The latest Politics articles published and distributed by Articles3000.com http://www.articles3000.com/rss/Politics.xml Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/209919/African-Bureaucracies.html The context in many African countries (among others) is not conducive to successful bureaucracies For example: • Information and evaluation are scarce and expensive, which inhibits internal and external controls Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15:08 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/209918/Organizing-Workshops-to-Design-Anti-Corruption-Strategies.html High-level participatory diagnoses have proved remarkably fruitful in generating frank analyses of sensitive policy issues, leading to suggestions for remedial measures But sometimes there is no carrot or stick to keep that momentum moving h Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:05 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/209917/Fight-Against-Corruption-After-Deterrence-Comes-the-Structural-Changes.html A campaign against corruption must be credible The public has grown cynical a Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:59 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/209916/Anti-Corruption-Strategies.html Anti-corruption strategies must go beyond blanket condemnations Privately, at least, one must be very shrewd about where to begin and how i Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:57:05 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/209915/Applications-to-Country-Programs-Against-Corruption.html A campaign against corruption must go beyond words, indeed beyond new laws Institutional adjustment is needed to limit the scope of corruption (and more generally, to enhance efficiency) a Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:49:56 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/207541/Measuring-Democracy--Artur-Victoria-Studies.html The International Political Risk Service Group Ltd is a private company that provides analysis of political risk for 140 countries in the world Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:15:01 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/207540/Measuring-Democracy-Relevant-Projects-of-the-International-IDEA-Artur-Victoria-Studies.html The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is one of the most interesting, if not the most useful, possible sources in the area of democracy research Though at the moment they have nothing that could be used as a source of data for measuring democracy, they have few projects that may be very useful potential sources in the future Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:08:02 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/207539/Measuring-Democracy-The-IDEA-Questionnaire-Artur-Victoria-Studies.html From the broadly concept of democracy an assessment questionnaire is formed It contains four components and each of them contains a number of questions m Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:01:03 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/207538/Measuring-Democracy-The-UNDP%92s-Human-Development-Report-Artur-Victoria-Studies.html The UNDP Human Development Report was first launched in 1990 and it has been conducted regularly each year since then The last report for 2001 included 162 cases and the report for 200 included 174 cases Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:57:05 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Politics/207419/Economist-Magazine-Well-Educated-Well-off-Readers-Only-Please.html For more than 160 years the Economist informs a worldwide audience with Economic Financial and Political news that affect economies at a local and global level We examine the main characteristics of this established publication Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:35:59 +0100