Governance

This toolkit explores ways of working for change by monitoring government policies. It aims to help foster a conversation in society on the policies we choose and how well they work.

How this dialogue unfolds will differ from country to country. The aim of the toolkit is to offer you information, ideas, examples and methods on how to gather evidence about policies where you are– and to use that evidence to press for change

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Civil Society Perspectives on the European Union Approach
In a special CAFOD survey conducted with 56 partners in 24 southern countries, CIDSE asked civil society organisations to share their perspectives on the governance issues affecting development and social justice in their countries, and on the role of the donor community in relation to governance reform (Sept 2006)

DFID is preparing a White Paper, "Eliminating World Poverty", planned for summer 2006, reflecting on the promises made in 2005 and how these are to be transformed into outcomes for poor countries

These papers are no longer available online, but copies may be sent out if you email policy@cafod.org.uk requesting the title as listed here

A Participatory Approach`to Partnerships for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
A CAFOD Background Paper. Africa is at the forefront of the 2002 G8 Summit agenda. African governments have collectively attempted to rebalance the development agenda for Africa around a new framework of more equal international partnerships for development
(May 2002)

Summary of CAFOD's e-consultation on NEPAD
All participants welcomed NEPAD as a "well intentioned" African initiative. But all saw it as having been weakened at the outset by African governments' exclusion of inputs from African civil society.

Memo to the International Select Committee On Development,
the Annual Meetings Of The World Bank, and the IMF
This year's Annual Meetings considered the IMF and World Bank paper – Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative: Status of Implementation – detailing the progress of the enhanced HIPC Initiative and its performance against the policy framework's central objective of delivering a “robust exit from the burden of unsustainable debts”
(October 2002)