Development
Up one levelBurma is a land of immense economic potential, rich in natural resources and with a strong educational tradition. But after decades of misgovernance and conflict, Burma is one of the world’s poorest countries. This section of the BurmaGuide.Net includes resource summaries on paths to sustainable development that have proved useful in other Southeast Asian countries and around the world. The need for popular participation in all development decisions is highlighted, as well as development in post-conflict situations.
The National Endowment for Democracy
This is the National Endowment for Democracy’s (NED) homepage. The site contains links to information about NED’s grants, fellowships, events, ...
Sources of Funding in International Democratic Development Database
This site contains information on over 100 philanthropic organizations that provide funding, fellowships and awards for those working in the area of ...
World Movement for Democracy Database
This is the World Movement for Democracy website; it contains a database of organizations affiliated with the National Endowment for Democracy. The ...
Working with Men for Women’s Rights
There remains reluctance within women's movements to promote or embrace men’s involvement. Engaging men is critical to achieving gender justice; ...
Governance for Sustainable Human Development
This document has been prepared to guide UNDP country offices and inform key partners. It includes an evaluation of management development program ...
Advocating and “Promoting Governance and UNDP”
This directive memorandum describes essential aspects of governance and UNDP’s mission for it and step-by-step guidelines for how to achieve the ...
Governance - Past, Present, Future
This paper is about the ‘governance’ reforms needed to meet the human development challenges of the Millennium Declaration.
Political Parties in the Legislature
This paper argues that political parties are one of the major means of organizing the work of the legislature and developing public policy. The role ...
Lawmaking and Stages of Legislative Procedure
This publication offers a brief view of law making and legislative procedures in democratic governance. Legislative bodies pay three broad ...
Public Expenditure Analysis and Management in the
A "national integrity system" is proposed as a comprehensive method of fighting corruption. It comprises eight pillars (public awareness, public ...
Progressio and the Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR)