Arab Human Development Reports: Publications

A Guide to Measuring the Impact of Right to Information Programmes: Practical Guidance Note [English]. 2006 - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [brief description]

This Guide outlines key considerations for understanding the baseline situation for monitoring right to information programmes, it explains the importance of establishing clear and specific right to information programme outcomes.

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Development Programming in UNDP – Adding the Missing Link [English]. 2000 - United Nations Development Programme [brief description]

A Life Free of Violence Is Our Right! [English]. 2007 - United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) [brief description]

This booklet seeks to demonstrate how garantees have succeeded in breaking intergenerational cycles of violence, in empowering survivors to make changes in their lives, in transforming communities and institutions into advocates for change, and in advocating for enabling policies and legislation.

A Training for Trainers Manual. Nominating for Change: Strengthening Women's Position in Political Parties [English]. 2003 - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs [brief description]

This manual is based on a Training of Trainers workshop “Nominating for Change: Strengthening Women’s Position in Political Parties” delivered by NDI. It aims at supporting other programs, which promote women’s political participation – through the nomination process or otherwise. It was prepared as a Training of Trainers tool to prepare participants to deliver workshops that help increase women’s skills to get themselves nominated by their political parties.

Breaking the Barriers [English]. 1998 - United Kingdom - Department for International Development. [brief description]

Breaking the Barriers: Women and the Elimination of World Poverty, DFID Issues paper, November 1998, addresses issues of discrimination against women, women's inequality and world poverty, women's education and health. The policy paper defines the UK's commitment to equality between men and women based on the principles of human rights and social justice.

Capacity Development for Governance for Sustainable Human Development [English]. 1996 - United Nations Development Programme [brief description]

Capacity Development for Sustainable Human Development: Conceptual and Operational Signposts [English]. 1995 - United Nations Development Programme [brief description]

Country Action Plans - National plans for 2006 [English]. 2006 - United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR) and the Collective for Research Training on Development (CRTD) [brief description]

Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalization Work for the Poor [English]. 2000 - United Kingdom - Department for International Development. [brief description]

A revised version of the DFID 1997 White Paper policy report, which outlines of the UK government's commitment and policies related to development especially the elimination of world poverty and ways of making globalization benefit the poorest people in the world.

Gender and Development in Middle East and North Africa: Women in the Public Sphere [English][Arabic]. 2004 - World Bank [brief description]

This book seeks to advance the gender equality discussion in the region by framing the issues in terms of economic necessity. It analyzes the potential for women’s greater economic contribution to the region’s new development model and identifies key economic and sociopolitical impediments to women’s increased labor force participation and empowerment, and it suggests a way forward in developing an agenda for change.

Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals - A Handbook for Policy Makers and Other Stakeholders [English]. - International Development Research Center [brief description]

This book brings together arguments, findings and lessons from the development literature that are relevant to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) from the standpoint of gender equality.

Gender Mainstreaming in UNDP' Country Programmes: Global Experiences and Lessons [English]. 1998 - United Nations Development Programme - Gender in Development Programme. [brief description]

Governance for Sustainable Human Development: A Policy Document [English][Arabic][French]. 1997 - United Nations Development Programme. [brief description]

This is a basic UNDP policy document on governance, which defines governance and its relationship to human development. The document outlines the priorities of the UNDP in support of good governance and its governance-related programs: the legislature, judiciary, electoral bodies, women's participation, decentralization and local governance, private and public sector management, economic and financial management, and civil society organizations.

Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development Co- operation [English][French]. 1999 - Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. [brief description]

The OECD original Guiding Principles to Aid Agencies for Supporting the Role of Women in Development were adopted 1983 and revised a number of times. The Guiding Principles served as useful guidance for advancing gender issues in the development co-operation programmes of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Members.

Handbook on Parliamentarians and Policies to Reduce Poverty [English]. - Parliamentary Centre, Canada [brief description]

This handbook, published by the World Bank Institute in collaboration with the Parliamentary Centre, examines the interplay between governance challenge, and the policy efforts being made to highlight action against poverty. It considers the most basic steps in poverty reduction strategies as well as the role of parliament in supporting poverty reduction via budget cycle. It also focuses on broader accountability of the executive and examines the constituency side of the parliamentarian's job. Finally, it discusses parliamentary capacity building to work against poverty.

