Projects and Products: Research Reports

The research reports can be downloaded without charge.

Evidence Based Governance Project (2002 to 2004)

Background Information

Project Prospectus

Project Prospectus in Spanish: Panfelto en Espanol

List of Donors and Partners

Summary of Key Policy Issues

Project Reports

January to September 2002 [PDF Adobe Reader (657 KB)]

October 2002 to April 2003 [PDF Adobe Reader (657 KB)]

November 2004 [Microsoft Word (5.8 MB)]

Case Studies

Summaries of all Case Study [PDF Adobe Reader (107 KB)]

Financial Records Case Studies

Chile [PDF Adobe Reader (165 KB)]

Nigeria [PDF Adobe Reader (54 KB)]

Tanzania [PDF Adobe Reader (121 KB)]

Vietnam [PDF Adobe Reader (142 KB)]

Personnel Records Case Studies

Burkina Faso [PDF Adobe Reader (482 KB)]

Chile [PDF Adobe Reader (303 KB)]

Tanzania [PDF Adobe Reader (109 KB)]

Uttar Pradesh [PDF Adobe Reader (109 KB)]

Legal and Judicial Records Case Studies

Argentina [PDF Adobe Reader (67 KB)]

Ecuador [PDF Adobe Reader (180 KB)]

The Gambia [PDF Adobe Reader (88 KB)]

Singapore [PDF Adobe Reader (83 KB)]

South Africa [PDF Adobe Reader (170 KB)]

Electronic Discussions

Electronic Government and Electronic Records: E-Records Readiness Capacity Building (background paper) [PDF Adobe Reader (112 KB)]

Government and Information Management (background paper) [PDF Adobe Reader (112 KB)]

First Discussion: Electronic Information Technology, Electronic Records and Record Keeping [PDF Adobe Reader (148 KB)]

Second Discussion: Financial Management Reform and Record Keeping [PDF Adobe Reader (120 KB)]

Third Discussion: Legal and Judicial Reform and Record Keeping [PDF Adobe Reader (140 KB)]

Fourth Discussion: Public Sector Reform and Record Keeping [PDF Adobe Reader (124 KB)]

Summary of Actions and Strategies Proposed in Electronic Discussions [PDF Adobe Reader (132 KB)]

Video Conferences on Records Management and Governance

The video conferences took place in March and April 2003:

VC 1:  Washington, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland (running order) (summary)

VC 2:  Washington, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe (running order) (summary)

VC 3:   Botswana, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar (running order) (summary)

VC 4:  Washington, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, St Vincent & the Grenadines (running order) (summary)

VC 5:  Washington, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia , Trinidad and Tobago (running order) (summary)

VC 6:  Washington, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (running order) (summary)

VC 7:  Washington, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore (running order) (summary)

VC 8:  Washington, Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Vanuatu, New Zealand, (running order) (summary)

VC 9:  Washington and Nigeria (summary)

International Experience with Civil Service Censuses and Civil Service Databases (2001)

Report [PDF Adobe Reader (1.2 MB)]

Information for Accountability Workshops (2000)

Proceedings of the Information for Accountability Workshop, Ghana [PDF Adobe Reader (1.8 MB)]

Proceedings of the Information for Accountability Workshop, Tanzania [PDF Adobe Reader (596 KB)]

Proceedings of the Information for Accountability Workshop, Tanzania in Swahili [PDF Adobe Reader (636 KB)]

Workbook [PDF Adobe Reader (304 KB)]

Sourcebook [PDF Adobe Reader (424 KB)]

Review of Workbook and Sourcebook [PDF Adobe Reader (28 KB)]

From Accounting to Accountability: Managing Accounting Records as a Strategic Resource (1999)

Background Study Report [PDF Adobe Reader (400 KB)]

Zimbabwe: A Case Study [PDF Adobe Reader (832 KB)]

Tanzania: A Case Study [PDF Adobe Reader (620 KB)]

Namibia: A Case Study [PDF Adobe Reader (1.5 MB)]

Final Report [PDF Adobe Reader (272 KB)]

Principles and Practices in Managing Financial Records: A Reference Model and Assessment Tool [PDF Adobe Reader (704 KB)]

Overview of Reference Model and Assessment Tool [PDF Adobe Reader (20 KB)]

Reviews of Reference Model and Assessment Tool [PDF Adobe Reader (72 KB)]

Personnel Records: A Strategic Resource for Public Sector Management (1998)

Report [PDF Adobe Reader (364 KB)