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Articles, Reports, News on Strengthening Global Civil Society through Information
Legitimacy and transparency for NGOs
Brian Pratt, INTRAC, August 2009
This paper tries to uncover some of the assumptions and concerns behind the concepts of legitimacy, transparency and accountability.
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Taking Ownership: Strengthening Indigenous Cultures and Languages Through the Use of ICTs
Andrew E. Lieberman, LearnLink, 28th Aug 2008
The Participatory Web – New Potentials of ICT in Rural Areas
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, 2008
This report analyses the way in which ICT is being used to aid socio-economic development and explores ways in which such usage could be developed further.
Knowledge Systems in Rural Areas.pdf
Accra: The big tent approach to development ends in agreement – and information is one of the big winners
James Deane, Communication Initiative, 19 September 2008
Following the Accra High Level forum this year, and a BBC World Debate on this issues that unfolded, this author argues that information lies right at the heart of this new development agenda. “It’s possible that the development community is beginning to catch up with what many in information and communications have been saying for years – people can’t be involved in their own development unless they have access to information and a means to communicate”
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Building a New Aid relationship: The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
OECD, Canadian International Development Agency, The World Bank
This publication is an overview of the goals of the Paris Declaration, its underlying principles, the progress that developing countries and the donor community have made together and the challenges that lie ahead.
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Data, data, everywhere; and not a way to think
Philanthropy UK, Melissa Berman, July 2008
This article argues that data on its own does not lead to development but analysed data is key to providing information which can aid the development process. It applies the following principle with respect to philanthropy… “The bridge between data and information is analysis. Knowledge is the deduction of the critical factors that would lower or raise that percentage. The bridge between information and knowledge is expertise. And wisdom is the capacity to apply those deductions usefully. The bridge between knowledge and wisdom is experience.”
Data, data, everywhere; and not a way to think
Seoul Declaration on the Future of Civil Society
OECD, June 2008
This Declaration was developed following the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy which was held on the 17-18June 2008. It looks at Shaping Policies for Creativity, Confidence and Convergence in the Digital World.
The Seoul Declaration for the Future of the Internet Economy
The Index of Global Philanthropy 2008
The Center for Global Prosperity
The Index examines the degree to which a country’s generosity is measured by government aid distribution as well as private giving. It studies emerging philanthropy in the developed and developing world as well as postulates scenarios for the future.
The Index of Global Philanthropy
Civil society and capitalism: a new landscape
Simon Zadek, Open Democracy, 14th April 2008
This article looks at how interdependency creates opportunities for civil society to lead businesses to be more socially responsible.
Civil society and capitalism
Turning the Tables: Aid and accountability under the Paris framework – A Civil Society Report
European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) April 2008
This report analyses effectiveness aid, using data and interviews conducted in seven countries: Cambodia, Honduras, Mali, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger and Sierra Leone. Each case study contributes evidence and opinions to help generate understanding and debate ahead of the Third High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness taking place in September 2008.
A Civil Society Report
Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations?
Dirk-Jan Koch, Axel Dreher, Peter Nunnenkamp and Rainer Thiele, Kiel Working Paper No. 1406, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, March 2008
This research paper found that though NGOs are more active in the neediest countries they tend to replicate the location choices of official “backdonors.” It also found that NGOs tend to select recipient countries with common traits related to religion or colonial history which can lead to clustering of NGOS in certain areas.
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Why Civil Society is an Essential Part of a Truly Vital World
Stuart Etherington, The Guardian, 20th Feb 2008
This article looks at the disparties between charities in rich and poorer areas and postulates the need for civil society to work with government to improve communities in the UK.
Why Civil Society is an Essential Part of a Truly Vital World
Online Philanthropy Markets: From ‘Feel-Good’ Giving to Effective Social Investing? Keystone, 18th Feb 2008
The study postulates that though online philanthropy markets are innovative there is need for more of a social investment mentality. It prompts discussion on how to realise the full potential of online philanthropy markets. Online Philanthropy Markets
In the Name of ‘Civil Society’
Helen Colwell Adams, 16th Feb 2008
Here the author’s thesis is that the private sector — meaning individuals, businesses, nonprofits, congregations and a host of other private organizations — are eclipsing the government and doing things that governments can’t do”
In the Name of Civil Society
Global E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance
United Nations (UN) Jan 2008
This presents an assessment of the new government role in enhancing public service delivery, while improving the efficiency and productivity of government processes and systems. Global E-Government Survey
From Paris 2005 to Accra 2008: Will Aid become more Accountable and Effective? A Critical Approach to the Aid Effectiveness Agenda
16th Jan 2008
The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, agreed in March 2005, establishes global commitments for donor and recipient countries to support more effective aid in a context of a significant scaling up of aid. The document outlines recommendations to ensure that the declaration allows for better aid distribution in 2008 and calls for ideas from civil society at large. From Paris 2005 to Accra 2008
Enterprising Solutions
Charity Times
Government is increasing the attention – and funding – it gives to social enterprise, but will this be at the expense of charities in the long-run? Probably not, finds David Adams, and there are lessons to be learned from those enterprises meeting with success. Enterprise Solutions
World E-Parliament Report
United Nations 2008
The report argues that in today’s “wired world” parliaments must be able to harness ICT to be more representative, transparent, accessible, accountable and effective in their many functions. As parliaments employ new technologies, they must also address many of the issues that are inherent in global efforts to achieve an equitable and inclusive information society. The ways in which parliaments make decisions on the use of ICT in their own environment will in fact influence the nature of the information society within their country, and their ability to contribute to it. World E-Parliament Report
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