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Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - Posts

A master-class in bridging research and policy?
posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 6:08 PM by Simon Maxwell

Has anyone read Paul Collier’s ‘The Bottom Billion’?  What did you think?  My own review will appear early next year in Development Policy Review.  The draft follows. Comments welcome. A master-class in bridging research and policy I.. (more)

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Assessing governance: No easy task
posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:43 PM by Marta Foresti

The Ibrahim Index of African Governance is the latest addition to the flourishing field of governance assessment. The World Governance Assessment (based at ODI), the Kaufman and Kraay indicators, and the Bertelsmann Transformation Index all seek to tell us about governance scores and progress in developing countries. So, what does the Ibrahim Index measure? Why is it distinctive? Is it offering something new? What are the most interesting features? How does it compare to other indices? .. (more)

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