Human Development Report Toolkit for National and Regional Human Development Report Teams [English][French]. 2006 - United Nations Development Programme [brief description]

Human Security Framework and National Human Development Reports [English]. 2006 [brief description]

Indicators for Human Rights Based Approaches to Development in UNDP Programming: A Users’ Guide [English]. 2006 - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [brief description]

The Guide summarizes the normative evolution in human rights and explains how human rights have been mainstreamed into the activities of all United Nations (UN) agencies. It also reviews the existing indicators for human rights and shows how they can be used for human rights programming.

The present handbook provides guidance on the definitions, rationale, concepts and sources of data for each of the indicators that are being used to monitor the goals and targets of the Millennium Development Goals. It expands on an earlier exercise to provide the metadata for the socio-economic indicators that make up the United Nations Common Country Assessment Indicator Framework.

Measuring Democratic Governance: A Framework for Selecting Pro-Poor and Gender Sensitive Indicators [English]. 2006 - United Nations Development Programme [brief description]

Memorandum: Policy on Gender Balance in Management (Phase II): 1998 - 2001 [English]. 1998 - United Nations Development Programme - Gender in Development Programme. [brief description]

OECD - DAC Source Book on Concepts and Approaches Linked to Gender Equality [English][French]. 1998 - Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development - [brief description]

Pathway to Gender Equality: The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Beijing and the Millennium Development Goals [English][Arabic]. 2004 - United Nations Development Fund for Women [brief description]

This booklet details in particular that gender inequalities are closely intertwined with every development challenge the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are attempting to address. It also underlines, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women must be the touchstones for realizing the potential held out by the MDGs.

Plan of Action to Correct Present Imbalances in the Participation of Men and Women in Political Life [English][French]. 1994 - Inter-Parliamentary Union. [brief description]

The Inter-Parliamentary Council adopted the Plan during the 154th session of its plenary policy- making body (Paris, 26 March 1994). The Plan of Action is based on the affirmation that "forty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Political Rights of Women and despite undeniable progress, political and parliamentary life remains dominated by men in all countries". The Plan of Action is also inspired by the vision of democracy: "will only assume true and dynamic significance when political policies and national legislation are decided upon jointly by men and women with equitable regard for the interests and aptitudes of both halves of the population." The Action Plan covers: Women's political participation; Legal basis for equality of men and women; Women's participation in politics at the national level; Women's participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union's activities; and Mechanisms for follow-up and assessment of the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Action Plan.

Practical Guidance Note on the Right to Information [English]. 2004 - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [brief description]

This Practical Guidance Note aims to heighten awareness and knowledge within the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) country offices (COs) on right to information generally and right to information legislation specifically.

Sources for Democratic Governance Indicators [English]. 2003 - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [brief description]

This source guide is primarily intended for governance practitioners in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Offices, and for others working on governance and development issues. Its purpose is to provide a clear picture of the scope, key elements, and dimensions of governance covered by the indicator sources included.

Strengthening Parliament Involvement in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Toolkit 1:Legislative-Executive Communication on Poverty Reduction Strategies [English][French]. 2004 - United Nations Development Programme [brief description]

The handbook emerged from pilot activities, designed by UNDP in partnership with NDI, to strengthen the capacity of legislatures and civil society to participate in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process (PRSP). This toolkit is intended to provide resources for different stakeholders on legislative involvement in poverty reduction. Some of the topics discussed are: legislative-executive communication on poverty reductions strategies; challenges to smooth legislative - executive communication; cultivating awareness of MDGs and clarifying the PRSP process; information categories and legislative resources on poverty; the communication tools for parliamentary committees; communication tools for the individual MP or party caucus; and media and technology as tools to improve communication.

Strengthening Parliament Involvement in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Toolkit 2: Parliamentary-Civic Collaboration for Monitoring Poverty Reduction Initiatives [English][French]. 2004 [brief description]

The handbook emerged from pilot activities, designed by UNDP in partnership with NDI, to strengthen the capacity of legislatures and civil society to participate in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process (PRSP). It is intended to provide resources for concerned stakeholders on legislative involvement in poverty reduction. The toolkit sheds light on global initiatives for poverty reduction; assessing the potential for collaboration and identifying partners; building legislative-civic relationships; creating and maintaining monitoring strategies; maintaining a positive relationship through the monitoring process; and the use of monitoring findings.

