This report presents an analytical framework to analyze institutional options for partnering community based organizations (CBOs) with local governments (LGs) in community driven development (CDD).

Document provides a comparative look at women’s political participation in specifiic countries as well as at the obstacles women confront in politics, and outlines 95 best practices to promote gender equality in party politics.

Describes guidelines that are used by independent auditors in performing recipient-contracted audits required by USAID agreements with non-U.S. recipient organizations. These organizations are referred to as ""recipients"" or ""foreign recipients"" throughout the Guidelines. ""Agreements"" or ""awards"" are defined as USAID-funded grants, contracts, cooperative agreements and loans. The guidelines also provide recipients with help in selecting independent auditors to perform the audits.

Guide sets standards for laws permitting, protecting and regulating civic organizations that choose to obtain legal personality and enables concerned individuals to evaluate an existing law governing civic organizations or to draft a better one.

Document is a practical guide to assist staff and program partners in civil society and donor communities to collaborate with civil society networks more effectively.

Toolkit addresses the questions of how researchers and CSOs can best communicate evidence in order to inform or influence policy, achieve their development objectives or to make their knowledge accessible and understandable to a wider audience.

Handbook identifies the ways in which women can impact political processes through their participation in decision-making bodies and presents knowledge and practical experience from all around the world.

Document is a hands-on guide for setting up, managing and using formal networks effectively.