Democracy, Governance and Social Transition
 Media Sustainability Index
The Media Sustainability Index (MSI) is a joint project of USAID and the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX). Funded by USAID and developed by IREX, the MSI measures five key indicators of media systems in twenty different countries and provinces in the E&E region. USAID has funded the MSI since 2001, with media indicators generally paralleling other democracy indicators in the region, showing substantial progress in eastern Europe; some incremental progress in the Caucasus and Ukraine; and, for the most part, considerable backsliding in Russia, Belarus and Central Asia. The MSI is used by government officials, scholars, non-governmental organizations and private enterprises to monitor one of the key features of democratic society, the existence (or non-existence) of an independent, objective and professional media system.
To read this year’s Index and past editions, visit http://www.irex.org/programs/MSI_EUR.
 Nations
in Transit
Nations in Transit, an annual publication by Freedom House and funded by
USAID measuring progress and setbacks in political transition in Central
and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. This is the ninth edition
of the report, which continues to cover 27 countries (including all graduation
countries), and provides in-depth analysis of electoral processes; civil
society; independent media; governance; constitutional, legislative and judicial
framework; and corruption. Visit the website ...
 NGO Sustainability Index
The annual NGO Sustainability Index is the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia's
premier instrument for gauging the strength and continued viability of
the region's NGO sectors. The Index analyses seven different dimensions
of the NGO sector: legal environment, organizational capacity, financial
viability, advocacy, public image, service provision, and NGO infrastructure.
Taken together, these dimensions provide a basic description of what a
sustainable NGO sector should look like. Individually, these dimensions
provide Missions, implementing partners and other international donors
with a reasonable measure of impact over time, and a basis for identifying
both needs and opportunities in a strategic planning process. See the Indexes ...
 Health Vulnerability Analysis
The 2007 Europe and Eurasia Health Vulnerability
Analysis identifies those countries in USAID’s
Europe and Eurasia (E&E) region where health
status is the poorest and where the transition to democracy
and free-market economies may be most vulnerable
because of health factors. The analysis also highlights
health issues that may warrant special or increased attention
by United States Government (USG) policymakers.
The seminal analysis of this type was conducted in
2003; this is the fifth in an annual exercise to provide
USG policymakers and USAID health staff in E&E
countries an overview of health status and vulnerability
in the region. Read the Analysis (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 5.87mb) ...
Section 508-compliant data from the 2007 Health Vulnerability Analysis (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 2.45mb) ...
 Lessons in Implementation
"Lessons in Implementation: The NGO Story", conveys what USAID
and participating American NGOs have learned about the process of strengthening
civil society
in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia between 1990 and 1999. The
study presents lessons learned on many implementation issues encountered
over
the years, and in its final chapter, describes illustrative options for
future programming, catagorized by the stage of development attained
by the NGO sector in particular countries. Read
the Report (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 672kb) ...
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