Strengthening Parliament Involvement in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Toolkit 3: Legislative Public Outreach on Poverty Issues [English][French]. 2004 - United Nations Development Programme [brief description]

The handbook emerged from pilot activities, designed by UNDP in partnership with NDI, to strengthen the capacity of legislatures and civil society to participate in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process (PRSP). It is intended to provide resources for MPs, parliamentary staff, civic leaders, social networks and the international community on legislative involvement in poverty reduction. It sheds light on legislative public outreach on poverty issues through discussing the relation between poverty, national reforms and constituents; the reasons for conducting a legislative public outreach on poverty; strategies for pro-poor public outreach; institutional public outreach; outreach by committees; outreach by parliamentary party groups; individual efforts to communicate with constituents.

Strengthening Parliamentary Involvement in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) [English][French]. 2004 - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [brief description]

The Challenge of Urban Government Policies and Practices Vol.1 [English]. 2001 - World Bank Institute [brief description]

The World Bank Institute (WBI) has launched its program on Urban Challenges of the 21st Century, under which it developed a number of courses on urban and city management that have been conducted worldwide. This book results from the first such course, and corresponds to the course's ten modules, which include topics such as globalization and city management, city strategy and local governance and urban financial management.

The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Economic Reconstruction in Iraq: Lessons Identified [English]. 2005 - United States Institute of Peace (USIP) [brief description]

This report is focused specifically on economic reconstruction in Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). It is the second of three reports examining important lessons identified in Iraq prior to the country’s transition to sovereignty in June 2004 and is based on extensive interviews with 113 U.S. officials, soldiers, and contractors who served there.

UNDP and other UN organizations adopt clear strategies for gender mainstreaming which emphasize systematic integration of gender equality objectives into organizational policies, programmes at all levels, resources allocations and practices. This kit is designed to assist the user in mainstreaming gender in policies and programs that are supported by UN and other development agencies in Syria.

The Political Economy of Economic Growth Policies: The Case of Yemen Republic [English]. 2002 [brief description]

The aim of this paper is to explain why the economic growth rate in Yemen was sliding down and its policies were ineffective in most of its recent history as well as its hypothesis is that the developments of Yemeni political economy can explain that very well. Poor institutions are behind why appropriate growth policies are neglected and bad growth policies are adopted. The country’s political, social and economic developments show that very clearly.

Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development [English]. 2000 - International Development Research Centre [brief description]

This book explores the evolution of gender and development theory, introduces competing theoretical frameworks, and examines new and emerging debates. The focus is on the implications of theory for policy and practice, and the need to theorize gender and development to create a more egalitarian society.

This publication "fighting climate change: human solidarity in a divided world" is entirely produced by young people between 16 and 25 years old. It is a young people's summary of stories, drawings, poems and testimonials from all over the world representing their vision on climate change and human development, along with their own proposals to reduce emissions and adapt to the progressive warming of the earth.

UNDP Policy on Collaboration with Civil Society: Building Partnerships for Sustainable Human Development [English][French]. 1997 - United Nations Development Programme. [brief description]

The United Nations Development Programme - Civil Society Organizations and Participation Program (UNDP-CSOPP) Policy and procedures documents about UNDP's collaboration with civil society organizations in the framework of sustainable development.

White Paper- Eliminating World Poverty: a Challenge for the 21st Century [English]. 1997 - United Kingdom - Department for International Development. [brief description]

The 1997 policy report or White Paper, which outline the UK government's commitment and policies related to development in general including the elimination of world poverty, good governance and human rights.

Women in Parliaments: Beyond Numbers [English][French]. 2002 - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. [brief description]

The handbook -with updated sections in 2002- focuses on the problems women face in getting into parliament and the mechanisms they have used to overcome these obstacles. The handbook provides also strategies and ideas of how women MP can have an impact on the political process and uses case studies from a wide range of countries, with cases from Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan.