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Governance

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Infosec Institute course introducing information security governance: setting security objectives, aligning them with business goals, building a strategy and risk framework, and measuring progress. Covers governance roles, asset classification, incident management and business continuity planning.

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oecd.org/gov

OECD GOV is the OECD’s hub for governance and public administration, offering research, data, and policy guidance on how governments design and run institutions. It covers public sector reform, integrity and anti-corruption, budgeting and fiscal governance, service delivery, and digital government.

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Worldwide Governance Indicators

World Bank dataset scoring over 200 countries since 1996 on six dimensions: voice and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. Users can download the series and compare institutional quality across countries.

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GovLove

GovLove is a podcast about the people, policies and profession of local government. From Mayors and City Managers to interns and everyone in between, we interview the people making a difference in their communities to learn about the great work being done at the local level. GovLove is brought to you by Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL).

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Governance Without Government

Edited Cambridge volume in which nine international relations scholars examine how order emerges in world politics without a central authority, covering regimes, the Concert of Europe, the European Community and Westphalian sovereignty. Readers gain the conceptual vocabulary of global governance.

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World Bank Governance

World Bank portal gathering research, data and policy guidance on public-sector governance, including public financial management, rule of law, anti-corruption, service delivery and the Worldwide Governance Indicators. Readers can see how development institutions diagnose and reform weak state institutions.

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Governing the Commons

Ostrom's study of irrigation systems, fisheries, forests, and pastures managed collectively without privatisation or state control. It sets out eight design principles for durable common-pool resource institutions, giving you a framework for analysing shared-resource governance beyond the tragedy-of-the-commons model.

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