum
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
African Association for Public Administration and Management
Bandung Institute of Governance Studies, Indonesia
Fund for Peace Failed States Index Scores, 2007
Ghana Center for Democratic Development
Institute of Development Studies: Collective Action and Public Policy
Institute of Public Administration of Canada: International Programs
Inter-American Development Bank Governance Indicators Database
LogoLink, Learning Initiative on Citizen Participation and Local Governance
LogoLink Southeast Asia
National Democracy Institute, Southern and Eastern Africa: Sudan
Open Society Institute Local Governance and Public Service Reform Initiative
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Public Governance and Management
Sierra Leone Encyclopedia 2008
United Kingdom Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government: Definitions of Sustainable Governance: Governance
United Nations Development Programme: Decentralization, Local Governance and Urban/Rural Development
United Nations Development Programme: Public Administration Reform and Anti-Corruption
United Nations Public Administration Programme, Division for Public Administration and Development Management, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
World Bank: Fiscal Decentralization Indicators
World Bank: Fragile States: The Low Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS) Initiative
World Bank: Public Sector Governance
World Bank International Development Association: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
