Publications

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• Highlights
• Synthesis reports
• Full findings from Phase 1
• Full findings from Phase 2
• Other online reports
• Project findings in other publications

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Highlights:

Governance and aid effectiveness: Has the White Paper got it right? ODI Opinion 73, July 2006 DFID has a comparative advantage in governance. The World Bank is shackled on politics. The key will be to see how this bold agenda works in practice. It will be politically sensitive. But it is vitally important.	(104kb)
Governance and Development: Lecture at Oxford University Key materials, reading list and powerpoint presentation are available from this lecture in May 2006. More...
Governance, Development and Aid Effectiveness: A Quick Guide to Complex Relationships, ODI Briefing Paper, March 2006 There is widespread agreement that governance matters - intrinsically and for improvements in economic and social outcomes. When, why and how do governance issues make a difference to the way countries develop? What are the priorities for poor countries? Why does governance matter for aid effectiveness and what can donors do?	(90kb)
Making Sense of Governance: Empirical Evidence from 16 Developing Countries Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2004). Boulder, Co: Lynne Rienner

Synthesis reports:

Governance and Corruption Brief Goran Hyden and Julius Court (2002)	Full text	(235kb)
Assessing Governance in 16 Countries: The Aggregate Picture Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 3.	Abstract | Full Text	(444kb)
Conclusions from Phase I Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 10.	Abstract | Full Text	(202kb)
Rebuilding Governance in Iraq Julius Court and Goran Hyden (2004) WGA WP 12.	Abstract | Full Text	(92kb)
Making Sense of Governance: The Need for Involving Local Stakeholders Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) Development Dialog.	Abstract | Full Text	(155kb)

Full findings from Phase 1:

Governance and Development: Sorting Out the Basics Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2001) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 1.	Abstract | Full Text	(368kb)
Measuring Governance: Methodological Challenges Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2001) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 2.	Abstract | Full Text	(578kb)
Civil Society and Governance in 16 Developing Countries Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 4.	Abstract | Full Text	(260kb)
Political Society and Governance in 16 Developing Countries Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 5.	Abstract | Full Text	(246kb)
Government and Governance in 16 Developing Countries Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 6.	Abstract | Full Text	(248kb)
The Bureaucracy and Governance in 16 Developing Countries Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 7.	Abstract | Full Text	(262kb)
Economic Society and Governance in 16 Developing Countries Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 8.	Abstract | Full Text	(258kb)
The Judiciary and Governance in 16 Developing Countries Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2003) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 9.	Abstract | Full Text	(385kb)

Full findings from Phase 2:

Governance assessments for local stakeholders: What the World Governance Assessment offers Final report from Phase 2 Goran Hyden, Kenneth Mease, Marta Foresti and Verena Fritz (2008)	Full Text	(499kb)
Phase 2 Questionnaire (2006)	Full Text	(324kb)
Governance Assessment: Overview of governance assessment frameworks and results from the 2006 World Governance Assessment Report from ODI Learning Workshop, 15 February 2007	Full Text	(618kb)

Other online reports:

Assessing and Analyzing Governance in India Julius Court (2002) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 11.	Abstract | Full Text	(918kb)
Estrada, not People Power II, Weakened Democracy in the Philippines Julius Court (2001) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 11.	Full Text	(83kb)
People Power II in the Philippines: The First e-Revolution? Julius Court (2001) World Governance Survey Discussion Paper 11.	Full Text	(82kb)

Project findings in other publications:

Assessing Governance in Diverse and Complex Contexts: Evidence from India in Global Corruption Report 2004, Transparency International (forthcoming in 2004)
Human Development Report 2002, Democratic Governance for Human Development UNDP (2002). New York: OUP.
Assessing Governance and Corruption: Survey Evidence from 16 Transition Societies in Global Corruption Report 2003, Transparency International (2003)
Comparing Governance Across Countries and Over Time: Conceptual Challenges (with Goran Hyden) in D. Olowu and S. Sako, eds, (2002) Better Governance and Public Policy: Capacity Building and Democratic Renewal in Africa. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press.
Bureaucracies and Perceptions of Corruption: Survey Evidence From Africa in Global Corruption Report 2001, Transparency International (2001)